New Zealand Fire Service
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The New Zealand Fire Service was New Zealand's main firefighting body from 1 April 1976 until 1 July 2017 – at which point it was dissolved and incorporated into the new Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Papatoetoe fire appliances line up at outside the front of their station in December 2015.
Auckland 2018 Hazmat Appliance attends a tanker rollover with an unknown substance leaking.
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Responding to a fire under an office building in Auckland in 2009.
Vehicle extrication
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Vehicle extrication is the process of removing a patient from a vehicle which has been involved in a motor vehicle collision. Patients who have not already exited a crashed vehicle may be medically or
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…and aerial attacks. The Pump Rescue Tender, in addition to firefighting equipment, carried extra equipment primarily for motor vehicle accidents and vehicle extrication. Typical equipment included hydraulic rescue tools (aka "The Jaws of Life"), vehicle stabilisation equipment, and winches. Most new pumping appliances…
Crashed car in Copenhagen.
A team of firefighters and rescue technicians secure vehicles during a training operation.
Extrication demonstration in Paris
A crashed car being stabilised