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.
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Fire and Emergency NZ board chair Paul Swain, second from left, and Jan Tinetti, Minister of Internal Affairs, attended the opening.
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Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s commitment to rebuilding and enhancing its facilities in Christchurch in partnership with the community is being reinforced with the opening of three new buildings in two days. Ilam Fire Station and the Ilam Fire Engineering .