Thursday, 20 September 2018

Ms WARD: Saturday was a lovely, friendly and informal night at the Eltham Country Fire Authority (CFA) brigade 2018 awards presentation, a great evening acknowledging the outstanding work of the Eltham CFA volunteers and honouring the achievements of individuals within the brigade. Congratulations to the firefighter of the year award winner, James Morrison, and fellow nominees Andrew Heath, Matt Thomas, Andrew Stein and Brian Dalton. I congratulate the following brigade members on their achievements: recruit of the year, Andy Gammon; operational member of the year, Brian Dalton; and encouragement award winner, Nick Collinson. Thank you to the following for their service: Cam McCormick and Jackson Riley for five years; Anthony Owen for 10 years; Rhett Hoyne for 15 years; and Guy Bishop and Brian Dalton for 20 years. It was a wonderful effort by Evan Thomas for the 40-year class and Greg Heaven for his brigade life membership. I wish all my CFAs the best for the upcoming fire season.