Queen’s Service Medal for services to Fire and Emergency
Kaiwaka’s Chief Fire Officer, John Bowmar, received his Queen’s Service Medal for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community from Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy at Government House in Wellington last month.
John has been a member of the Kaiwaka volunteer brigade since 1977 and has been CFO for 16 years, attending around 850 callouts in the last decade alone. He has also offered mentoring and support to the neighbouring volunteer brigade at Mangawhai, been an active Lions Club member, community fundraiser and supporter of Civil Defence.
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Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 11:47 am
Fire and Emergency New Zealand personnel from Ōpōtiki,
Kaikohe, Westport, Ohakune and Kirwee were presented with
their New Year’s Honours by Governor-General Patsy Reddy
at Government House in Wellington today.
Syd Hughes
and Bruce Thompson were honoured with Queen’s Service
Medals for service to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and
their communities. Jim Powdrill, Kevin Stechman and Stuart
Jones received Queen’s Service Medals for service to Fire
and Emergency New Zealand.
John Bowmar (Kaiwaka) was
presented with his Queen’s Service Medal for services to
Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community by the
Press Release – Fire and Emergency NZ Fire and Emergency New Zealand personnel from ptiki, Kaikohe, Westport, Ohakune and Kirwee were presented with their New Years Honours by Governor-General Patsy Reddy at Government House in Wellington today. Syd Hughes and Bruce Thompson were …
Fire and Emergency New Zealand personnel from Ōpōtiki, Kaikohe, Westport, Ohakune and Kirwee were presented with their New Year’s Honours by Governor-General Patsy Reddy at Government House in Wellington today.
Syd Hughes and Bruce Thompson were honoured with Queen’s Service Medals for service to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and their communities. Jim Powdrill, Kevin Stechman and Stuart Jones received Queen’s Service Medals for service to Fire and Emergency New Zealand.