True Blue Conversations - Sarah Spicer Fire Rescue NSW

True Blue Conversations Podcast

In this week’s Podcast Adam sits down with Fire and Rescue NSW Qualified Firefighter Sarah Spicer, Sarah comes from a rich family history of First Responders, her dad was an Intensive Care Paramedic and Sarah wanted to follow in her dad’s footsteps, but because of his service he developed severe PTS from his service and talked Sarah out of joining the Ambulance service. Sarah still wanted to serve in some capacity in the Emergency Service’s Sarah found her calling and joined Fire and Rescue NSW in 2016, and is now a Qualified Firefighter, Sarah is a fulltime Mum at Uni studying fulltime Psychology.

We spoke all things from training, to how Sarah deals with the day-to-day trauma of being a First Responder and the effects of being at the front line can have on you. Sarah is passionate about making progressive changes in our Emergency Services for mental trauma related injuries, Sarah’s Career goals are to work in depth with First Responders well-being and mental health or in the Emergency Services field on preventative trauma and becoming a researcher of psychology and neuroscience of emotions and personalities.

Presenter: Adam Blum

Guest: Sarah Spicer

Editor: Kyle Watkins

Investigative Consultant: Adam Holloway