Story: Fires and fire services

Auckland airport fire service

Auckland airport fire service

Fire tenders stand at the ready at Auckland airport, the country's busiest. All the major airports have crash fire services, and there are special firefighting units at big factories and industrial plants.

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Nancy Swarbrick, 'Fires and fire services - Modern fire services', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/21885/auckland-airport-fire-service (accessed 28 April 2024)

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 11 Mar 2010