Mr Bruce Didham, QSM of Dunedin, for services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
Mr Didham is a member and former Chief Fire Officer of the Portobello Volunteer Fire Brigade. He is an Executive Member of the New Zealand Fire Brigades Institute. He was involved in the United Fire Brigades Association as an Executive Member of the South Otago Sub-Association and the Otago Southland Provincial Fire Brigades Association. He was a founding member of the Portobello Medical First Response Unit. He served on the Executive and as Secretary of the Otago Southland Provincial Fire Brigades’ Association. Mr Didham has also been a St John’s Ambulance Officer and was a founding member of Coastguard Dunedin.