Story: Fires and fire services
Page 8. All images & media
From page 1 - Causes of fires
From page 2 - Early fire services
From page 3 - Fires in the 1940s
From page 4 - Towards a national fire service
From page 5 - Modern fire services
From page 6 - Firefighters
How to cite this page
Nancy Swarbrick, Fires and fire services, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/94413/media (accessed 10 June 2026).
Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 10 March 2010.