Bay Harbour: April 10, 2024

• By Dylan Smits<br />

THE GOVERNORS <strong>Bay</strong><br />

Volunteer Fire Brigade showed<br />

off their rope rescue skills<br />

and new station extension as<br />

they opened their doors to the<br />

community on Saturday.<br />

About 50 people attended the<br />

open day which included a tour<br />

of the station and a display of the<br />

brigade’s trucks and gear.<br />

The event was popular with<br />

families and children, including<br />

a group from the Cholmondeley<br />

Children’s Centre.<br />

“No doubt the kids had a great<br />

time, getting sprayed with water<br />

and everything,” said brigade<br />

secretary Mike Smith.<br />

As a lines two certified brigade,<br />

the Governors <strong>Bay</strong> firefighters<br />

specialise in rope rescues.<br />

“We put a demonstration on<br />

with the gear for everyone to<br />

watch,” Smith said.<br />

“We look after the Summit Rd<br />

and carry out rescues of walkers<br />

or victims of car accidents where<br />

they have to be brought up on a<br />

stretcher or on a rope.”<br />

A dummy in a stretcher was<br />

lifted through a rope pulley system<br />

during the demonstration.<br />

“People found it really<br />

interesting and had quite a few<br />

questions about the gear and<br />

training.”<br />

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Governors <strong>Bay</strong> Volunteer<br />

Fire Brigade open day had<br />

fun spraying the hoses and,<br />

inspecting the trucks and<br />

meeting the firefighters.<br />

foster community interest in<br />

volunteering.<br />

Inside the station, the firefighters<br />

showed off renovations<br />

unseen by the public since completion<br />

at the end of last year.<br />

Most important for improved<br />

operations is the new fast<br />

changing area for when the<br />

volunteers need to gear up for<br />

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officer Doug Burt.<br />

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Wednesday <strong>April</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2024</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News<br />

NEWS 5<br />

Funds raised<br />

for tug refit<br />

THE TUG Lyttelton Preservation<br />

Society has raise more than<br />

$3000 from community<br />

donations for their vessel’s refit<br />

since <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News reported<br />

on critical need for funding.<br />

“We have a long way to go to<br />

reach our $300,000 goal but we<br />

know every little bit helps get<br />

us one step closer,” said society<br />

president Mike Bruce.<br />

Bruce said the society was<br />

grateful for the many messages<br />

of support and small individual<br />

donations they have already<br />

received, but is still looking for<br />

corporate or charity sponsorship<br />

to reach their funding goal.<br />

The refit plan is on hold until at<br />

least $70,000 of the total is raised<br />

which will allow work to begin,<br />

but there will still be hundreds of<br />

thousands left to raise.<br />

The 116-year-old tug has been<br />

out of commission since August<br />

when the vessel’s boilers failed a<br />

safety inspection.<br />

Those interested in sponsoring<br />

the tug’s refit can make contact<br />

with the society at tuglyttelton@<br />

gmail.com or meet society<br />

members at their Steam<br />

Extravaganza booth at McLeans<br />

Island on Saturday.<br />

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