Hero Thredbo firefighter now calls Dubbo home

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Updated March 27 2019 - 1:31pm, first published March 26 2019 - 3:30pm
NEW FACE: Chief Superintendent Steve Hirst is the new Fire and Rescue NSW area commander for the Regional West Zone. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE
NEW FACE: Chief Superintendent Steve Hirst is the new Fire and Rescue NSW area commander for the Regional West Zone. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE

As one of only a handful of firefighters trained in urban search and rescue at the time, Chief Superintendent Steve Hirst was tasked with pulling bodies from the rubble of Australia's worst ever landslide.

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Ryan Young

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