City of Vancouver Archives

[1908 Amoskeag self-propelled steamer with firefighters on street at No. 1 Firehall]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-038
Item
1914

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[1929 La France fire engine in P.N.E. parade]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-331
Item
1973

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Aerial ladder in action during fire at lumber warehouse]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-354
Item
[ca. 1955]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Aerial view of lumber yard fire on south shore of False Creek]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-411
Item
Sep. 12, 1963

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing a fire at Alberta Lumber Co. Ltd. at 790 West 6th Avenue.

[Alderman Art Phillips aboard 1912 LaFrance fire engine alongside firefighters and a Dalmatian in the P.N.E. parade]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-329
Item
[1973]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Alderman Brian Calder aboard 1926 LaFrance fire engine in P.N.E. parade]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-330
Item
[1973]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Chief Carlisle and the old horse Tanner [in a parade]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-008
Item
1906

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Fire Department Band performing by pool in front of bleachers

COV-S280-: CVA 354-349
Item
1953

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Firefighters at construction site accident]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-201
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Firefighters at construction site accident attending to an injured man on a stretcher]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-202
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Firefighters battling blaze at Passlin Hotel, 700 block Richards Street]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-262
Item
Aug. 30, 1963

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Firefighters battling blaze at rear of lumber warehouse]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-355
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Firefighters freeing rescue victim from truss]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-203
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Firefighters using portable inhalator and spectators at Second Narrows Bridge wreckage]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-194
Item
June 17, 1958

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing first aid given to an unidentified victim of the bridge collapse; includes Ray Acheson (middle, operating inhalator) and Harry Griffiths (standing, left) with Cst. Dan Brown, Vancouver Police Department.

[Firefighting demonstration by firefighters at outdoor theatre of Pacific National Exhibition]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-310
Item
1967

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing a firefighter demonstrating repelling by rope off a structure.

[Firefighting demonstration by firefighters at outdoor theatre of Pacific National Exhibition]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-311
Item
1967

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing a firefighter demonstrating jumping into a net held by other firefighters.

[Firefighting display at outdoor theatre of Pacific National Exhibition.]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-308
Item
1967

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Firemen's Baseball Team - Senior Amateur League Champions

COV-S280-: CVA 354-079
Item
1927

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing a group portrait of the team along with a boy and baby, with the crowd in the stands behind them. L-R, back row - A. Miller, W. Bailey, P. Duff, L. Thompson, L. Foley, J. Watters (manager), N. Goodall, N. Craig. Front row - L. Holden, P. Marks, Ald. [Alderman] P.C. Gibbens, Dep. Chief Thompson, D. Corbett (Sec.), C, Stevenson, D. May ; mascots - Jimmy Watters Jr., Jerry Mullaly

[LaFrance Aerial on display at City Hall driveway]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-124
Item
1945

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Launching "J.H. Carlisle"

COV-S280-: CVA 354-460
Item
1928

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[No. 6 hose wagon with damaged wheel on sidewalk in front of Hudson's Bay Company, Georgia Street]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-027
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[No. 6 La France hose wagon rammed against tree following accident at Pender and Burrard Streets]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-044
Item
May 2, 1915

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing the engine stuck in the tree and a small group gathered around the accident site. Inscription on verso states "A few minutes before midnight this #6 Lafrance Hosewagon which collided with #6 Seagrave Chemical".

[Spectators gathered at apartment fire]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-048
Item
[ca. 1916]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Spectators gathered at fire at concession stand at Lumberman's Arch, Stanley Park]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-353
Item
[ca. 1955]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Spectators watching fire at Cottrell Warehouse on Water Street]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-375
Item
Oct. 30, 1910

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Spectators watching fire at Cottrell Warehouse on Water Street]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-374
Item
Oct. 30, 1910

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing firefighters climbing a ladder to the burning building and a large mass of smoke surrounding the warehouse.

[Spectators watching lumber yard fire on south shore of False Creek]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-410.2
Item
Sep. 12, 1963

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing a fire at Alberta Lumber Co. Ltd. at 790 West 6th Avenue.

[Spectators watching lumber yard fire on the south shore of False Creek]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-410.1
Item
Sep. 12, 1963

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing a fire at Alberta Lumber Co. Ltd. at 790 West 6th Avenue.

Vancouver Fire Department firemen jumping into life net [outside Winch Building]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-449
Item
1910

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Vancouver Fire Department information booth at Pacific National Exhibition.]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-309
Item
1967

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Vancouver Fire Department Rescue and Safety inhalator view with victim on stretcher in street]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-226
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View from railyard showing the Canadian Pacific Railway Pier D on fire]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-113
Item
July 27, 1938

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of a group of men watching the fire at C and S Furniture Manufacturing Company plant, 332 East 1st Avenue]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-178
Item
Feb. 13, 1957

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of activity on dock concerning the Canadian Pacific Railway Pier D on fire]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-110
Item
July 27, 1938

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of Canadian Pacific Railway Pier D on fire]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-104
Item
July 27, 1938

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of Canadian Pacific Railway Pier D on fire and two fireboats working on the water while crowds watch]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-106
Item
July 27, 1938

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of Canadian Pacific Railway Pier D on fire and two fireboats working on the water while crowds watch]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-108
Item
July 27, 1938

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of car and truck collision at Oak Street and 49th Avenue]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-300
Item
1967

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing a firefighter operating a hose on the vehicles.

[View of car and truck collision at Oak Street and 49th Avenue]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-299
Item
1967

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of crowds and fire at Canadian Pacific Railway Pier]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-102
Item
July 27, 1938

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of crowds and fire at Canadian Pacific Railway Pier]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-103
Item
July 27, 1938

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of fire at G.H. Cottrell Warehouse, 139 Water Street]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-018
Item
Oct. 30, 1910

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing fire fighters climbing a ladder at building with hoses and engines below and spectators watching from below and from across the street at a rooming house.