Family tradition and support led to 50-year volunteer service for an Omakau man. Lloyd Harris followed his father and older brother into the fire service when he was a school-leaver working in shearing sheds. He changed careers as opportunities arose and circumstances changed but has remained a committed volunteer for half a century. After deciding shearing sheds were not for him, Mr Harris took up a carpentry and joinery apprenticeship, which ultimately led him to work on the Clyde Dam project. "I didn’t really like [the shearing sheds] but it taught me to work and to work along with different people and ... see different things and aspects of their job." He worked his way through the fire brigade ranks, becoming training officer at Omakau for nearly 10 years. During that time he was instrumental in setting up the Omakau first-responders unit, which would become a job and a passion.…