Three 'unique' Fire and Emergency NZ buildings unveiled in Christchurch
ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff The brigade’s territory covers urban housing, semi-rural blocks, an 80ha campground and forests. The new Spencerville site was chosen – rather than rebuilding on either of the current sites – because uniting volunteers from the Brooklands and Bottle Lake stations was seen as the best way to support and protect the local communities and nearby forest plantations. The 31-strong team has been training and responding from their new station since March, leading the way as the first fully unified brigade in Canterbury. ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff Fire and Emergency NZ board ...