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![Burnaby Fire Prevention Week promotion, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2770.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Fire Prevention Week promotion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97395
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Debbie Clyne, the City of Burnaby's acting emergency coordinator, Fred Scarfe and Jim Dixon of the Burnaby Fire Department, and Ronald McDonald lifting cardboard boxes of supplies outside of Lougheed Mall as a promotion for Burnaby's Fire Prevention Week.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2770
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Debbie Clyne, the City of Burnaby's acting emergency coordinator, Fred Scarfe and Jim Dixon of the Burnaby Fire Department, and Ronald McDonald lifting cardboard boxes of supplies outside of Lougheed Mall as a promotion for Burnaby's Fire Prevention Week.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Ronald McDonald is loaded down with supplies for Burnaby's upcoming Fire Prevention Week, at Lougheed Mall. Helping him with his lifting are Debbie Clyne, the City's acting emergency coordinator, and Fred Scarfe and Jim Dixon of the Burnaby Fire Department."
- Geographic Access
- Austin Road
- Street Address
- 9855 Austin Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
![Burnaby Fire Prevention Week promotion, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2770.jpg)
Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45447
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Columbian photographer Basil King getting his shoes shined by British Columbia Institute of Technology students Kathy McLeod and Russ Carmichael at Lougheed mall (now Lougheed Town Centre). This was part of the Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser known as Shinerama.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 19.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-342
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Columbian photographer Basil King getting his shoes shined by British Columbia Institute of Technology students Kathy McLeod and Russ Carmichael at Lougheed mall (now Lougheed Town Centre). This was part of the Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser known as Shinerama.
- Names
- British Columbia Institute of Technology
- Lougheed Town Centre
- King, Basil
- McLeod, Kathy
- Carmichael, Russ
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "The shoes in need of a shine are Columbian photographer Basil King's. The cheerful shiners at Lougheed mall today are Kathy McLeod and Russ Carmichael. The occasion: Shinerama '73. Hundreds of B.C. Institute of Technology students are on the job at Lower Mainland shopping centres, raising funds for cystic fibrosis research."
- Geographic Access
- North Road
- Austin Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
![Fire engine at Burnaby Fire Department Safety Fair, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2784.jpg?width=280)
Fire engine at Burnaby Fire Department Safety Fair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97422
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dwight Fraser helping his child, two-year-old Jordan, down from a 1954 LaFrance fire engine on display at the Burnaby Fire Department's Safety Fair at Lougheed Mall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2784
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dwight Fraser helping his child, two-year-old Jordan, down from a 1954 LaFrance fire engine on display at the Burnaby Fire Department's Safety Fair at Lougheed Mall.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Jordan Fraser, 2, gets a helping hand from his dad, Dwight, after getting a chance to try the wheel of the Burnaby Fire Department's 1954 LaFrance fire engine. The engine was one of the displays at the department's Safety Fair, at Lougheed Mall."
- Geographic Access
- Austin Road
- Street Address
- 9855 Austin Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
![Fire engine at Burnaby Fire Department Safety Fair, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2784.jpg)
![Fitness World fire, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2701.jpg?width=280)
Fitness World fire
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97305
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bob Day, a gym patron, standing across from Fitness World on North Road, near Lougheed, during a fire. Burnaby Fire Department fire trucks are parked in front of the gym.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2701
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bob Day, a gym patron, standing across from Fitness World on North Road, near Lougheed, during a fire. Burnaby Fire Department fire trucks are parked in front of the gym.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Fire Trucks
- Buildings - Recreational - Gymnasiums
- Natural Phenomena - Fires
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Bob Day watches as Burnaby firefighters work to douse a minor blaze behind the sign at Fitness World on North Rd. Day was working out in the gym when staff told everyone to leave because of the fire."
- Geographic Access
- North Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
![Fitness World fire, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2701.jpg)
Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory471
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1928-1990
- Length
- 00:07:51
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon's father Basil Nixon, who was Provincial Fire Marshall, and his mother Agnes, whose father Thomas Douglas was murdered in 1934, perhaps for political reasons. He also talks about the Burquitlam neighbourhood where his Douglas grandparents lived in the…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon's father Basil Nixon, who was Provincial Fire Marshall, and his mother Agnes, whose father Thomas Douglas was murdered in 1934, perhaps for political reasons. He also talks about the Burquitlam neighbourhood where his Douglas grandparents lived in the heritage home "Seven Gables" on Sullivan Street. He relates some childhood events, including the train wreck on Burnette Creek in 1936.
- Date Range
- 1928-1990
- Length
- 00:07:51
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lyndhurst Area
- Cameron Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track eight of interview with Al Nixon
Track eight of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_8.mp3![Lougheed Mall community service award, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2344.jpg?width=280)
Lougheed Mall community service award
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96745
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Randy Delmonico, of the Burnaby Fire Department, presenting a plaque to Bonney Rempel and Clara Loh of Lougheed Mall in recognition of the mall's community service. The three people are standing under the curved glass roof of the mall and some stores are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2344
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Randy Delmonico, of the Burnaby Fire Department, presenting a plaque to Bonney Rempel and Clara Loh of Lougheed Mall in recognition of the mall's community service. The three people are standing under the curved glass roof of the mall and some stores are visible in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Bonney Rempel and Clara Loh, of Lougheed Mall, admire a plaque being presented to them by Randy Delmonico, of the Burnaby Fire Department. The award recognizes the Mall's community service."
- Geographic Access
- Austin Road
- Street Address
- 9855 Austin Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
![Lougheed Mall community service award, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2344.jpg)