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New fire escape at State Insurance office

31 March 1965

Staff at the State Fire Insurance office, Worcester Street, ...

Firefighters training at Queen Elizabeth II Park

16 March 1972

Firefighters working to extinguish a deliberately set fire at ...

Firehose demonstration at Isleworth Primary School

24 September 1975

Firefighter, S. McNair, helps Nichola Phillips use a firehose at ...

Horse drawn fire engine

19 May 1982

A horse drawn fire engine from 1893, on loan from the Ferrymead ...

Vintage engines at farewell parade

19 May 1982

Parade of vintage fire engines to mark the retirement of Fire ...

Denis Robins, world president of Fire Engineers

9 November 1983

Denis Robins, the world president of the Institute of Fire ...

Christchurch's first woman firefighter

11 September 1989

Di Fisher, a member of the New Brighton Volunteer Fire Brigade ...

Peter Rowe overlooking Kilmore Street

23 February 1990

Senior firefighter, Peter Rowe, on an extension ladder above ...

Laying the foundation stone for the new central fire station

8 September 1960

Mayor, George Manning, participating in the laying of the ...

New central fire station

9 July 1962

Exterior of the newly opened Central Fire Station at 200 Kilmore ...

Kilmore Street fire station switchboard

27 September 1965

Operators at the electronic switchboard at the Central Fire ...

The new Kilmore Street fire station

25 August 1962

Fire engines at the new Central Fire Station at 200 Kilmore ...

Fire engines departing central station

15 August 1962

Fire engines relocating from the old Central Fire Station at 178 ...

Former Sydenham fire station

31 August 1973

Exterior view of the former Sydenham fire station at 293 Colombo ...

40 Hour Famine participants at Opawa Baptist Church

16 August 1975

A group of girls from Opawa Baptist Church who are participating ...

Knitting for the Himalayan Trust Hospital

22 September 1975

Members of the Christchurch Rotoract Club participating in a ...

H.G. Stiles repairing sewing machines

6 October 1975

H.G. Stiles of the Bishopdale-Burnside Rotary Club with Singer ...

Woolston Primary School pupils fundraise for Tonga

12 March 1982

Woolston Primary School students handing the president of the ...

Training at the Regional Survey of Draughting School

19 January 1984

Doug Anderson supervises Nauru trainee, Preston Ilaia at the ...

Bangladeshi performers from Savar Children's Village

16 June 1986

Five Bangladeshi children from Savar Children's Village in Dhaka ...

Flourmills Limited donation for Cyclone Ofa victims

2 March 1990

Russell Wakefield (centre) of Christchurch Flourmills Limited, ...

Suia Tuulua with donations

3 March 1990

Suia Tuulua surrounded with donated non perishable goods ...

Puawai Dancers in Cathedral Square

9 March 1990

Petariki Ngarimu (left) and Andrew Shepherd of the Puawai ...

Clothing for Operation Good Samaritan

24 May 1990

Tracey Sheldrake sorting out clothing donated for Operation Good ...

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