New Zealand - Fire Service - Members of the Pukekohe Volunteer Fire Brigade pose with their 1936 Ford V8 fire engine outside the Pukekohe Fire Station, Edinburgh Street - Pukekohe - ca 1940 The New Zealand Fire Service - New Zealand's main firefighting body from 1 April 1976 until 1 July 2017 - It was dissolved and incorporated into the new Fire and Emergency New Zealand. - The NZFS was somewhat unusual, internationally, in that it had jurisdiction over the entire country with no division by region or city. - It was the result of the New Zealand Fire Service Act (1975), which nationalised the various District-level brigades that had developed across the country. Reference: Wikipedia -------------------- Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 07976 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/37792