Brendan Tucker has been with the Brighton Volunteer Fire Bri­gade since November last year. However, he has been involved with the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) since he was 12 years old, coming through the ranks as a junior, cadet, then into a senior volunteer fire fighter across a couple of other local brigades.

In September, Brendan will be taking on the Melbourne Firefight­er Stair Climb for the sixth time!

Brendan explains, “I’ll be climb­ing 28 floors in 25kg of kit and helping to raise $1 million sup­porting our beneficiaries, Lifeline, Peter MacCallum Cancer Founda­tion and 000 Foundation.”

Brendan will be the only mem­ber from the Brighton Brigade participating in the climb however several other brigades around the state will have participants at­tending. It’s expected that over 50 participants will be heading over from Tasmania, including seven from the Bridgewater Brigade.

When asked what has motivat­ed him to get involved, he says, “The Melbourne Firefighter Stair Climb is an event that has been created to raise funds and aware­ness to fight cancer, depression and suicide, which is prevalent around our emergency services. This is something I am very passionate about supporting after witnessing its effects on a few of my close friends and family. In early 2023 I lost a fellow vol­unteer from my brigade due to mental health. After this tragedy, I increased my advocacy in this space and hence continued my involvement with the stair climb.”

We wish Brendan all the very best for his latest climb and if you would like to donate for such a worthy cause please scan the QR code.