Firefighters from West Sussex were honoured with long service and good conduct medals on Thursday last (October 1st).

Brian Cook, Iain Smith and Lee Walton from Crawley Fire Station and Peter Twinn from East Grinstead Fire Station were among those honoured in the ceremony at Arundel Castle.

The medals were presented by the Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex, Susan Pyper in front of a proud invited audience of family and friends.

Full list of honours:

Operational staff:

Alan Blair – Business Fire Safety (from Arundel)
Brian Cook – Crewing Optimisation Group (from Crawley)
Neil Davey – Chichester Fire Station
Roger Gumbrill – Worthing Fire Station
Kevin Marchant – Billingshurst Fire Station
Adrian Murphy – Area Manger (from Chichester)
Andrew Packham – Worthing Fire Station
Stephen Saunders – Petworth Fire Station
Jon Simpson – Training Manager (from Findon Valley)
Iain Smith – Crawley Fire Station (from East Grinstead)
Peter Twinn – East Grinstead Fire Station
Lee Walton – Crawley Fire Station (from Crawley Down)
Paul Wykes – Chichester Fire Station

Support staff:

Debi Booker – Business Fire Safety (from Worthing)
William Dawson – Driving School (from Bognor)
Tim Smart – Resource & Development Manager 40 years Meritorious Service (from Bognor Regis)