 So one of the real privileges as Chief Officer I get is to recognise how great our people are and tonight was one of those nights where I had the opportunity to present Chief Officer commendations for courage to the crews that attended the Commonwealth Bank job in fire in Springvale And of course another fire that occurred in in Anstreet in Dandenong where a child Unfortunately lost her life, but the crews did an outstanding job trying to save that person letting firefighter frown The initial call out was a man on fire at the Commonwealth Bank in Springvale We were actually out at the time that we received the call during a premise inspection So we're actually quite close to the scene So there wasn't much time to process it initially from what we received and then obviously on route We were getting further information that were I guess it was making the job It was escalating the job in regards to people when we got to the bank initially it was I guess you'd describe it as Pandemonium chaos there's a lot of panicked people and there's smoke you're showing from the bank I guess initially from our point of view our priority was rescue straight away We knew that there's people inside from what was happening at the front and that was relayed by the incident controller senior station officer Jones that we needed to get in there ASAP and start trying to perform some rescues There's people in here We've got to get these people out and the more we went through and searched the bank The more people that we located in there I guess the gravity of it was just increasing as we went and you know It was really sort of hitting home that this is quite significant It was actually transpiring there and then there's the added I guess the the guy that actually let this fire where was he so That was going through my mind as well I know how to chat to the other guy that was in there with me in BA That you know potentially he's still in here. We need to be aware of that Yeah, like I said to some of the guys, you know, we're doing a job. That's all we're doing We don't do it for accolades or for honors We just do it because that's what we do But it is nice to be recognized and probably more so for the other guys as well Like I think it's great that they've received this award. Oh look at you just can't be just overly wrapped It's so proud that our people work so professionally in what they do in command and control in the search and rescue To pull people out and it's been a real honor to be here tonight to present in front of their families Due recognition for a job that is just well and truly beyond what would be the normal job of any firefighter They did a great job. Yeah, Darren Padgett senior station officer at Dandenong fire station Yeah, look, we had a call about 10 past eight grand final day and Street in Dandenong reported house fire Just after changes shift. So going down we had numerous calls received We could obviously where it was going to location bit of smoke showing so now we knew as a fairly going fire Based on that we had how I'm coming with us Rived on scene to find a two-story house The top of the back of the house was totally involved A heavy heavy smoke log coming out the front of one of the doors and we were confronted with the parents of a child family member and Badly burnt both and barely burnt, but the mum was really burnt hands burnt face Screaming the child was in the inside up in the top bedroom where all the smoke was coming from so Obviously confronted with that the parents trying to get back into so and save the you know get in there do a bit So we toss the crews and back then we only had a manninger three so Pumping myself in the fiery so he grabbed the ladder and pretty much on your shoulder and threw it upstairs and by then The second Danny no pump had arrived and crews had gone up and And you've gone in with a how long guys to do initial search. We had pump issues water issues So we had that they came along and did our search and Unfortunately, and the child wasn't in that room But in the back room but in the meantime and like crews all in there the guys went well and above what our normal firefighting role is they went in and inside up story Conducting hers trying to find the find the key to unfortunately Bad outcome we're confronted all the pressures We were confronted with the parents obviously the pressures the neighbors was in a block of units But the guys as I said went above in through the window without a hose at that stage nothing was going to do their search They'd zero visibility. It's not about receiving the ward It's being I think the biggest thing that we get out of this is the recognition for for going and above and doing our job It's it's the bigger picture It's the you know the issues that we've had as a platoon with the loss of the life But he makes it even harder. This is a good record a great recognition Not for what we did but just to be recognized for for something that we've done going and above and it's it's really nice to be You know as for a platoon individually It's a really something to be very proud of and I'm very proud to receive it and to have been nominated for it Look, I think particularly in both these instances Our crews are running in when we're the rest of the public including parents and family are running out of the building When you don't know whether it's an explosion or a bomb or whatever it is Our crews are still running in with a view to save life and property That's really special and they did a great job in what they did and yet can't help it be proud to Be a chief of people like that