Lex Calder, Ruakaka, QSM
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service. Mr Calder has been a volunteer firefighter with the Ruakaka Fire Brigade for 27 years. He has been involved on a volunteer basis at a national level with the United Fire Brigades Association, and was a member of its executive committee, culminating in serving as President from 2009 to 2010. Mr Calder has been a volunteer representative on the New Zealand Fire Service national health and safety group for seven years. He has been on the United Fire Brigades Association equal opportunities committee and is part of a group reviewing the Fire Service Safety and Wellbeing manual.