NSW Rural Fire Service Assistant Commissioner McKechnie presented long service medals to 13 members from the Mid Lachlan Valley Team in Parkes last Saturday, as well as one posthumous medal, in acknowledgement of the members’ commitment to the service and community. Absent from the ceremony: Joel Breaden (10 years); Kenneth Ladbury (23 years); Robert McConkey (52 years) and Ron Fisher from Ootha (61 years).