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Crew of 2008
Chief Fire Officer:
Russell Postlewaight
Fire Safety officer, Porirua. Joined New Zealand Fire Service 1972, joined Plimmerton brigade as a volunteer July 1996, elected CFO April 2004. Gold Star 1997. Seconded to the United Nations in 1993 as a Fire Safety Inspector, including tours in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Croatia. Also worked as Fire Safety Liason in New York City, including riding NYFD rescue tenders. Still on call for UN Fire.
Deputy Chief Fire Officer:
Ian Scott
Manager, Central Communications Centre (Fire), Wellington (Firecom).
Joined Plimmerton brigade as volunteer January 1975.
Joined NZFS 5 January 1984.
Gold Star March 2000
Senior Station Officer:
Dave Anderson
Painter/decorator. Former London policeman and airport firefighter. Joined Plimmerton brigade 1981. Gold Star 2006.
Station Officers:
Carl Mills
Operations manager, Ontrack. Joined Plimmerton brigade 1998; also time with Birkenhead brigade.
Tony Sutorious
CEO Unreal Films. Claims to be related to Emperor Caligula's fire chief, Marcus Sutorius. Joined Plimmerton brigade in 1990; also time with Titahi Bay brigade.
Senior Firefighters:
Paul Curd
Police constable. Joined Plimmerton brigade 1995.
Ed Hintz
Unix systems administrator, opera singer, home brewer and refugee Californian. Joined Plimmerton brigade Feb 2004.
Johnny Johnston
Building supplies manager. Joined Plimmerton brigade 27th March, 1980, Gold Star 2005.
Tim Manawaiti
Apprentice electrician and surfie. Joined Plimmerton brigade July 2003.
Firefighters:
Chris Anderson
Courier driver, ex-army. Joined Plimmerton brigade Sept 2006.
John Forster
Polytechnic Tutor in NZ Certificate in Automotive Engineering.
Keyboard muso & vocalist in two bands. Joined Plimmerton brigade Feb 2000.
Fenn Langbein
Carpenter. Joined Plimmerton brigade Sept 2006.
Steve Le Prou
Telecom tech. Joined Plimmerton brigade August 2006.
Graeme Penty
Prison officer, teacher, rock guitarist, pilot. Joined Plimmerton brigade August 2006
Gerry Prins
Police Inspector, including national LandSAR duties. Joined Plimmerton brigade August 2006
Trudie Ottow
Restauranteur and chef. Joined Plimmerton brigade Sept 2005.
Peter Smith
Electronics maintenance engineer, biker, pilot and yachtie. Joined Plimmerton brigade August 2002.
Ben Troy
Landscape gardener. Joined Plimmerton brigade August 2006.
Anthony Van Son
Builder. Joined Plimmerton brigade July 1998.
Patrick Van Son
Floor covering consultant, and snowborder. Joined Plimmerton brigade April 2001.
Bret Wiegand
Video store proprietor. Joined Plimmerton brigade Sept 2005.
Operational Support:
Ross Miller
CEO Kotuku Media and actor. Joined Plimmerton brigade August 2005.
Probationary Firefighters:
Interested in joining the crew? Send an email to pvfb@pvfb.org.nz
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