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Mercer Volunteer Fire Brigade marked 2 milestones at the weekend. The Brigade celebrated its jubilee... and Chief Fire Officer Clive Whitffield was presented with a Gold Star medal for 25 years' service. In March 1965 seven locals - Ronald Campbell, Robert Hills, Horace Russell, Raymond Savage, Wilfred Thorn, Clyde Worrell and Eric Youngman - got together to form Mercer Fire Brigade, an auxiliary of Tuakau, with little equipment on a trailer. It was later replaced by a hand-me-down fire engine and a shed was built to accommodate it. In latter years a new station was built and Mercer now has a state-of-the-art appliance. Clive Whitffield has been associated with the Brigade for all 25 years of his service.

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