More than 20 members of the Tintaldra Fire Brigade were recently presented with Long Service Medals by CFA Commander, Trevor Ebbels, totalling an amazing 650 years of service in total.
The longest serving current member is Phillip Coysh who has been involved with the brigade for 50 years with Laurie Forrest chalking up 45 years.
The majority of the recipients have figured in three major fire fighting campaigns in the past 20 years – the 2003 Eastern Victoria bushfires, the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires.
Presentations:
5 Years
- Mark Auchinleck
- Ed Crozier
- Durham
10 Years
- Craig Stephens
15 Years
- Jason Byrne
- Tim De Haan
- David McKimmie.
20 Years
- Thomas Greenhill
- Brooke McKimmie
- Redel White-head.
25 Years
- Thomas Scammell
- Peter Forrest.
35 Years
- Terry Forrest
- Darren Putting
- Neale Whitsed
- Sharyn Nankervis.
40 Years
- Alexander Hill
- Alex Mackinnon
- Gary Nankervis
- Kevin Whitehead
- Mervyn Clarke
- Neil Clydsdale.
45 Years
- Laurie Forrest.
50 Years
- Phillip Coysh.
This article appeared in the Corryong Courier, 2 February 2023.
