My name is Kel O'Shea I am a volunteer fire fighter with the New South Wales Rural Fire Service in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. I have been a member of the Hill End brigade in the Chifley fire zone for 23 years which covers Bathurst, Lithgow and Oberon, west of the blue mountains, 270km west of Sydney.

I also collect fire and emergency service patches from Australia and around the world. I am also a member of the Police Insignia Collectors Association of Australia.