Bay Harbour: November 08, 2017

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Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 8 <strong>2017</strong><br />

News<br />

Tanker replacement<br />

•From page 1<br />

Christchurch principal rural<br />

fire officer Darrin Woods said<br />

a purpose-built bespoke tanker<br />

had been requested from FENZ,<br />

which was likely to arrive<br />

between March and June next<br />

year.<br />

“It’s definitely a<br />

high priority. We need<br />

confirmation of capital<br />

expenditure budgets<br />

before we can give a<br />

time frame for arrival.<br />

It won’t be this summer,<br />

unfortunately, but will<br />

be before the end of our<br />

financial year on June<br />

30. It will be a bespoke rural<br />

appliance, which takes up to six<br />

months to build.”<br />

Mr Woods was “absolutely<br />

confident” the current tanker<br />

had the capability required,<br />

even though it was slower and<br />

only carried 3000-litres of water<br />

instead of the previous vehicle’s<br />

4000-litres.<br />

“It’s ex-military and one of the<br />

most capable off-road vehicles<br />

that we have. It’s been performing<br />

the function of a dedicated<br />

rural fire capability for as long<br />

as the city council has had it.”<br />

But Mr Irving said while he<br />

understood it would take time<br />

to build a new truck, it didn’t<br />

resolve the immediate situation.<br />

“It’s the delay factor – that’s<br />

Tori Peden<br />

the concern. Sometimes you can<br />

get to a small fire and put it out.<br />

That small fire can become large<br />

within 10 or 15 minutes and if<br />

you haven’t done the business it<br />

becomes a large fire very quickly.<br />

It’s about time factors. I’ve<br />

been fighting fires for 24 years. I<br />

know that you can whip<br />

in and put something<br />

out quickly that if left<br />

for another five or 10<br />

minutes can become a<br />

major headache.”<br />

“You go from a truck<br />

that could do 70 or<br />

80km/h up a hill compared<br />

to one that struggles<br />

to do 40km/h – and you<br />

have to empty the water out of<br />

it – you’re talking about a 20min<br />

difference. And again, that<br />

could be the difference between<br />

saving a house or not.”<br />

“I work for the community –<br />

I’m a community member and I<br />

see the extra risk that we’ve been<br />

put in, and I object.”<br />

Banks Peninsula Community<br />

Board member Tori Peden said<br />

it was “scary” to hear it would<br />

be a six-month wait for a new<br />

tanker, especially as a long, hot<br />

and dry summer was predicted.<br />

“People in the community are<br />

quite concerned and it’s not only<br />

coming from the community<br />

it’s coming from the brigade<br />

themselves.”<br />

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Xmas campaign for kids<br />

THE LITTLE Ray of Giving campaign<br />

is back.<br />

The gift drive aims to put a smile on<br />

the faces of children and families who<br />

may need some extra cheer at this time<br />

of year.<br />

Ray White Ferrymead partners with<br />

Sumner, Redcliffs and Mt Pleasant<br />

schools and the Christchurch City<br />

Mission to help disadvantaged children<br />

who may need a little extra light in their<br />

festive season.<br />

“This is the third year that we’ve run<br />

A Little Ray of Giving and we want <strong>2017</strong><br />

to be our biggest yet,” said operations<br />

manager Nancy Vincent Parr.<br />

“In our first year, we collected the<br />

most gifts of any Ray White branch in<br />

the country, which shows how much<br />

our community gets involved.”<br />

She said the aim was for 500 gifts this<br />

year.<br />

Those who wish to donate just need to<br />

inform the Ray White team whether the<br />

gift is for a boy or girl, and nominate an<br />

age group from babies to teenagers.<br />

“As much as it’s nice to donate your<br />

old gifts to friends or families, or the<br />

local charity shop, these are for a special<br />

day, so we politely ask for new gifts only.<br />

“All you need to do is wrap up your<br />

new present and drop it under the tree<br />

into our office reception,” Ms Vincent-<br />

Parr said.<br />

•The Christmas tree will be in the<br />

front window at 21 Humphreys<br />

Drive from December 1.<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

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Ferrymead<br />

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Vincent Parr<br />

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