Mr Mac McNamara, of Blenheim, MNZM for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and emergency management
Mac McNamara recently retired after many years in wildfire emergency response. He is internationally respected as a Fire Manager in the aviation sector, responding to wildfire events on New Zealand’s behalf. He developed an operating standard for Aviation Fire Fighting and Emergency Response which was adopted by other government departments. He set up the Fire and Emergency Airdesk, which oversees the dispatch of aircraft throughout New Zealand for aerial firefighting operations. He was Aircraft Manager during the 2010 Christchurch earthquakes. He helped establish the Marlborough Kaikoura Rural Fire Authority and the newly structured Fire and Emergency New Zealand organisation. Mr McNamara is a voluntary Civil Defence Controller in Marlborough.