International Firefighters' Day

As a result, five Geelong West firefighters were killed: Garry Vredeveldt, Christopher Evans, Stuart Davidson, Jason Thomas, and Matthew Armstrong.

This incident eventually led to the proposal for an International Firefighters' Day.

[1] A "sound off" occurs at noon local time on the first Sunday of May, as part of International Firefighters' Day.

It involves turning on fire sirens for 30 seconds, and a subsequent moment of silence for one minute to commemorate all firefighters who were killed in duty.

The red and blue ribbon is a symbol used for International Firefighters Day, the ribbon is 5 cm (2 inches) long and 1 cm (0.39 inches) wide, with the two separate colors conjoined at the top.