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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1976
OVER 120 FIREMEN RECOGNISED FOR LONG SERVICE
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THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR. L.M. DAVIES, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PRESENTED COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADES LONG SERVICE MEDALS AND CLASPS TO OVER 120 SERVING AND RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WHICH WAS HELD AT THE HARBOUR ROAD FIRE STATION, MR. DAVIES NOTED THAT A DAY NEVER WENT BY WITHOUT MANY CALLS FOR HELP TO THE FIRE SERVICES.
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HE TOLD THE FIREMEN YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO THESE IMMEDIATELY AND BE READY TO MEET ALL SORTS OF SITUATIONS, ALMOST ALL OF WHICH ARE UNNERVING AND MANY OF THEM DANGEROUS, YOU ARE JUDGED BY THE PUBLIC FOR THE SPEED WITH WHICH YOU ARRIVE ON THE SCENE, THE EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH YOU COPE WITH ALL MANNER OF ACCIDENTS AND SITUATIONS, THE COMPASSION WHICH YOU SHOW TO THE VICTIMS AND FOR THE WAY IN WHICH EACH OF YOU REACTS TO THE DEMANDS MADE ON YOU.+
+TOO OFTEN BY OUR OWN CARELESSNESS WE PUT YOU AT RISK AND IT IS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO SEE YOU ON PARADE, SO SMARTLY TURNED OUT, SO WELL DISCIPLINED AND OBVIOUSLY SO READY TO DO YOUR DUTY, HE ADDED.
HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE RECIPIENTS FOR THEIR DEVOTED AND LOYAL SERVICE.
AT TODAY'S PRESENTATION, 77 OF THE MEN WERE AWARDED LONG SERVICE MEDALS IN RECOGNITION OF THE IR 18 YEARS OF SERVICE WHILE THE OTHER 48 RECEIVED FIRST CLASPS TO THEIR MEDALS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.
THE RECIPIENTS INCLUDED SIX DIVISIONAL OFFICERS, FIVE ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICERS, 35 PRINCIPAL FIREMEN, 57 SENIOR FIREMEN, 16 FIREMEN, A PRINCIPAL AMBULANCEMAN, A SENIOR AMBULANCEMAN AND FOUR AMBULANCEMEN.
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