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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 9<br />
Volunteer firefighters<br />
simply want to help<br />
The district is fortunate<br />
to have huge numbers of<br />
volunteers committing<br />
significant time to help<br />
clubs, organisations and<br />
causes. Lincoln Volunteer<br />
Fire Brigade chief fire officer<br />
Jeremy Greenwood explains why<br />
firefighters do their bit to help<br />
I’M CONSTANTLY amazed at the<br />
support volunteer firefighters in the<br />
district receive from the public.<br />
As chief of the Lincoln brigade I see it<br />
every week.<br />
I’m unsure the exact reasons but<br />
suspect it has a good deal to the fact that<br />
fires, emergencies and natural disaster do<br />
seem to affect us all.<br />
People value the time, commitment and<br />
family sacrifice that our firefighters make<br />
to help our community.<br />
I was once asked by a woman visiting<br />
the Lincoln fire station: “Is there a typical<br />
time that the alarm goes off?” Before<br />
I could answer one of my colleagues<br />
interrupted:<br />
“Usually dinner time or kids’ bath<br />
time!”<br />
The comment was made in jest, but<br />
the message was simple; you never know<br />
when the alarm will sound but it’s often at<br />
an inconvenient time.<br />
The fire alarm can go at any time of the<br />
day or night, 365 days of the year.<br />
The amount of weekly training we are<br />
required to undertake is astounding and<br />
added to that are additional weekend<br />
specialist courses that we’re required to<br />
attend or choose to attend.<br />
We’re constantly involved in formal<br />
initiatives to educate children about fire<br />
safety and this sees our crews regularly<br />
visiting schools, pre-schools, Cubs, Scouts,<br />
Guides and so forth.<br />
We also work hard to ensure the fire<br />
safety messages get through to other<br />
groups within our community; farmers,<br />
the elderly, landlords and tenants and the<br />
disadvantaged.<br />
This help could be as simple as alerting<br />
people that they could be eligible for<br />
subsidised home smoke alarms, and then<br />
installing them at no cost.<br />
So, why do we do it? It’s challenging,<br />
rewarding and a great way to meet people<br />
within the community. Most of all, we<br />
simply want to do our bit to help.<br />
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