2009 World Police and Fire Games sponsorship announcement
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the announcement of sponsorship for the 2009 World Police and Fire Games in Burnaby at the Copeland Arena. Photographs depict an unidentified RCMP officer during a moment of silence, with the John Robson Elementary School choir in the background, and unidentified fire…
Auvache, Lou - Burnaby Fire Chief
Auvache, Lou - Burnaby Fire Chief
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1961
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 Photograph : b&w ; 14 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Fire Deputy Chief Lou Auvache and an unidentified man holding up an object.
Auvache, Lou - Burnaby Fire Chief
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lou Auvache, Burnaby Fire Chief, with a woman and a young man. They are holding up a cheque from the Royal Bank of Canada.
Auvache, Lou - Burnaby Fire Chief
Basil Pontifex and Norm Brooke
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1957 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firefighters Basil Pontifex and Norm Brooke at Fire Hall No. 4 at 2326 Duthie Avenue. A firetruck can be seen behind them.
Basil Pontifex at No. 2 Firehall
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.7 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Basil Pontifex leaning on the front of a truck at the No. 2 Firehall at Kingsway and Hall Avenue. Basil was a Burnaby firefighter.
Basil Pontifex in Uniform
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1947] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.2 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Basil Pontifex, in his firefighters uniform, at 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street. He is standing in front of a car.
Bill Banks in front of his garage
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of W. M. (Bill) Banks standing in coveralls in front of his garage at Britton and Kingsway. Bill Banks was a mechanic with whom the Burnaby Fire Department had an agreement to maintain the fire truck and drive it to emergencies on an on-call basis. An unidentified man in a suit is standi…
Bill Banks in protective gear
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1935]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of District Chief Bill Banks wearing a helmet and a projective jacket over his suit as he stands beside a house.
Bill Banks in protective gear
Bill Copeland with Wayne Brassington and Bob Fenske
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 21, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby mayor Bill Copeland with fire chief Wayne Brassington and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) superintendent Bob Fenske leaving the Canadian Cancer Society's annual "Jail 'n' Bail" fundraiser. The mayor and fire chief were handcuffed together as they left the fundraiser.
Bill Corbett
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firefighter Bill Corbett leaning against a truck at Fire Hall No. 2 located at 1942 Kingsway and Hall Avenue (later renumbered as the 7200 block of Kingsway). The door of the truck reads BFD No. 3.
Bill Corbett and Sam Davies
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firefighters Bill Corbett and Sam Davies standing in front of a car at Fire Hall No. 2 located at 1942 Kingsway and Hall Avenue (later renumbered as the 7200 block of Kingsway).
Bluey Day event
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Dave Edgecombe, of the Burnaby Fire Department, and Jeff Meyers, of the New Westminster Police, getting their heads shaved by unidentified people during "Bluey Day" at Metrotown Centre, where emergency services personnel volunteer to get their heads shaved to raise mone…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2559
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Dave Edgecombe, of the Burnaby Fire Department, and Jeff Meyers, of the New Westminster Police, getting their heads shaved by unidentified people during "Bluey Day" at Metrotown Centre, where emergency services personnel volunteer to get their heads shaved to raise money for the Michael Cuccione Foundation, Canuck Place and Children's Hospital.
- Subjects
- Events - Fundraising
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Occupations - Police Officers
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Metrotown
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2559-1: "Dave Edgecombe, of the Burnaby Fire Department, discovers that the path to baldness can be more harrowing than the destination, as he gives up his hair at the annual Bluey Day at Metrotown Centre. More than 50 emergency services personnel from around the Lower Mainland volunteered to get their heads shaved to raise money for the Michael Cuccione Foundation, Canuck Place and Children's Hospital."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2559-2: "Jeff Meyers, of the the New Westminster Police, gets a whole new look for the summer at the annual Bluey Day at Metrotown Centre in Burnaby. More than 50 emergency services personnel from around the Lower Mainland volunteered to give up their hair to raise money for the Michael Cuccione Foundation, Canuck Place and Children's Hospital."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4700 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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Bob Lyall, Kris Anderson, Dave Graystone, Dave Wallace and Laura Watamanuk.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 17, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pacific Assistance Dog (PAD) labrador retriever Eddie, with firefighters Bob Lyall, Kris Anderson, Dave Graystone and Dave Wallace, with Pacific Assistance Dog's (PAD) Laura Watamanuk standing beside a Burnaby Fire Department truck.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 17, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 21 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0480
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pacific Assistance Dog (PAD) labrador retriever Eddie, with firefighters Bob Lyall, Kris Anderson, Dave Graystone and Dave Wallace, with Pacific Assistance Dog's (PAD) Laura Watamanuk standing beside a Burnaby Fire Department truck.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Transportation - Fire Trucks
- Names
- Lyall, Bob
- Anderson, Kris
- Graystone, Dave
- Wallace, Dave
- Watamanuk, Laura
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Blissett, Rebecca
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby 39 / Rebecca Bby 2763 / 84%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Brian Gillin in torch relay
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Brian Gillin, a Vancouver fire fighter, running down Kingsway during the torch relay for the World Police and Fire Games to be held in Indianapolis. A fire truck and other emergency vehicles are in the background, following Gillin.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2479
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Brian Gillin, a Vancouver fire fighter, running down Kingsway during the torch relay for the World Police and Fire Games to be held in Indianapolis. A fire truck and other emergency vehicles are in the background, following Gillin.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Events
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Brian Gillin, a Vancouver firefighter, carries the torch for the World Police and Fire Games, on Kingsway, through Burnaby and New Westminster, on its way to the competition, to be held in Indianapolis, beginning June 8."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
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Bud Morrison
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 28, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of A. (Bud) Morrison, one of three assistant chiefs fired and rehired in 1977 "during the height of the controversy over hiring outsider Thomas Narin as chief."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 28, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 16 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-715
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of A. (Bud) Morrison, one of three assistant chiefs fired and rehired in 1977 "during the height of the controversy over hiring outsider Thomas Narin as chief."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Names
- Morrison, A. "Bud"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Quote taken from newspaper clipping housed in folder with photograph
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Burnaby Fire Department and Penningtons teddy bears
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby fire fighters and Penningtons employees posed with a box of teddy bears and a fire truck in the background. The bears were purchased by Penningtons customers for donation to children.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1731
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby fire fighters and Penningtons employees posed with a box of teddy bears and a fire truck in the background. The bears were purchased by Penningtons customers for donation to children.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Charities
- Toys
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Transportation - Fire Trucks
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Laurel Krause, the assistant manager at Penningtons, and David Graystone, of the Burnaby Fire Department, check out some of the more than 60 teddy bears purchased by customers of the North Rd. store to be donated to the fire department to give to kids who've been in accidents, or to charities that help kids. Looking on are Darcey O'Riordan and George Assaf, of the Burnaby Fire Department, and Brenda Kult, the manager at Penningtons."
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