New recruit to heroes' brigade
23rd February 1980, Page 50
23rd February 1980
Page 50
Page 50, 23rd February 1980
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THE LATEST recruit to the National Freight Corporation's brigade of heroes is a tankei driver whose courage preventec what could easily have been z disaster in a service station Ion) park.
Paul Smith, of Tankfreight tried with his fire extinguisher tt quell the flames when an elec trical fault caused the tractive unit of his parked articulate( tanker to catch fire. The flame: were too fierce, so withou hesitation Paul uncoupled the trailer and drove the burninc tractive unit to a place where i could do no harm. The flame: were put out by the fire brigade Paul is the nineteenth NFC employee to receive th( chairman's award for valour. I was instituted four years ago b■ Sir Daniel Pettit and has been continued by Bobbie Lawrence his successor.