Selwyn_Times: January 10, 2024

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REMEMBERED: Gavin Thomas Lack rose through the ranks of the Lincoln Volunteer Fire
Brigade across 12 years.
PHOTOS: LINCOLN VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE
Volunteers’ ‘toughest call’
• From page 1
“It was a pretty sad day. The
last few days have been rough
for everyone in the brigade,” said
Steans.
Since the tragedy last week,
the brigade has been focusing on
looking after each other, Steans
said.
“We had a debrief at the job,
and after at the station, and some
brigade-based catch ups over
the weekend. A lot of members
have been also checking in, and
visiting others as well.”
Lack’s service with the brigade
spanned 12 years, four months
and 19 days, from August 17,
2011 to January 4.
Steans said he had known
Lack since before he became
a firefighter. He was kind and
gentle.
“He stands out as someone
with a common-sense, practical
approach and a calm demeanour.
I can’t recall ever seeing him angry,
even during moments when
he might have been frustrated.
He’s a fantastic person to work
with, and we’ve been good mates
from the start,” he said.
Lack was passionate about photography
which is how he became
a volunteer firefighter.
When the Lincoln station
sounded, Lack would turn up
and follow the crews to a fire
which he would then photograph.
He soon became their official
brigade photographer and
eventually joined the brigade as
operational support.
In 2016 he graduated as a
firefighter and eventually worked
his way up to become a senior
firefighter.
Lack also became a Fire and
Emergency NZ staff member,
having roles as a fire investigator,
in the risk reduction team,
logistics and as a member of the
Urban Search and Rescue team.
Steans said Lack quickly rose
to senior level within the brigade,
and undoubtedly had the
potential to achieve even more.
NEWS 5
Treatment plant fault
causes water problems
• By Daniel Alvey
UPGRADES to Prebbleton’s
water supply will be in place
by the end of the year to stop a
repeat of a recent failure.
Residents were left with very
little water pressure after a treatment
plant fault on multiple days
between Christmas and New
Year.
Deputy mayor and Prebbleton
resident Malcolm Lyall said his
water was still running but only
at a trickle.
“It was enough to make a cup
of tea, but not have a shower,”
Lyall said.
Council head of operational
delivery Gareth Morgan said
both treatment plants had to be
shut down.
“There was a fault at one of the
two treatment plants serving the
town and this created a spike
impacting the capacity of the
other plant which shut it down
requiring a manual restart,”
Morgan said.
Morgan said upgrades to
the system are currently being
worked on with the completion
date set at the end of 2024.
“We are in the process of
upgrading the UV system and
Reservoir storage for Prebbleton.”
MP welcomes baby boy
• By Daniel Alvey
SELWYN MP Nicola Grigg
welcomed her new baby boy
Geordie on December 27
at the Rolleston Birthing
Unit.
“I cannot thank the
team at the Te Whatu
Ora-Waitaha Canterbury
Rolleston birthing
unit enough for the
incredible care they
gave us during our stay,”
Grigg said on Facebook.
Grigg, who has been the
Wednesday January 10 2024 Selwyn Times
Nicola
Grigg
Selwyn MP since 2020, will be
on parental leave until March.
Todd McClay will take
over her role as
Minister of State for
Trade, and Associate
Minister of Agriculture
(Horticulture), while
Louise Upston will
be acting Minister for
Women until Grigg
returns to parliamentary
duties.
Her electorate office in
Rolleston will open January 22.
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