Jason Strong is the Rescue Station Officer for City of Sydney Fire Station, C Platoon. A career Firefighter Jason has worked for over 25 years for Fire + Rescue New South Wales and before that over 12 years as a Volunteer Firefighter for the SES, he has also been Maxi’s boss. Listen to the inspirational chat with Jason as he shares advice and knowledge for those looking at Firefighting as a career.

 Happy 1st Birthday to us! Podcast 52, how did that happen? As we celebrate every win, we reflect back on how we had no idea how to start a podcast, yet here we are now with a full year of episodes that have been listened to in over 30 countries. Thanks so much for joining us every Friday, we appreciate each and every one of you.

This week Maxi was lucky to talk Leadership at The Burnbright National Leadership Camp and support the amazing work they do. Our unfortunate event was technical difficulties as our Intern Monica tried to join us from LA, be we persisted, and she made it to ask us her Fast 5 Questions.  Apologies for any audio hiccups, you know we don’t edit, but you know we like to keep it real so enjoy listening to us doing our best! 😊

4 days in far North Queensland, 6 flights that were supposed to be 4, and a solid day of rain on a beach, this week we talk about resilience. We talk about meeting the amazing Raven Cook at ABC Cairns and meeting the cassowary of the beach, Leigh got the shot of the weekend, and the media wanted it!

Back on the road we have just arrived in Cairns so we're telling you all about Tropical North Queensland and it's natural beauty. Maxi had a big week at the Fire Station and we can wait to see the school assembly dedicated to Live Learn Survive.

So many changes in the world right now and for us at Live Learn Survive so how do we learn to embrace it. Maxi tells us all about his ‘man down’ drill at the Fire Station this week, we talk about wild surf at Bronte Beach and who knew the Dad jokes would be a hit!

Taking a few minutes in the day to be grateful is always a good idea! Great to get our fast 5 questions in from Monica in Los Angeles so we talk about what bring us joy, what new skill are we learning and what are we reading. We hope you enjoy this week’s catch up with Live Learn Survive.

This week we hear all about the drill onboard the ship and how this type of training prepares Maxi and First Responders for real life situations and we celebrate everything from a Birthday to a Jubilee and passing the milestone of 1 weeks as a Not for Profit, what are you celebrating this week!

Breaking News, after months of saying something big is coming we can finally announce it, and perfect timing as we also celebrate Leigh’s birthday, then finally Maxi can now claim to be a true Firefighter as this week he rescued 6 precious kittens trapped in a wall.

It’s National Volunteers Week and we talk about the benefits of volunteering, for yourself as well as others. Maxi has a busy night at the Action Station and we could not be more excited about having an Intern join us for a while.