Operation Turner Reflection - Disaster Relief Australia

Filled with a sense of pride – civilian Michael Hoffman

by DRA | Nov 15, 2020 | Operation Turner Reflection, Member Reflections

The week before I started with Disaster Relief Australia, I was lucky enough to complete one day on a Service Project in the Adelaide Hills and thought I gained an understanding of what an Operation is like from that day. The next day I did the Core Ops training...

Unique ability to care for people – ex veteran and former police officer Nick Backe-Hansen

by DRA | Nov 13, 2020 | Operation Turner Reflection, Member Reflections, Operations, Veteran Reflection

It was the Army that first gave me, indeed taught me, the unique ability to care for people I’d never met. It instilled in me what I call the ANZAC Spirit. I took these traits into my service with the NSW Police Force and now the Federal Police. I have now completed...

Drawn to help – first responder Hez

by DRA | Nov 12, 2020 | Member Reflections, Operation Turner Reflection

I first joined Disaster Relief Australia nearly two years ago but it wasn’t until the devastating 2019 fires on the NSW Mid North Coast that I deployed for the first time. I have an emergencies services background and with so many people in need, I felt drawn to help....