New Zealand tragedies : fires & firefighting.
Material type: TextSeries: New Zealand tragediesPublication details: Wellington : Grantham House, 1992Description: x, 218 p. : ill., coats of arms, facsims., maps, plan, portsISBN:- 186934345
- 363.3720993
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363.3709947 REC Recovering from the 2003 Canberra bushfire : a work in progress / | 363.372 PLA Planning for environmental change. | 363.3720993 FAT Fatal fires in New Zealand : where, when and why they occur. | 363.3720993 FIR New Zealand tragedies : fires & firefighting. | 363.3720994 NAT A nation charred : report on the inquiry into bushfires / | 363.37209945 PRE Prepare. Act Survive : your FireReady kit. | 363.3721 FAI Blaze / |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-209) and index
Port. on inside back cover
Spine title: Fires
Of all the deaths imaginable, that by fire is perhaps the most feared. In New Zealand, fatal blazes such as the Ballantyne's fire of 1947 or the 1942 fire at Seacliff haunt our collective memory. The Maori had used fire to clear the land of forest, a practice that was continued by European settlers. But it was in the mainly wooden towns of colonial times that the story of fires and firefighting in New Zealand really began. Well-known historian Gavin McLean traces the history of firefighting through the last century and up to the present day, and tells of the fires that have destroyed lives (mercifully few compared with deaths by drowning and on the roads) and property. Thoroughly researched and written in a lively, approachable style, this copiously illustrated book also includes brief histories of all New Zealand's current fire brigades (together with a selection of former brigades, industrial brigades and fire parties). Anyone with a special interest in the noble art of firefighting, and anyone fascinated by New Zealand social history, will find Fires and Firefighters an indispensable addition to their library
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