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Story: Fires and fire services

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Causes of fires

  3. Early fire services

  4. Fires in the 1940s

  5. Towards a national fire service

  6. Modern fire services

  7. Firefighters

  8. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Causes of fires

Bush fire

Bush fire

Reporting a bush fire

Reporting a bush fire

Tamahere cool store fire

Tamahere cool store fire

Investigating arson

Investigating arson

Burning the Bain home

Burning the Bain home

From page 2 - Early fire services

United Fire Brigades crest

United Fire Brigades crest

Lyttelton fire, 1870

Lyttelton fire, 1870 (1st of 4)

Dunedin fire, 1879

Dunedin fire, 1879 (2nd of 4)

Auckland fire, 1901

Auckland fire, 1901 (3rd of 4)

Wellington fire, 1906

Wellington fire, 1906 (4th of 4)

A jumping sheet

A jumping sheet

Horse power

Horse power

Motorised engines

Motorised engines

From page 3 - Fires in the 1940s

After the Seacliff fire

After the Seacliff fire

Ballantynes fire

Ballantynes fire

Ballantynes ablaze

Ballantynes ablaze

Funeral for Ballantynes fire victims

Funeral for Ballantynes fire victims

From page 4 - Towards a national fire service

Training firefighters

Training firefighters

Sprott House fire

Sprott House fire

Emergency evacuation

Emergency evacuation

From page 5 - Modern fire services

Fire regions

Fire regions

Rescuing a horse

Rescuing a horse (1st of 3)

Assisting at a road accident

Assisting at a road accident (2nd of 3)

Rescue work

Rescue work (3rd of 3)

Auckland airport fire service

Auckland airport fire service

Rural firefighters

Rural firefighters

From page 6 - Firefighters

Physical test for firefighting

Physical test for firefighting

A long-serving volunteer

A long-serving volunteer

Firefighters' protest

Firefighters' protest

Firefighters calendar

Firefighters calendar

How to cite this page:

Nancy Swarbrick, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/fires-and-fire-services/media (accessed 1 April 2023)

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 11 Mar 2010

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