Firefighting chopper arrives in Colac

PILOTS of Colac and district’s most important firefighting weapon must have it off the ground less than 15 minutes after a call out.

Alex WHITE

DSE fire management team members Matt Goodie, Shiona Hagart and Luke Smith in front of a Colac-based Coulson Sikorsky S61 water-bombing helicopter.

PILOTS of Colac and district’s most important firefighting weapon must have it off the ground less than 15 minutes after a call out.

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Alex White grew up in Colac and graduated from Colac College in 2004. He studied public relations at Geelong's Deakin University and graduated in 2008 before moving to Sydney for six months on a "working holiday". Alex has been a journalist at The Colac Herald since July 2010 and specialises in feature writing as well as general news. He plays cricket for Colac in the Colac District Cricket Association, football for South Colac in the Colac District Football League, as well as golf.

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