Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mayor Bob Parker with Fire Service staff following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mayor Bob Parker and Fire Service staff following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mayor Bob Parker with Fire Service staff following Canterbury's earthquake".
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 31 March 2014.
A video about a fire which broke out in an earthquake-damaged building on High Street. The video includes an interview with Steve Kennedy, Canterbury Fire Service Assistant Area Manager, Brigid Fayle, who worked in the building prior to the 22 February 2011 earthquake, and Anne MacKenzie, a structural engineer who worked on strengthening the building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mayor Bob Parker with NZ Fire Service staff following Canterbury's earthquake".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mayor Bob Parker talks to Fire Service staff following Canterbury's earthquake".
A temporary work place for the Fire Service has been set up in front of the Christchurch City Fire Station. Part of their original building has been fenced off.
A temporary work place for the Fire Service has been set up in fron of the Christchurch City Fire Station. Part of their original building has been fenced off.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Rob Saunders, NZ Fire Service, during a press conference following Canterbury's earthquake".
Page 3 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 28 June 2012.
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Tuesday 1 April 2014.
Building damaged by fire after the earthquake.
Building damaged by fire after the earthquake.
NZ Fire Service tape around a damaged property. A sign in front of the gate reads "Stay away".
Fire damage to a building on Worcester Street.
Fire damage to a building on Worcester Street.
Fire damage to a building on Worcester Street.
Fire damage to a building on Worcester Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Press conference with Rob Saunders of the fire service and Al Stewart for the police".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Sean Crawford, fire service radio communication engineer, at the Woolston USAR base, following Canterbury's earthquake".
A video of a tour of the new central Christchurch police station. The video includes interviews with Riwai Grace, Fire Communications Shift Manager at the New Zealand Fire Service, and Superintendent Gary Knowles, Canterbury Area Commander for the New Zealand Police. Knowles gives The Press a tour of the new training area, cafeteria, courtyard, firearm simulator room, prosecution area, interview rooms, and cell blocks.
A photograph of equipment from the New Zealand Fire Service Urban Search and Rescue team on display in the Canterbury Quakes exhibition at the Canterbury Museum. The equipment was used during the emergency response to the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Page 4 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 31 March 2014.
Fire following earthquakes have caused the largest single loss due to earthquakes and in most cases have caused more damage than the quake itself. This problem is regarded very seriously in Japan and in some parts of the United States of America (San Francisco), but is not very seriously considered in other earthquake prone countries, yet the potential for future conflagrations following earthquakes is enormous. Any discussion of post earthquake fire must take into account structural and non-structural damages, initial and spreading fire, wind, water availability, and emergency responses. In this paper we will look at initial fire ignitions, growth and spread and life and property damage. Prevention methods will also be discussed. We will also discuss as examples some case studies: - San Francisco 1989 - Napier 1931 -Christchurch (scenario)
Professor Maan Alkaisi, a spokesman for the Christchurch Earthquake Families Group speaks with Geoff Robinson.
A graphic giving findings of an independent review of the New Zealand Fire Service's response to the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A Christchurch firefighter says the Fire Service's management team should be sacked because of poor conduct during the February earthquake emergency response.
Army and fire service personnel looking on from beside cordon fencing on Kilmore Street as a digger demolishes the Piko Wholefoods building.
Damage to the Westende Jewellers building. The upper storey facade has collapsed, and rubble covers the road. The area has been cordoned off with road cones and police tape, and fire service personnel are inspecting the damage from the basket of a fire engine's ladder.