RIP Brian 'Giffo' Giffney

Since our last post, our brigade lost one of its stall warts, Brian Giffney who passed away recently. He was an active member of the brigade until health took its toll and He was unable to turn out to incidents. He still was able to pass on a wealth of experience through His wisdom. One thing that Giffo was always remembered for and all the members of the brigade say in unison, `Black out off the truck’. He would force crews to do the hardest and dirtiest part the hard way and He had a sound motto – Do the job once. So often we have heard of fires that have jumped containment lines because of poor blacking out. This is one skill that all new members have learnt and it is second nature now. Off the truck and do it right. I guess that’s why we don’t have to return to fires. Our thoughts are with his family.