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South Australian Fire Brigade

Sheffield & Gray, 1939, Photograph, B 37799

South Australian Fire Brigade, Wakefield Street, 1939.

Fire Brigade Headquarters

Marshall, J., 1901, Photograph, B 37803

South Australian Fire Brigade headquarters, Wakefield Street, 1901.

Fire Brigade

c. 1900, Photograph, B 40268

Metropolitan Fire Brigade and station, Wakefield Street.

South Australian Fire Brigade headquarters, Wakefield Street, Adelaide. Lewis William Robertson is front row, 4th on right. He worked in the Wakefield Street branch for 13 years when he was offered the position of Officer-in-charge of the Kapunda station in 1911.

Fire Station

1906, Photograph, B 40272

Wakefield Street Fire Station.

Fire Brigade Headquarters

1907, Photograph, B 40273

Fire Brigade headquarters, Wakefield Street, 1907.

Fire Brigade Headquarters

1908, Photograph, B 40274

Fire Brigade headquarters, Wakefield Street, No. 2 steamer.

Fire Brigade Headquarters

1912, Photograph, B 40277

Fire Brigade headquarters, No 1 Reel, Wakefield Street.

Fire Brigade Headquarters

c. 1912, Photograph, B 40303

South Australian Fire Brigade, Wakefield Street, headquarters.

Fire Brigade Station

c. 1900, Photograph, B 40310

Fire Brigade Station, Wakefield Street.

Fire Brigade Station

c. 1900, Photograph, B 40311

Fire Brigade Station, Wakefield Street.

Firemen in action at a fire at Port Augusta

1987, Photograph, B 68454

Fire fighters in action outside the premises of Northern Bakeries at Carlton Parade, Port Augusta, Saturday 21 March 1987. The fire damaged a storage shed, its contents and a trailer and caused $15,000 damage.

Fire Brigade march

1943, Photograph, B 7798/203

Fire Brigade personnel marching in King William Street, Adelaide, followed by various fire vehicles. 11 October 1943.

Safety and fire protection instruction, Adelaide Refinery

Advertiser Newspapers Ltd, 1963, Photograph, B 69562

Photo taken at the Adelaide Refinery at Port Stanvac for the article "On stream", published in the Advertiser on January 12th, 1963: Peter Pritchard, Safety and Fire Protection Officer, instructs a team of fire fighters, from left to right, E. Moyle, G. Goff, R. Leavett, H. Hatwell, R. Smith, P. Meehan, P. Prichard, R. Smith, C.O. Callaghan, R. Sambrooks, B. Quinn, R. Johnston, and T. Hardiker.

Process Operators under fire training, Adelaide Refinery

Brownrigg, Marcus B., 1963, Photograph, B 69564

In this picture, Peter Pritchard, Port Stanvac Fire and Safety Officer (left), instructs a group on the use of "Superjet Foam Monitor" and demonstrates the use of fire branches, - 500 gallons per minute at 150 p.s.i. L-R, Peter Pritchard, Jim Cannell, Jim Brown, Len Arnold, Peter Turner, Terry Malone and George Ford (foot on wheel), March 1963.

Ambulance and fire engine, Adelaide Refinery

Brownrigg, Marcus B., c. 1965, Photograph, B 69582

A fire warden shows a young family the fire engine at the Adelaide Refinery at Port Stanvac; in the foreground is an ambulance.

SAMFS fire appliance

Dolman, Scott, 2011, Photograph, B 72132

South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service appliance No 301 at a house fire in Linden Avenue, Northfield on 20 July 2011.

P.S. Murrumbidgee on fire with flames and smoke pouring out over the river

c. 1948, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/2820

Bow and side view of 'P.S. Murrumbidgee', being destroyed by fire 29/11/1948, near Goulburn Junction, with flames and smoke pouring out over the river, two men watching from the river bank and one still on board, carrying a box.

P.S. Marion after the fire

1926, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/1769

Partial bow view of 'P.S. Marion' after the fire in November 1926, with firemen in uniform, and some crew, standing at the rails of the upper deck, and salvaged items far right.

Fire station lookout tower at Wentworth

c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/2695

Lookout tower at Wentworth fire station, with group of onlookers in the tower and others at ground level, with houses at rear.

Fire station tower at Wentworth

c. 1914, Photograph, PRG 1258/2/2704

Wentworth fire station tower and station building, with three girls and a pusher nearby, a young boy with his bike outside on the street.

Remains of P.S. Sapphire's engines and paddle wheels after fire

1916, Photograph, PRG 1258/1/3336

The remains of the engines and paddle wheels of P.S. Sapphire, after the fire which burnt it to the waterline, on 19 January, 1916. The plaques on the engines show they were made by P.S. Richards.