Heretaunga Volunteer Brigade Controller Hamish Hanara accepting the keys of the new appliance on Friday. Photo / Supplied
Heretaunga Volunteer Brigade Controller Hamish Hanara accepting the keys of the new appliance on Friday. Photo / Supplied
The volunteer firefighters at the Heretaunga Volunteer Fire Brigade are "rapt" to now be driving around a new truck for the first time in 15 years.
The brigade on Friday received a new rural fire truck.
Deputy Principal Rural Fire Officer Gordon Foster said they were vegetation fire specialists, andthe new rural fire truck, with capacity for 1000 more litres of water, will make a difference.
Other than the obvious difference that the truck is yellow, it is also a lot higher off the ground, and a four-wheel drive suitable for off road jobs, he said.
Foster said the last new truck they had was when he was a volunteer for the brigade and the volunteers are "rapt as they would be".
Hanara said it is "awesome to see" the volunteers and their families allowing them to volunteer donating their time. Photo / Supplied
Brigade Controller Hamish Hanara said as one of the busier rural brigades, the truck was badly needed.
"It means that all the hard work that everyone puts in behind the scenes volunteering it sort of rewards them as a brigade, as a group, as a family, because that's what we are, one big family group.
"It's a type of recognition, it's Fire and Emergency NZ recognising us saying hey you guys have done well as a token of our appreciation here's a new truck.
