City of Vancouver Archives

[Children in wheelchairs eating snacks at firehall]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-251
Item
1962

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Vancouver Fire Department staff member explaining tools to interviewer and boy scouts]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-252
Item
1962

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of fire engines parked in Firehall No. 1]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-259
Item
[ca. 1962]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Injured firefighter Jack Connell being carried from fire in 800 block West Pender Street]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-270
Item
Feb. 22, 1964

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing (L-R): Bob Upton and two unidentified ambulance men carrying Jack Connell (injured) from scene of fire at Paragon Cleaners, 808 West Pender Street.

[View of fire prevention demonstration by Vancouver Fire Department firefighters at Oakridge Shopping Centre]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-275
Item
[ca. 1965]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing people watching a firefighter demonstrating the use of a fire extinguisher.

Learning how to use our new High Expansion Foam Generator

COV-S280-: CVA 354-276
Item
[ca. 1965]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Photographing Fire Prevention instruction cards for our colour slide presentations

COV-S280-: CVA 354-277
Item
[ca. 1965]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Boy scout with fire prevention poster outside store]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-287
Item
[ca. 1965]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Induction of Rev. F. St. Denis as chaplain at ceremony in front of firehall]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-294
Item
[ca. 1965]

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 Fire Department floats and vehicles in Pacific National Exhibition parade]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-301
Item
1966

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Vancouver Fire Department inhalator man Len Erlendson removes person from First Narrows Bridge ladder onto aerial ladder]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-314
Item
July 10, 1968

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing a rescue attempt underway on the First Narrows Bridge.

[Children assembled on Shop 77, 1927 La France fire engine retired in Stanley Park playground]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-315
Item
[ca. 1968]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Vancouver Fire Department staff member offering advice on fire prevention and smoking during home visit]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-319
Item
[ca. 1968]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Firefighters on fire wagons travelling down Hastings Street]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-336
Item
[ca. 1911]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Group portrait of six unidentified Vancouver Fire Department staff members standing by automobile]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-341
Item
[ca. 1915]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[1939 ramshackle parody of fire truck]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-345
Item
1939

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[District Chief Wilson Faulkner after collision to Vancouver Fire Department automobile Shop 91]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-346
Item
1953

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of fire damaged toys after fire in sample room at Hotel Vancouver]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-347
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

View of fire damaged toys after fire in sample room at Hotel Vancouver]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-348
Item
[ca. 1960]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Vancouver Fire Department Rescue and Safety squad giving demonstration]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-350
Item
[ca. 1950]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Vancouver Fire Department staff painting signs for fire prevention week]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-351
Item
[ca. 1950]

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

[Group portrait of uniformed Vancouver Fire Department officers]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-362
Item
[ca. 1955]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing: Front row, L-R: Ralph Jacks, Art Young, Donald Hovey, Hugh Bird, Mel Lee, Harry Griffiths, Jim Miller, Doug Stoneson, Freddie Franklin, Harry Robinson; Back row, L-R: Hughie MacDonald, Harry Belleck, Ken Piper, Les Nelson, Bill McLaren, Albert Hewlett, Jock Stewart, Clair Foster, Alfred Nassey, Roy Treasurer.

[Group portraits of fire chiefs in civilian dress]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-364
Item
[ca. 1955]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing (L-R): Seated - Chief E.L. Erratt, Chief J. H. De Graves, Chief C.W. Thompson, Chief A. McDiarmid, Chief A.R. Murray. Back row - Chiefs Malcolm MacDonald, Wm. [William] Plumsteel, Angus Lougheed, Walter Fox, and Harvey Bowering.

[Vancouver Fire Department staff celebrating construction of boat "Little Moth"]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-370
Item
[ca. 1955]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Firefighters aboard hose wagon/chemical horse drawn combination in front of Firehall No. 4, Broadway and Granville]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-372
Item
[ca. 1908]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing (L-R): [Two unidentified firefighters], Archie McDiarmid, Nemo Layfield, and Capt. James Campbell.

[Group portrait of firefighters and other men gathered on playing field]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-373
Item
[ca. 1910]

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

[1907 Seagrave hose wagon and 1909 Seagrave aerial fighting blaze at Cotterell's Warehouse on Water Street]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-376
Item
Oct. 30, 1910

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Point Grey firefighters aboard 1914 American LaFrance C.S.T. in front of firehall]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-382
Item
[1914]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Point Grey firefighters assembled with fire trucks in front of fire headquarters]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-386
Item
[ca. 1915]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Chief C.W. Thompson seated in Vancouver Fire Department automobile by Court House]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-389
Item
[ca. 1930]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of smoke rising from Canadian Pacific Railway Pier D fire]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-394
Item
July 27, 1938

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Night view of firefighters and damage at lumber mill fire, possibly The Pacific Bolt Manufacturing, Granville Island]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-402
Item
[May 12, 1956]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[Night view of firefighters and damage at lumber mill fire, possibly The Pacific Bolt Manufacturing, Granville Island]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-403
Item
[May 12, 1956]

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

[View of firefighters and damage at waterfront fire at Benson's Shipyard]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-407
Item
May 30, 1957

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing a ruptured fire hose.

[View of firefighters and damage at waterfront fire at Benson's Shipyard]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-408
Item
May 30, 1957

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing a fireboat alongside fishing boats in harbour.

[View of firefighters working at lumber yard fire at B.C. Forest Products Mill on the south shore of False Creek]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-412
Item
July 3, 1960

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing fire fighters working to control the blaze at the lumber mill site on West 6th Avenue.

[View of firefighters working at lumber yard fire at B.C. Forest Products Mill on the south shore of False Creek]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-413
Item
July 3, 1960

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing fire fighters working to control the blaze at the lumber mill site on West 6th Avenue.

[Rescue and Safety squad aboard Vancouver Fire Department inhalator truck]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-420
Item
1957

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

A.N.A.F. Vets Pompier Club No. 314, Burnaby (Firefighters Club) [Group portrait of Amy, Navy and Air Force Veterans Pompier Club]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-425
Item
1970

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing Executive of Club (L-R): Back row - Alex Thompson, [unidentified], Al Ross, Charles Hobbs, [unidentified], Gerry Piccionni. Front row - [unidentified], Larry Hourie, Jack Brown, and Peter Proctor.

[Firefighters and civic officials on Georgia Viaduct with new fire fighting equipment]

COV-S280-: CVA 354-438
Item
1928

Part of City of Vancouver fonds

Item is a photograph showing officials and fire department staff in the foreground and a view of downtown buildings in the background including Hotel Balmoral and the Regent Hotel.