Our People

Patron

Auckland Operational Support had never had a Patron. 75 years seemed a long time to be without one so it was decided to look for a suitable person to fill the role, an appointment which would be made during 2008, to tie in as part of the Unit's 75th anniversary celebrations. Thus at the 75th Annual General Meeting Chief Fire Officer Jim Smith announced the unanimous election of the Unit's inaugural Patron.

David Neil

Until his 2008 retirement, David Neil was for many years a senior executive officer with the New Zealand Fire Service in Auckland during which time he was a keen supporter of the Unit. He accepted the Unit's invitation to be its Patron and was installed to the position on 15th September 2008.

Current Members

56 Members

CFO Teal

46 years

DCFO Bay

35 years

SSO Scott

32 years

SSO Cuthbert

23 years

SSO Officer

41 years

SO Bhaktar

6 years

SO England

45 years

SO Smith

52 years

SO Harding

9 years

SO Christie

9 years

SO Bryant

8 years

SO O'Connor

13 years

SO Batterbee

20 years

SO Walker

17 years

QFF Kumar

4 years

QFF Lewis

7 years

QFF Potter

20 years

QFF Reyna

16 years

QFF Adams

7 years

QFF Schellingerhout

5 years

QFF Serjeant

14 years

QFF Sharma

9 years

QFF Somerville

10 years

QFF Southen

7 years

QFF Stillwell

41 years

QFF Teal

8 years

QFF Watson

23 years

QFF Hadler

8 years

QFF Cuthbert

23 years

QFF Bernie

3 years

QFF Koloamatangi

13 years

QFF Dragland

4 years

QFF Falaniko

9 years

QFF Bean

6 years

QFF Grant

12 years

QFF Hohaia

22 years

QFF Akroyd

4 years

QFF Adair

5 years

QFF Kitchen

5 years

FF Dilsook

3 years

FF Taio

3 years

FF Balasubramani

4 years

FF Stapleton

2 years

FF Ale

4 years

FF Clarke

2 years

FF Sharma

6 years

FF Parker

3 years

RFF Swanepoel

1 year

RFF Page

1 year

RFF Holloway

1 year

RFF Maea

1 year

RFF Wilkie

1 year

VBS Sadler

22 years

VBS Mellars

10 years

VBS Wallace

7 years

SO (NO) Duncan

49 years

Unit Photo

AUCKLAND VOLUNTEER OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNIT
JULY 2017

This photo was taken to mark the transition from the New Zealand Fire Service to Fire and Emergency New Zealand; this is the last group picture showing members of what was the New Zealand Fire Service's largest Volunteer Fire Brigade, the Auckland Volunteer Fire Brigade. On 1 July 2017, Brigade members transferred automatically to the jurisdiction of the new organisation, Fire and Emergency, which absorbed all former New Zealand Fire Service and National Rural Fire Authority Brigades and Fire Forces.

Back Row:
QFF Amanda Cuthbert - FF Shayne Mardon - VBS Anthony Sampson - RFF Mary Harding

4th Row:
FF Chris Mellars - QFF Brett Grant - QFF Ian Batterbee - QFF Jonathan Sadler - QFF Hayden Chisnall - RFF Abel Reyna-Rivera - RFF Melani Falaniko - FF James Somerville - FF Zeenat Bi

3rd Row:
RFF Jeffrey Yik - QFF Kevin Stillwell - QFF Dean Serjeant - RFF Justin Scott - QFF Kepueli Hanisi - QFF Stuart McLean - RFF Jack Bryant - RFF Richard Christie - QFF Patrick Robinson - RFF Sarah Sanford

2nd Row:
RFF Kieran Liddington - FF Nick Mackle - QFF Unga Koloamatangi - QFF Matt Walker - QFF Mark Potter - SO Alexander Chan See - FF Jonathan McKessar - RFF Nino Bianco - QFF Jackie Watson

Front Row:
SO Duane Carnell - SO Dan Scott - SO Jim Smith - SSO Allan Officer - DCFO Ross Bay - CFO Glenn Teal - SSO Ric Carlyon - SSO Richard Cuthbert - SO Peter Duncan - SO Chris England

Absent:
SO Keith Ashton - QFF Nigel Hohaia - QFF Tim Dickinson - QFF David O'Connor - SO John Hall - FF Ashleigh Young - FF Olyvia Singh - FF Gary Wyatt - RFF Nasif Khan - QFF (HM) Mark Foster