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Scope and Content: Item consists of a Civil Defence of Canada certificate to certify Ray Fleming as a "Volunteer Worker for Civil Defence in the War against the German Reich and the other Axis Powers..."

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Civil Defence of Canada certificate to certify Ray Fleming as a "Volunteer Worker for Civil Defence in the War against the German Reich and the other Axis Powers..."

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Emergency Measures - Civil Defence

Accession Code: BV016.46.153

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 5 Sep. 1945

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Document is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52

New instructions on how to fight fire bombs

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canada. Office of the Director of Civil Air Raid Precautions

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 358.3 CAN v.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV988.47.20

Call Number: 358.3 CAN v.2

Author: Canada. Office of the Director of Civil Air Raid Precautions

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: Edmond Cloutier

Publication Date: 1942

Physical Description: 4 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Canada--Civil defense; Incendiary bombs; Fire extinction

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets; Wars; Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Emergency Measures - Civil Defence

Notes: Version 2 of 2

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Air Defence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34099

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the former site of Aerial Defense 1942-1946, at Kitchener Street and Madison Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the former site of Aerial Defense 1942-1946, at Kitchener Street and Madison Avenue.

Subjects: Public Services - Civil Defence; Buildings - Military

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kitchener Street; Madison Avenue

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Air Defence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34103

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the camp site for the Air Defence, 1942-1946, at Kitchener Street and Madison Avenue. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the camp site for the Air Defence, 1942-1946, at Kitchener Street and Madison Avenue. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Subjects: Public Services - Civil Defence; Structures - Tents

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kitchener Street; Madison Avenue

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Burnaby Air Raid Patrol

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34507

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1941

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.1 x 24.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Air Raid Patrol standing behind a model street. Some of the men are wearing ARP armbands.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1941

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.1 x 24.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 028-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Air Raid Patrol standing behind a model street. Some of the men are wearing ARP armbands.

Subjects: Public Services - Civil Defence

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Converted Army Hut

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34135

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a converted army hut in the Willingdon Heights area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-051

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a converted army hut in the Willingdon Heights area.

Subjects: Public Services - Civil Defence; Structures - Tents

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Former Camp Kitchen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34136

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a former camp kitchen used as part of civil defence in the Willingdon Heights area.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-052

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of a former camp kitchen used as part of civil defence in the Willingdon Heights area.

Subjects: Public Services - Civil Defence; Structures - Tents

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Former Camp Kitchen, April 16, 1947 thumbnail

Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1945-1990

Length: 00:06:11

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the inhalator equipment used by the department starting in 1945. Al Nixon describes 50% of the calls received by the department as "pre-hospital care", and that the department is an emergency service rather than just a fire department. He also describes the 19…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about the inhalator equipment used by the department starting in 1945. Al Nixon describes 50% of the calls received by the department as "pre-hospital care", and that the department is an emergency service rather than just a fire department. He also describes the 1990 department staffing and equipment level.

Date Range: 1945-1990

Length: 00:06:11

Subjects: Public Services - Fire Protection; Emergency Measures

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

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

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 four of interview with Al Nixon

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_4.mp3

1927 Buick Ambulance

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1927]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1927 Buick with a cross sign on top of the windshield and "AMBULANCE" written at the bottom of the windshield and identified as the "third" ambulance (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.5 cm

Material Details: inscribed in blue ballpoint pen, verso, t., stamped, u.l. "678"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1927 Buick with a cross sign on top of the windshield and "AMBULANCE" written at the bottom of the windshield and identified as the "third" ambulance (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

Subjects: Emergency Services - Ambulance Services

Accession Code: BV992.45.49

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [after 1927]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "1927 Buick/ 3rd Ambulance"

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Ambulance at the Cambie office

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 38/39 Ford, fitted with horn and lights for use as an ambulance, parked at the curb at a location identified only as the "Cambie office" (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 38/39 Ford, fitted with horn and lights for use as an ambulance, parked at the curb at a location identified only as the "Cambie office" (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

Subjects: Emergency Services - Ambulance Services

Accession Code: BV992.45.53

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [after 1938]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Ambulance at/ Cambie office/ when we had City Contract"

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Buick ambulance

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1148

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1934 Buick being used as an ambulance with its side doors open to reveal a gurney placed inside beside the driver's seat (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm

Material Details: .

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1934 Buick being used as an ambulance with its side doors open to reveal a gurney placed inside beside the driver's seat (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

Subjects: Emergency Services - Ambulance Services

Accession Code: BV992.45.39

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [after 1934]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Buick Ambulance"

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Dodge ambulance

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1940 Dodge station wagon that was used as an ambulance (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1940 Dodge station wagon that was used as an ambulance (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

Subjects: Emergency Services - Ambulance Services

Accession Code: BV992.45.50

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [after 1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "1940/ Dodge/ Ambulance"

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Hupmobile ambulance

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1146

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1929 Hupmobile with a medic cross over the windshield and "AMBULANCE" written just above the hood parked at Fred Charles' Garage. Other cars from the late 1920's are parked on either side of the ambulance.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1929 Hupmobile with a medic cross over the windshield and "AMBULANCE" written just above the hood parked at Fred Charles' Garage. Other cars from the late 1920's are parked on either side of the ambulance.

Subjects: Emergency Services - Ambulance Services

Accession Code: BV992.45.37

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [after 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue pen on verso of photograph reads: "1929 Hupmobile/ 2nd Ambulance"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "FRED CHARLES' GARAGE"

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Hupmobile ambulance, [after 1929] thumbnail

Plymouth taxi and ambulance

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1156

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man standing with one foot on the running board of a 1936 Plymouth which was used as a Dexter Cab and an ambulance.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man standing with one foot on the running board of a 1936 Plymouth which was used as a Dexter Cab and an ambulance.

Subjects: Emergency Services - Ambulance Services

Accession Code: BV992.45.47

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [after 1936]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "1936 Plymouth/ Taxi + Ambulance"

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