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Arrowtowner Kelvin Perriman’s 35 years’ service to St John — now almost 37 years — was recognised at its recent district awards night in Cromwell.
He’s pictured receiving a certificate from South Island trust board chairwoman Ann Shepherd.
Perriman began as a volunteer ambulance officer in Dunedin in 1989, becoming a paid officer there in ’93.
He was St John’s Queenstown district ops manager from ’99 to 2002, advocating at the time for a new station, then served as Queenstown area manager from 2012 for four years.
He remains a volunteer ambulance officer and serves as an emergency management technician for Queenstown and Central Otago.
Highly respected among his peers and the wider community, Perriman is also a volunteer with the Arrowtown fire brigade.
