“Not very,” she tells However, this hasn’t stopped her from rising up the ranks. Mckay joined the Ngāruawāhia Fire Brigade when she was 63 after her son suggested she have a look.
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Anna Mckay, 71, signed up to the Ngāruawāhia brigade when she was 63. She had just moved to Waikato to be closer to family, but found herself living out of Ngāruawāhia on a hill. It was easy for her to just stay out there. “I needed to get to know people . I needed to make an effort.” So when the brigade put out a call for people who held a Class 4 licence to drive their tanker, something Mckay had, her son Guy Beethem suggested she offer her services.
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