Volunteer riders at Blood Bikes Australia are offering to deliver to healthcare organisations during the coronavirus pandemic. Founder Peter Davis established the Australian arm of Blood Bikes in ...

BATLOW, Australia – Most of the fires Michael Blenkins has put out since becoming a volunteer firefighter in the 1980s required little more than rushing to a nearby farm and hosing down ankle-high ...

Doug Schutz started volunteering with the Rural Fire Service in Australia's New South Wales state some 53 years ago, at the age of 13.Now captain of the Tomerong brigade, he’s also been the victim of ...

As washing machines whir in the mobile laundry van, 75 year old Dave Paulsen sits and chats. He's been volunteering with not-for-profit organisation Orange Sky in the Northern Rivers since 2019, ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Thousands are working extended shifts to battle relentless blazes, raising questions about whether the country can continue to rely on an unpaid force. By Isabella Kwai and Livia Albeck-Ripka ...

In this image from a video, rescuers try to help whales stranded on Cheynes Beach east of Albany, Australia Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Nearly 100 pilot whales stranded themselves on a beach in western ...

A Country Fire Service volunteer has died while working to contain a bushfire in South Australia’s north-west.