Up in the air over fire protection, Vancouver fire department crew undergoes training on new $300,000 aerial platform alongside Burrard Bridge

Caption reads: "The "Firebird" rig can reach heights of 125 feet, enough to top the roof of Vancouver General Hospital's Centennial Pavilion, where it was demonstrated Wednesday afternoon. It is the department's second Firebird and will be stationed at Twelfth and Quebec."

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 18 cm