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In 1993, at the request of the Northland police, North Kaipara Volunteer Coastguard Air Sea Rescue Inc was established by a small group of volunteers.
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Allan Crabb was one of those founders, and for the past three decades, he’s been dedicated to helping mariners in distress. Last week, this legacy of service was honoured with a special presentation in Ruawai. From coordinating rescues, checking in with boaties out on the harbour and advocating better safety and communications to improving the Coastguard’s equipment and vessel, Allan has been at the forefront, say his colleagues. “He was vocal in support of improved communication on the water and was instrumental in seeing the erection of the Tinopai radio repeater, and he has always been first to see where improvements could be made in vessels,
tractors, trailers and other equipment,” says fellow Coastguard member James Foster. The years have seen the Coastguard expand its local role and achieve new accreditations and better and better equipment. Allan trained hard to achieve the qualification of Master, which led to the development of a more highly trained crew. During his tenure, this crew set sail aboard two new vessels, the Manaia, which became theirs in 2017, and the very advanced Tinopai Rescue, delivered in 2021. As friends, colleagues, crew and wellwishers gathered to honour Allan’s 30 years of service last Wednesday, another aspect of his life in public service was also reflected on. As well as being a stalwart
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of the Coastguard, Allan also served for 34 years as a volunteer firefighter — a combination of roles which amply prove his dedication to his community. With almost as many fundraising hours as incident response hours clocked up by the Tinopai Coastguard during the past year, volunteers of all kinds are the lifeblood of this vital organisation. “In 30 years, there has been a lot of change, but it’s been 30 years of volunteers like you turning up,” said Coastguard president Peter Flood at the meeting honouring Allan’s service, the group’s 30th AGM. “Allan has been part of this organisation for all those 30 years, and I take my hat off to you,” said Mr Flood. ¢
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