Australian and Taiwanese Firefighters Heat Up 2025 With New Calendar

Australian and Taiwanese firefighters have collaborated for the first time ever on a charity calendar for 2025.

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00:00The Australian-Taiwanese Firefighters 2025 calendar has officially been released, marking

00:05the first time ever heroes from the two countries have collaborated.

00:08And now for the calendar, six Taiwanese firefighters flew all the way to Australia for the photo

00:13shoot.

00:14For five years, we've had a very strong bond and friendship with Taiwan and the people.

00:19And it seemed like we've been working with the fire authorities here on different smaller

00:24projects that we should do a big project, which was a great idea.

00:29For over 30 years, the Australian Firefighters calendar has been supporting the Children's

00:34Hospital Foundation, providing funds for research into childhood burns and other charities.

00:40With this Taiwan-Australia collaboration announced in April this year, Taiwanese firefighters

00:44can now join the effort.

00:46It's an honor to be on the cover of the calendar.

00:51The Australians are really strong.

00:54It was really fun, it was such a great experience, just to meet the guys from Taiwan.

01:03They're all so fit, so strong, made me a little bit nervous because they're amazing.

01:09Among the Taiwanese firefighters, one in particular stands out, Zhou Peiru, who is the only female

01:15featured in the calendar, marking the first time in a decade for a woman to be part of

01:20the Australian Firefighters calendar.

01:22I feel a lot of pressure, because the Australian and other men's muscle lines, I really admire

01:31them.

01:32I can only do my best to show them.

01:33It's a live fire, so it's a little nerve-wracking to touch them for the first time.

01:37Especially when there's fire on the ground, it burns your feet.

01:43So I'm a little scared, but I'm still able to complete the shoot with their help.

01:49The firefighters' duty is to put out flames, but now with Taiwanese and Australian firefighters

01:53working together on the calendar, it looks like things will only get hotter.

01:56Clive Wong and Sunny Chi in New Taipei for Taiwan Plus.