CELEBRATION: Firefighter Paul Osborne is being awarded a gold star for 25 years of service and the Ngongotaha Volunteer Fire Brigade is celebrating their 75th birthday this weekend. PHOTO/FILE
The Ngongotaha Volunteer Fire Brigade turns 75 this weekend and the public is invited to its birthday party.
The station will also reward some of its long-term staff including volunteer firefighter Paul Osborne, who will receive a gold star for 25 years in the service.
Mr Osborne said the crew
would drive its fire trucks through the township from Ngongotaha Rd, opposite the Hawker Trucks Services, to the Ngongotaha Domain at 9.45am tomorrow.
At the domain there will be demonstrations from rural fire, New Zealand Police, Civil Defence and the New Zealand Fire Service.
"The station will be turned into a museum for the day and going into the evening there will be a reunion for past and present members, there will be an awards ceremony at the same time," Mr Osborne said.
