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Melbourne & Samoa Fire Services Honour Fallen Firefighter Peter Letiu
Commissioner Tony Hill, Samoa Fire and Emergency Services (left) receives the keys to the new fire truck, transported to Samoa in HMAS Tobruk, from Kevin Ottrey (right), representative from the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade in Australia, during the fire truck handover at Apia Fire Station in Samoa. Photo courtesy of Australian Navy.
The fire truck has been named in honour of New Zealand Samoan Firefighter Peter Letiu who lost his life in the service of his country on the day of the tsunami. Peter's parents, wife and daughter attended the ceremony in Apia.
Peter's body was returned home to New Zealand where he is buried at Auckland's Mangere Lawn Cemetery. Samoa's Commissioner of Fire and Emergency Services attended the services for Peter in Samoa and New Zealand. He is survived by his wife, daughter, parents and siblings.
The keys to the $400,000 donated fire truck were handed over by Kevin Ottrey from the MFB to the Commissioner of Samoa's Fire and Emergency Services, Tony Hill.
"It's given the Fire Service a real big boost just to have this appliance here, particularly as the technology behind the appliance is far greater than what we have at the moment", Commissioner Hill said.
"We're just looking forward to being able to be trained up by colleagues from the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade to teach us how to use this truck to its full capacity".
The Samoan Minister for Police, Fire and Prisons, Toleafoa Faafisi thanked the Australian people for their generosity in assisting the Samoan people rebuild their lives after the devastating tsunami.
"It's a need not only for our government but also for our people to have enough equipment like the truck and all those other things handed over today, we are very thankful Australia".
The delivery of this relief package will bring the total assistance by the Australian Government, non government organisations and Australian communities to Samoa and Tonga to $13 million.
HMAS Tobruk has departed Samoa and is currently en route to the Tongan island of Niuatoputapu for the second phase of its relief operation.
Source: Australian Navy
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