04/06/2026
🚒🔥 MEET THE CREW FRIDAY 🔥🚒
☺️ Name: Alysha Tinetti
🚒 Rank / Role in Brigade: Firefighter / Social Media Guru 👩🏽🚒👩🏽💻 and unofficial Community Outreach Lady 😁
🏠 Brigade: Murchison Volunteer Fire Brigade (38)
👋🏻 Introduce yourself: I'm a 27-year-old mum of three, with an amazing and supportive partner Liam, who has been by my side for the last 14 years (you do the math on that one 😂). I'm a born-and-bred Murchsonian. I'm the oldest daughter to Erin who owns and operates Mumma E's and Bevan who the true locals will know (better known as Jumbo) worked on the local gold mine up the matakitki back in the day.
⏱️ How long have you been with the brigade? I've always been "a part" of the brigade. I'm what you'd call a Fire Brat, for those who don't know, that's someone who grew up around the station. Officially though, I think it's been about 9ish years... give or take in between having my darling children🗓️
❤️ What is your story on why you joined the brigade?
As I said, I grew up around the Murchison Brigade as a fire brat. Some of you may have known Joe McLellan. He was my stepdad, but at one stage he was the DFC of our brigade. And with that Somehow, I was always ending up at Monday night trainings as a kid, usually as a patient trapped in a wrecked car 🚗 down a bank somewhere, helping with truck checks, acting as the brigade photographer or lollie scramble thrower out the back of the firetruck 🍭
What made me officially join was about a year after Joes accident. The brigade members kept pestering me, saying, "Just come along to a few Monday nights and see how you go." They must have seen something in me that I couldn't quite see in myself at the time, because it worked... and I'm still here 😂
🤔What do you get out of it?
The feeling of being there for my community in a positive way is like no other. Not just for the people who live here, but for those simply passing through. I often see people at their most vulnerable, and I want to leave some kind of positive imprint during what might be one of the worst moments of their lives.
When I was a recruit, we were very short on members, so I was thrown in the deep end and had to attended some pretty tough calls early on as a teen. Those were the calls I took home with me. They made me think about the families involved and the people who were watching and waiting to continue their journeys. I wanted them to see, through me, what I see in our small community, people who genuinely care and are willing to show up when it matters most.
The saying I will always continue to hear in my head in those moments "be the best you can be and be the change you want to see"
What I get out of it is the incredible feeling of being someone's light in the dark. 🕯️
It also gives me the opportunity to show my kids that they can do absolutely ANYTHING they put their minds to. 💪🏻 And seeing them still encouraging me to "go mum go" Everytime that siren goes up is the best feeling in the world because they know someone needs mum to help them feel better. 💛
⭐️ What's the best part about your brigade? It's one big family. When you join the brigade, it's not just you joining, your whole family becomes part of it too. We all come from different backgrounds, but we share one thing in common: we want to help and make a difference with our community. That's what makes it such a special thing to be part of.
👩🏽🚒👨🏻🚒 What would you say to someone who is on the fence about joining the brigade? We have so many different roles within our brigade. Everyone brings something unique to the table, and that's what makes a brigade work.
I still haven't quite figured out what I bring yet 🤔 if you asked me I would say it's brightness and entertainment 🤸🏽♀️ if you asked the other members they might just say annoyance. 🤣
But come along on a Monday night. There's absolutely no pressure to sign up on the spot. Just come and see what we're all about. You might decide it's for you, or you might discover another way you'd like to help your community.
But you'll never know unless you show up to that Monday night training. 😉
And who knows... you might be like me and never leave either. ☺️🚒
