Thumbs-up for Residents spit beach dummy over playground P3 centre P4 North Shore Times Tuesday, August 23, 2016 YOUR PLACE, YOUR PAPER In this inside ‘‘Being a volunteer issue firefighter is a job that involves commitment and you've got to be there.’’ Shane Prince NUTRITION FOR STRESSED MUMS Advice from Dr Libby on the best food and support for new mums. Page 19 SHORE WOMEN EXCEL AT RIO OLYMPIC GAMES Birkenhead Fire Station volunteer station officer Shane Prince says volunteers are needed in the Waitemata area. PHOTO: ZIZI SPARKS/FAIRFAX NZ A number of North Shore women brought medals home. Firefighters needed Page 26 ZIZI SPARKS and you’ve got to be there,’’ are both male and female fire- Volunteer firefighters Prince says. fighters, there is an interview pro- It’s hard to know when Shane ‘‘Riding a fire truck is the easy cess just like applying for a job. Approximately 8500 volunteers and Prince gets time to sleep. part. When you get to that call ‘‘They need to be team players 1500 paid firefighters nationwide. He works full time, is on a com- you’ve got work to do.’’ and work unsupervised and they The Waitemata Area Fire Service has munity trust and is a volunteer The Birkenhead resident has have to be committed,’’ he says. put out a call for volunteers at almost firefighter and station officer at been a volunteer firefighter for 33 Volunteers receive thorough 30 urban and rural fire stations. Birkenhead Fire Station. years and says the station’s training and Prince says he keeps Volunteers must be older than 16 The station is one of many volunteers attend about 100 calls a close eye on new recruits. YOUR THOUGHTS ON and live within a 3 kilometre radius of looking for volunteers in the Wai- per year ranging from false Prince says while the job can LOCAL ELECTIONS the station. Local knowledge is temata area, from Bombay to alarms and fires to medical calls be serious, giving back to com- Why people will vote - or not - in useful. Cape Reinga. and car accidents. munity is worth it. upcoming local body elections. Visit facebook.com/waitematafire. Prince says being a volunteer ‘‘There is a serious side to it, ‘‘There are people, they can’t Page 6 Contact Shane at Birkenhead Fire firefighter requires a healthy bal- unfortunately. We do have to deal fathom us, they say ‘why give Station on [email protected]. ance and prioritisation, and is a with fatalities,’’ Prince says. time up for free?’ but it’s a sense of career in its own right. ‘‘But there’s also the fun side of worth.’’ The volunteers train once a weekdays and all weekend. it. We’re a tight-knit brigade.’’ The Birkenhead Fire Brigade READ MORE NEWS week and, when on call, they have ‘‘Being a volunteer firefighter Prince says, while anyone is has a limit of 20 volunteers and Check out Stuff and Neighbourly to be available from 6pm till 6am is a job that involves commitment welcome to volunteer and there there are currently 15. The countdown to EXCEPTIONAL RETIREMENT LIVING is on The last of our stunning brand new apartments are selling fast. Don't miss out. Come alongtoourOpenDayandexploreourmagnificentandvibrantvillageinGlenfield. OPEN DAY Wed 24 August, from 10am to pm. 123 Stanley Road, Glenfield PopinorcallKarenon09 370 The Orchards RAD1367 2 NORTH SHORE TIMES, AUGUST 23, 2016 stuff.co.nz YOUR PAPER, YOUR PLACE 1. BIKE SHORE New public biking group hosts a This newspaper is subject to NZ Press breakfast to mark the opening Council procedures. event. 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A constant barrage of families PHARMACIST SENTENCED have visited the site, with parent A pharmacist who gave a drug reactions extremely positive. addict a deadly mixture of ‘‘I think it’s a fantastic facility medication without a prescription and it couldn’t be in a better has avoided a jail term. Terrence location. It’s brilliant, we needed Wong, 32, appeared in the North something like this for the kids,’’ Shore District Court for Devonport resident Jenny sentencing on August 19, after Nicholls says. pleading guilty to one charge of Designed for kids and adults forgery, three representative alike, the $1 million playground charges of creating a criminal has a 10-metre tower with slides nuisance and one charge under from various levels, wheelchair- the Medicines Act of supplying accessible merry-go-round, a prescription medication. It related water play area, basket swing, to three customers who were and a number of hammocks regulars at Wong’s Birkenhead beneath large pohutukawa trees. Avenue Pharmacy throughout Largely funded by local 2014 and 2015. benefactors Jackie Kerridge and Chris Reeve, who contributed The playground’s main tower stands almost 10 metres high and was designed by Philippa Bollond. AUCKLAND COUNCIL VACCINE FUNDING $500,000, the playground is con- Boys will now be able to get the sidered world-class in its features. back two weeks from July 30 due ing Takapuna car parks.