Bay of Plenty Times
  • Bay of Plenty Times home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Sport

Locations

  • Coromandel & Hauraki
  • Katikati
  • Tauranga
  • Mount Maunganui
  • Pāpāmoa
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Thames
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Bay of Plenty Times / Te Puke Times

Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade report

By Dale Lindsay
Te Puke Times·
16 Sep, 2024 09:02 PMQuick Read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article
 Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade held its annual honours night at the weekend.
Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade held its annual honours night at the weekend.

Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade held its annual honours night at the weekend.

Emergency calls as at September 16: 217

Nine calls in the past fortnight.

Two fires – one vegetation and one smoke with investigation only required, plus three false alarms.

There were four vehicle crashes, fortunately no extrications were required.

We held our annual honours night on Saturday, September 14, recognising service of 17 of our members ranging from 3-year certificates to 47 years, including one 40-year certificate and brigade service trophy for Quentin Orr.

All Access. All in one subscription. From $2 per week
Subscribe now

All Access Weekly

From $2 per week
Pay just
$15.75
$2
per week ongoing
Subscribe now
BEST VALUE

All Access Annual

Pay just
$449
$49
per year ongoing
Subscribe now
Learn more
30
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Three former members were presented with plaques in recognition of their service: Laurence Cameron, Terry Thomas and Richard Crawford (posthumous presentation to his wife Julie).

Ex-Station Officer Terry Thomas was awarded life honorary membership of the brigade.

Rookie of the year: Jayde Moir

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Gordon (Tup) Watkins Memorial Trophy for training attendance: Steve Hennum.

Harry Diprose Memorial Cup for most calls attended: Steve Hennum.

Firefighter of the year: Grant Scothern

Watch Trophy for best duty crew: Brown WatchCheck out the Brigade

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Te.Puke.Fire.Brigade

Save
    Share this article

Latest from Te Puke Times

Bay of Plenty Times

'Out of this world': Humongous fungus find in BoP

Te Puke Times

Opinion: Mayor reflects on 2024's milestones and future goals

Opinion

Opinion: Reflections on a year of building community ties


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Recommended for you

Facing challenges: Kauri Museum seeks sponsors to secure future
Northern Advocate

Facing challenges: Kauri Museum seeks sponsors to secure future

Juvenile filly shines like diamond in season’s last black-type race
Racing

Juvenile filly shines like diamond in season’s last black-type race

Glenn Dwight: No Wi-Fi, no worries - remembering holidays of old
Glenn Dwight
OpinionGlenn Dwight

Glenn Dwight: No Wi-Fi, no worries - remembering holidays of old

Morning quiz: In which year did the Boston Tea Party occur?
New Zealand

Morning quiz: In which year did the Boston Tea Party occur?

Copycat Powerball: Lotto powerless to stop Malta company copying flagship game
New Zealand

Copycat Powerball: Lotto powerless to stop Malta company copying flagship game

Lawson surges into top 10, to start ninth at Belgian Grand Prix
Formula 1

Lawson surges into top 10, to start ninth at Belgian Grand Prix



Latest from Te Puke Times

'Out of this world': Humongous fungus find in BoP
Bay of Plenty Times

'Out of this world': Humongous fungus find in BoP

A BoP woman stumbled upon two giant mushrooms while on her daily walk.

24 Feb 02:00 AM
Opinion: Mayor reflects on 2024's milestones and future goals
Te Puke Times

Opinion: Mayor reflects on 2024's milestones and future goals

19 Dec 07:00 PM
Opinion: Reflections on a year of building community ties
Opinion

Opinion: Reflections on a year of building community ties

19 Dec 06:00 PM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Bay of Plenty Times e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Bay of Plenty Times
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP
search by queryly Advanced Search