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Quite apt to photograph this life buoy at the beach after having coffee and a chat with a girlfriend today. She has been immersed in Emergency for years. She graduated as a police officer, but had to give that up when she moved overseas to live. When she returned home she trained as a firefighter and now drives fire trucks and fights fires. 

I can't help but be terribly impressed every time I see her. She is super fit and fearless, and I imagine her being very calm and reassuring in the event of an emergency. In her spare time she is completing her studies to train as a paramedic, and also a senior firefighter.