Kolekcionar vatrogasnog znakovlja

Dobrovoljno vatrogasno društvo Trilj osnovano je 1952. godine u sastavu tadašnje općine Trilj. Početkom rada 1958. godine tvornice Cetinka osniva se vatrogasna služba u gospodarstvu te članovi DVD Trilj prelaze u istu. Društvo djeluje sve do početka Domovinskog rata. Godine 1996. na inicijativu tadašnjih članova pokreće se obnoviteljska skupština DVD Trilj. Za predsjednika je izabran Mate Erceg, tajnik Josip Radman a za zapovjednika Miljenko Manjaka. Iste godine društvo dobiva od grada Trilja skromne prostorije na korištenje i nabavlja prvo donirano vozilo Mercedes Benz LAF iz 1961. godine s nadimkom „Brzi Gonzales„. Prvi operativni rad kreće 1998. godine kada društvo nabavlja opremu i vozila sukladno financijskim mogućnostima. U drugom tisućljeću društvo se poveziva s kolegama iz Njemačkom grada Hanau te vatrogasci Njemačke doniraju vatrogascima Trilja četiri vatrogasna vozila, i to: dva navalna vozila Magirus-Deutz, kombi vozilo Ford Transit te zapovjedno vozilo Mercedes GD 3000.

The Volunteer Fire Department Trilj (DVD Trilj) was founded in 1952 as part of the then Municipality of Trilj. With the establishment of the Cetinka factory’s fire service in 1958, members of DVD Trilj joined this newly formed industrial fire brigade. The society remained active until the beginning of the Homeland War. In 1996, at the initiative of former members, a re-establishment assembly of DVD Trilj was convened. Mate Erceg was elected as president, Josip Radman as secretary, and Miljenko Manjak as fire chief. That same year, the society was granted modest premises by the City of Trilj and acquired its first donated vehicle — a 1961 Mercedes Benz LAF, affectionately nicknamed "Speedy Gonzales." Operational activities officially began in 1998, when the society procured equipment and vehicles within its financial means. In the new millennium, the society established connections with fellow firefighters from the German city of Hanau. Through this cooperation, German firefighters donated four fire trucks to Trilj: two Magirus-Deutz fire engines, a Ford Transit van, and a Mercedes GD 3000 command vehicle.