ANDY Troake, who featured in the WWN in the June 6 edition following 40 years as a firefighter, was the youngest recruit when he joined the brigade.

A regional paper said: “Although his activities will be restricted until he is 18, he has already been out to a plane crash and a motorway fire.”

His station officer Brian Hockey said: “He’s shaping up very well and is extremely keen. This is obviously the age to catch them.”