You would want to have a good reason to do 22 push ups in a row every night, and a group of Moruya firefighters have had that for the past 12 days.
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A group of Moruya Fire and Rescue firefighters and one Moruya RFS firefighter have been raising awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder with a 22 push up challenge at Fire and Rescue headquarters.
“Tonight marks day 13,” Captain Mark Gould said.
“We have between six and nine doing the 22 push-ups each night.
“Everyone is doing pretty well, and getting fitter.”
Moruya Fire and Rescue Deputy Captain Rod Phillips brought the challenge after being nominated by his brother Robert, who served with the Australian Army Reserve 2/17 Battalion RNSWS Regiment and volunteered for a full rotation at Rifle Company Butterworth Malaysia.
His other brother Shane served in East Timor with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment as part of the peace-keeping force.
“It is a good cause that we care about that affects many people,” Deputy Phillips said.
“The more people know about PTSD, the the more comfortable people suffering from it will be with talking about it.”
The Moruya boys are now going to nominate Pyrmont Fire and Rescue, where their former Deputy Captain Paul Hallahan is now stationed, as well as Batemans Bay and Nowra.
