15th December 2008, Annual Ferguson Cup Night. C.F.O. R. Ditmer and Q.F.F. D. King win the Ferguson Cup (again). We dont just let Ross win cause he is the chief, he still has quite a bit of pace and skill from his competition running days. Well done to Dave and Ross.

19th October 2008, The inaugural resurrection of the annual cricket match between the Kaiapoi Fire Brigade and the Rangiora Fire Brigade. With the weather great, Rangiora went into bat first and scored a total of 87 runs. Kaiapoi rose to the challenge to win the run chase and the game, even being able to withstand Rangioras secret weapon, the Beige Brigadier and his fantastic white legs. Well done to Kaiapoi.

20th September 2008, Our annual honours night had a different twist, with the employers that let their staff away from their work during working hours being recognised with the newly developed employer recognition programme. The issuing of the pack to each employer was done by C.F.O. Ditmer. This was very well received by the employers, as they can now see added benefits to their companies by employing volunteer firefighters.

31st July 2008, This has been one of the busiest days the Brigade has seen for years, with the rapidly rising water levels in the town wreaking havoc on stormwater systems and low level housing. A great effort from our team to ensure that we were able to keep all vehicles full crewed and responding for the 24 hour period.

15th June 2008, The Annual Mid Canterbury Fire Brigades Sub Association Combat Challenge held in Lincoln. We had three competitors travel to Lincoln to compete. The day was fantastic, with the weather great and the quality of running was amazing(1min32sec the fastest time on the course). The Rangiora 4 man team came second in the guest category with a 1 min42sec(thanks to our mate "piggy" from Rolleston Brigade) and S.F.F. Eagle came third in the open male guest category with a 1min57sec.

26th May 2008, Brigade Annual General Meeting. As per normal whenever anything is organised someone always puts a spanner in the works, which is what happened when we turned out to a MVA 15 minutes before we were due to start. This didnt stop it being a great meeting, with some guest speakers from the D.O.C. Fire department, Waimakariri Rural Fire Force and St John Ambulance. To view the past years call statistics please click here to access this information

25th May 2008, Motor Vehicle Accident Course. A two day course in which the whole brigade(minus a few on holiday) refreshes on extrication techniques predominately using our primary rescue tools, the hydraulically powered Cutters, Spreaders and Rams. A big thanks to the two trainers Dave Stackhouse and Shane Cole from Christchurch City Station, To David Dacombe of Rangiora Auto Groom for the use of his yard, Gary Johnston from Taggarts for the use of his yard, Winch U Towing for the wrecked vehicles, Lloyd Eder for running the hiab truck all day cleaning up the destroyed cars we left behind and Southbrook hire for the car transporter.

10th May 2008, Annual Climb for a Cure at the Auckland Skytower. Once again this event has grown, with our team raising over $2,200 dollars towards the total of $90,000, which is significantly higher than the $50,000 raised last year. We are very proud to say that our relay team came in fourth place (making it the quickest of the South Island teams), and our fastest firefighter being FF H.Fraser, with an impressive 12 minutes 47 seconds, which put him 14th place out of 127 in the mens donned and started category.

19th of April 2008, Annual Partners Night. This is a function dedicated to the partners of the Life Honourary and Current Brigade members, to show them appreciation and thanks for keeping the families and houses running while we are out fighting the fires. A great meal and great people to share it with made for a fantastic evening. Some ladies might not have been up early the following morning!

6th of April 2008, the Rangiora Fire Brigade held an open day at the Rangiora Fire Station. The Weather was fantastic all day. Murphys Law came along only once, having a fire call just when we were setting up for first Car Extrication exercise. All other Exercises went as planned. We would like to thank the Brigade for all the hard work in making this day possible. Thanks to the Schools that did the colouring competition. Thanks to Priscilla for supplying food and drinks for the day. Thanks to the Airport Fire Service for their Appliance and Staff all day. Thanks to the businesses/organisations that had stalls, helping to get the message of Fire Safety out there. Thanks to the businesses that let us put up our signs in their shop windows. Finally a thanks to all the people that turned up for the day, you made it the day it was, and we hope that our message of Fire Safety and Fire Safety information has helped you at home.

30th of March 2008, The annual City to Surf 12km fun run. Several brigade members and their families participated and had a great time. The two storm troopers were not part of us, but thought they looked cool so we included their photo too.

9th of February 2008, The annual Canterbury Waterway Championships and Canterbury versus West Coast Championships are hosted by the Rangiora Brigade. The day was fantastic, with the quality of running as high as ever. The winners of the 4 person Canterbury Championship was RANGIORA, followed by ROLLESTON in second, and AKAROA in third. The winners of the 2 person Canterbury Championship was DARFIELD, with LINCOLN in second, and ROLLESTON in third place. In the Canterbury versus West Coast the winning 4 person team was RANGIORA, with RUNUNGA in second, and HOKITIKA in third. The winning 2 person team was GREYMOUTH, with DARFIELD in second, and ROLLESTON and LINCOLN third equal. The Canterbury provincial was the winning provincial overall.

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17th December 2007, Annual Ferguson Cup Night. S.F.F. M Thornley and S.F.F. C McCabe taking the ever important trophy, marking the end of Brigade Training for another year.

14th December 2007, Annual Chiefs Shout. The Chiefs way of thanking the brigade members, partners, employers and other services for their help in making the brigade function as well as it has in 2007. Some great carolling was demonstrated by the members until the wee hours of the morning.

2nd December 2007, Brigade Childrens Christmas Picnic.a great family day, with santa bringing some wonderful presents .