Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons shares his own heartbreak

Nadine Morton
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:20pm, first published November 21 2020 - 6:00pm
DEDICATED: Duffys Forest Rural Fire Brigade member and former NSW RFS Commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons, was named as the NSW 2021 Australian of the Year. Picture: Salty Dingo
DEDICATED: Duffys Forest Rural Fire Brigade member and former NSW RFS Commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons, was named as the NSW 2021 Australian of the Year. Picture: Salty Dingo

Former RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons is well known to many as the face of the 2019-20 horror bushfire season, but this former NSW northern beaches local has also suffered his own heartbreak amid the flames. Journalist Nadine Morton sat down with him to find out more.

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Nadine Morton

Nadine Morton

Senior journalist

Breaking news journalist at the Illawarra Mercury. Email: nadine.morton@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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