The Gippsland resident lives far from the devastation of Victoria's ongoing bushfire crisis, but he already had a plan to help.
He is among many farmers who travelled from far and wide to bring relief to their struggling comrades who have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of stock.
But it's not just the financial toll that's devastating, it's the pain the stock felt dying in the fires themselves.
“The biggest thing is the community and the farmers,” Mr Brown said.
“Basically the animals need food quickly. The animals are the backbone of Australia.”
One farmer said the fire claimed at least 1000 of his father’s stock, including dozens of lambs who were ready to be sent to the stockyards next week.
The lambs lay in the front of their property completely burned.
About 150,000 hectares have been burned in the Longwood fire, which has led to a mass livestock loss, Ruffy CFA captain George Noye said.
Farmers were waiting for Agriculture Victoria to arrive in town to help treat injured stock that are in agony.
“The longer we leave those animals laying in the paddock, the messier that job's going to get,” Mr Noye added.
“And there are animals that are still alive, it’s inhumane.”
The community came out in droves on Sunday, filling a scorched paddock with hay bales, while more donations were left at the local town hall.
Trina Dudley made the trip from Echuca with a trailer of hay.
She said it was important to support one another during difficult times, adding that the donation was about community spirit.
“The volunteers and firefighters have done a really good job to save houses and livestock,” Ms Dudley said.
“I know they wouldn’t be there without that help.”
– with AAP
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