News Story
Chief Fire Officer Glenn Teal, says the 2014/15 year was one of the busiest for our brigade. Year ended June 2015, members attended 617 incidents, confirming we remain the busiest volunteer fire brigade in New Zealand... and noting that these were all "working jobs". Addressing the Brigade's Annual General Meeting earlier this week, Glenn said that most call-outs were to persons-trapped motor vehicle crashes (240) and most-performed duties were traffic management and road closures. Fires accounted for 234 responses. "Notwithstanding the busy year we had," he said, "the brigade has a number of projects and improvements underway to prepare for the future. To add to this work there'll be some changes in personnel in the next year, we will retain the intensive training schedule and continue recruitment from the waiting list". Brigade Treasurer, Senior Station Officer Allan Officer, told the AGM that Brigade's finances remain very sound.
