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SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Wednesday <strong>February</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2020</strong> 7<br />
to volunteer<br />
The kids are our future for the<br />
brigade you know, I’m not going<br />
to be around forever and we need<br />
people to come through and take<br />
over and have the same passions.<br />
I can’t say I’ve ever had a moment<br />
when I’ve said I don’t want<br />
to do it anymore or I’ve had<br />
enough.<br />
Every brigade in the district<br />
could do with more volunteers,<br />
not just Rolleston, so if anyone is<br />
interested, go down to your local<br />
station and put your hand up.<br />
Do you have any plans to stop<br />
volunteer firefighting?<br />
Ever since I was a kid I wanted<br />
to be a fireman. I think the day I<br />
lose the passion I’ll give it up and<br />
retire but I can’t see that happening<br />
any time soon.<br />
Can you tell me about your<br />
other volunteer work?<br />
I was a volunteer ambulance<br />
officer for two years in the mid-<br />
2000s, I really enjoyed that.<br />
I volunteered at the Waitaha<br />
Learning Centre, now Waitaha<br />
School, when it was in Templeton<br />
helping children with special<br />
needs. I just love to volunteer.<br />
If anyone feels like volunteering<br />
and helping out, whether it be<br />
the fire brigade or any organisation,<br />
they should do it. It’s about<br />
giving back to the people and to<br />
the community.<br />
I would highly recommend<br />
it because it comes with such<br />
a sense of achievement, it’s extremely<br />
rewarding.<br />
How long have you lived in<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong>?<br />
My family and I moved to<br />
Rolleston in <strong>19</strong>86. I spent about<br />
three years here then went away<br />
for three years and then came<br />
back. I’ve probably spent about<br />
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pupils helping them<br />
complete their firewise<br />
programme.<br />
seven years out here all together.<br />
What do you like about living<br />
in Rolleston?<br />
The fire brigade. Just kidding,<br />
I would have to say the people.<br />
When I first started there<br />
were six or seven streets and the<br />
growth has been unbelievable<br />
but you still feel like you are<br />
a part of this small town.<br />
My wife hates it because every<br />
time we go shopping I always run<br />
into someone I know and will<br />
want to have a chat with.<br />
What are your hobbies and<br />
interests outside of firefighting?<br />
I enjoy the gym, I do that all<br />
the time and we’ve just built<br />
a house so we have spent a lot<br />
of time doing the gardens and<br />
things like that.<br />
I’m also a part of the Red Knight<br />
Motorcycle Club. It’s for current<br />
and ex firefighters and is a lot of<br />
fun, I’d definitely recommend it<br />
and if any firefighters want to get<br />
involved just get in touch.<br />
My wife’s a shift worker at the<br />
airport in the operations department<br />
and we like to spend time<br />
together.<br />
I’ve also got a brand new grandaughter<br />
that is taking up a lot of<br />
my time as well.<br />
Can you tell me about your<br />
family?<br />
I have a wife Raewyn, she is my<br />
biggest supporter. When I went<br />
for the chief job she was behind<br />
me 100 per cent, she has been<br />
there for me through everything.<br />
Between us, we have five<br />
children. I have got three, a<br />
daughter and two sons who are<br />
all grown up and working and<br />
then Raewyn’s got two boys,<br />
so I have two stepsons. They<br />
are all grown up and working<br />
as well and of course, my one<br />
granddaughter, she is the best.<br />
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Fire<br />
meeting a<br />
success<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
A SECOND meeting to educate<br />
lifestyle block owners on<br />
protecting their property from<br />
fire was a success.<br />
About 80 people attended the<br />
meeting held by Fire and Emergency<br />
New Zealand, police and<br />
the district council civil defence<br />
team in Lincoln on Sunday.<br />
Said FENZ fire risk management<br />
officer Kerri Pring: “It was<br />
great. People are really positive<br />
and they’re hungry for the information<br />
we are giving them.<br />
“You can see they really want<br />
to make a difference for their<br />
properties and protect themselves<br />
and their neighbours.”<br />
Part of the key advice was to<br />
keep grass cut and a clear path<br />
for emergency services to help in<br />
case something does go wrong,<br />
she said.<br />
No further meetings are<br />
planned for this summer but they<br />
may be held again next year.<br />
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