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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Unified fire service in Great Britain during World War II</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">National Fire Service</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Fire_Service_badge_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/National_Fire_Service_badge_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-National_Fire_Service_badge_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="151" class="mw-file-element" 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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">370,000 (peak)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Fire_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Fire Officer">Chief Fire Officer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Aylmer_Firebrace" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Aylmer Firebrace">Sir Aylmer Firebrace</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #B60000; color: white;">Facilities and equipment</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Divisions</th><td class="infobox-data">40 Fire Forces</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ChathamHDFireEngine0079.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/ChathamHDFireEngine0079.JPG/220px-ChathamHDFireEngine0079.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/ChathamHDFireEngine0079.JPG/330px-ChathamHDFireEngine0079.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/ChathamHDFireEngine0079.JPG/440px-ChathamHDFireEngine0079.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2016" data-file-height="1512" /></a><figcaption>NFS apparatus preserved today</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>National Fire Service</b> (<b>NFS</b>) was the single <a href="/wiki/Fire_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire service">fire service</a> created in <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> in 1941 during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>; a separate National Fire Service (Northern Ireland) was created in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Fire_Service&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Women_National_Fire_Service.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Women_National_Fire_Service.jpg/170px-Women_National_Fire_Service.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Women_National_Fire_Service.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="386" /></a><figcaption>Second World War poster encouraging women to join the National Fire Service</figcaption></figure> <p>The NFS was created in August 1941 by the amalgamation of the wartime national <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_Fire_Service" title="Auxiliary Fire Service">Auxiliary Fire Service</a> (AFS) and the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local government in the United Kingdom">local authority</a> fire brigades (about 1,600 of them). Prior to this, many police forces were charged with attending fires, with <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_City_Police" title="Liverpool City Police">Liverpool City Police</a> being an early example of a Police Fire Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amalgamating roles continued for some time until the need for a separate police and fire service was brought to the attention of the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> whom, on the report of a Royal Commission, brought about the NFS as a result of <a href="/wiki/Fire_Brigades_Act_1938" title="Fire Brigades Act 1938">The Fire Brigade Act 1938</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NFS existed until 1948, when it was again split by the <a href="/wiki/Fire_Services_Act_1947" title="Fire Services Act 1947">Fire Services Act 1947</a>, with fire services reverting to local authority control, although this time there were far fewer brigades, with only one per <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Counties of the United Kingdom">county</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a>. </p><p>The NFS had full-time and part-time members, male and female. Its uniform was the traditional dark blue double-breasted tunic, and it adopted the <a href="/wiki/Peaked_cap" title="Peaked cap">peaked cap</a> worn by the AFS instead of the peakless <a href="/wiki/Sailor_cap" title="Sailor cap">sailor-style cap</a> which had been worn by many pre-war fire brigades (including the <a href="/wiki/London_Fire_Brigade" title="London Fire Brigade">London Fire Brigade</a>). The peaked cap was retained by fire services after the war. </p><p>When they were on duty, but in the frequent long stretches between calls, many firemen and firewomen performed vital wartime manufacturing work, in workshops in the fire stations or adjacent to them. This was entirely voluntary, but since many of the wartime personnel had worked in factories before the war it was work with which they were familiar and skilled. </p><p>War service meant considerable risk, and members of the NFS were called to attend the aftermath of German bombing raids and coastal shelling from France, or often whilst these attacks were still ongoing. Casualties were inevitable, and there is one record of one volunteer who died on duty aged just 19, and was awarded the Certificate for Gallantry as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is buried in the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Road_Cemetery,_Deal" title="Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal">Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal</a>, Kent. </p><p>The Chief of the Fire Staff and Inspector-in-Chief throughout the war (until 28 February 1947, when he retired) was <a href="/wiki/Aylmer_Firebrace" title="Aylmer Firebrace">Sir Aylmer Firebrace</a>, former Chief Officer of the London Fire Brigade. </p><p>At peak strength the NFS had 370,000 personnel, including 80,000 women.<sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_DNB_bio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxford_DNB_bio-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The women were mostly employed on administrative duties. </p><p>The NFS was divided into about forty Fire Forces. These were subdivided into Divisions. Each Division had two Columns and each Column had five Companies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ranks">Ranks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Fire_Service&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ranks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7" align="center">National Fire Service Ranks<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="1"> </th> <th colspan="2">Men </th> <th colspan="2">Women </th> <th colspan="2">Police equivalent<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Insignia<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Number in April 1947 </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Number in April 1947 </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Police Service">London</a> </th> <th>Outside London </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Epaulette_of_NFS_Fireman.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Epaulette_of_NFS_Fireman.png/50px-Epaulette_of_NFS_Fireman.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Epaulette_of_NFS_Fireman.png/75px-Epaulette_of_NFS_Fireman.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Epaulette_of_NFS_Fireman.png/100px-Epaulette_of_NFS_Fireman.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="1630" /></a></span></td> <td>Fireman</td> <td></td> <td>Firewoman</td> <td></td> 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Epaulette_of_NFS_Chief_Regional_Fire_Officer.png/75px-Epaulette_of_NFS_Chief_Regional_Fire_Officer.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Epaulette_of_NFS_Chief_Regional_Fire_Officer.png/100px-Epaulette_of_NFS_Chief_Regional_Fire_Officer.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="1630" /></a></span></td> <td>Chief Regional Fire Officer</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle">N/A</td> <td>Senior Staff Officer</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle">N/A</td> <td>Inspector</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle">N/A</td> <td>Chief of the Fire Staff & Inspector-in-Chief</td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_members">Notable members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Fire_Service&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Delve" title="Frederick Delve">Frederick Delve</a> (career firefighter and fire service administrator)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Leete" title="Leslie Leete">Leslie Leete</a> (career firefighter - later successor to Delve as chief officer of London Fire Brigade)</li></ul> <p>Members of the NFS who were well known in civilian life (or later became so) included: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Len_Johnson_(boxer)" title="Len Johnson (boxer)">Len Johnson</a>, boxer and civil rights activist (served in Manchester and Cumbria)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brooks_(cricketer)" title="Paul Brooks (cricketer)">Paul Brooks</a>, cricketer (served in London and Coventry)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>An eleven-minute Second World War documentary that chronicles the birth and work of the NFS survived the war and is available to view on the British Pathe website.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Service personnel received Certificate of Service documents. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Fire_Service_-_Certificate_of_Service_Document.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="National Fire Service Certificate of Service for Randall Whitford Roach" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/National_Fire_Service_-_Certificate_of_Service_Document.jpg/220px-National_Fire_Service_-_Certificate_of_Service_Document.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/National_Fire_Service_-_Certificate_of_Service_Document.jpg/330px-National_Fire_Service_-_Certificate_of_Service_Document.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/National_Fire_Service_-_Certificate_of_Service_Document.jpg/440px-National_Fire_Service_-_Certificate_of_Service_Document.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3325" data-file-height="2897" /></a><figcaption>Certificate of Service for Leading Fireman, Randall Whitford Roach of Troon, Cornwall.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Fire_Service&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1941_Old_Palace_School_bombing" title="1941 Old Palace School bombing">1941 Old Palace School bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_Aerodrome_Fire_Service" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation Aerodrome Fire Service">Ministry of Civil Aviation Aerodrome Fire Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire services in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Fire_Service&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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