About London Fire Brigade (UK)
This group is dedicated to the men and women of the London Fire Brigade (LFB) that protect the citizens of London 24 hours a day/7 days a week. We invite all who would like to help honour the LFB Firefighters in pictures (Appliances, Stations, Firefighters, and shouts) to post them here.
ABOUT THE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE:
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the statutory fire and rescue service for London, England. It is run by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and is the third-largest fire service in the world with nearly 7000 staff of which 5800 are operational firefighters and officers. In October 2007, Ron Dobson was appointed as the Commissioner for Fire and Emergency Planning, which includes the position of Brigade Manager or Chief Fire Officer. Mr Dobson took over from Sir Ken Knight who had been commissioner since 2003.
In 2005/2006 it attended over 155,001 emergencies, which included 16,000 serious fires, making it one of the busiest fire brigades in the world. In 2005, it received over 9000 hoax calls, the highest number of all the fire brigades in the United Kingdom. The LFB is the third largest fire brigade in the world, after the New York Fire Department and the Paris Fire Brigade. As well as fire fighting, the LFB responds to hazardous material incidents, conducts emergency planning and performs fire safety inspections and education. It does not provide an ambulance service, this function is performed by the London Ambulance Service as an independent NHS Trust, however all firefighters are trained in first aid and fire engines - or appliances as they are known - carry first-aid equipment including basic resuscitators.
Want to learn more about the London Fire Brigade, go to their website at: www.london-fire.gov.uk/
You can also learn more about the LFB and its history by viewing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Fire_Brigade
Interested in a career with the London Fire Brigade, visit their Graduates website at: www.lfbgraduates.co.uk/default.aspx
"Don't forget to visit the: "Fire UK" group to view UK wide fire service images."
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk
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