Motueka Volunteer Fire Brigade’s open day fired on all cylinders earlier this month with locals rushing to the scene to spark their interest in the emergency service code.
Chief fire officer Mike Riddell says the attendance was hotter than the previous year with fire safety education, a sausage sizzle, vehicle and equipment displays, and car cutting and fire extinguisher demonstrations illuminating the High St station.
He says the event was also a site to ignite more volunteers, which would be warmly welcomed as summer nears.
“We have 28 volunteers but we’re probably four or five light,” he says.
“We have roles for firefighters and operational support, who essentially do everything bar frontline firefighting, and then we have brigade support volunteers who go out and do promotions for smoke alarms and lecture community groups about fire safety.
“We’re here on Wednesday nights at 7.30pm for people to come along and have a chat about what we do or whether they’d like to join our crew.”
