Below are a list of events which have happened over the years. Some of these events are incidents which have changed the way firefighters now work, some have changed fire safety legislation and some are just out of the ordinary. One thing about them all, is, they all actually happened.
Bob Wilkinson, a keen lover of Fire Service history has put together all the articles below in the hope that many of you will enjoy reading them, and perhaps learn a thing or two on how things used to be done.
Bambergers Timber Yard Fire - 1967Bradford Football Stadium - 1985Butlers Wharf - 1931Camden Town Railway Station - 1857Cat up a Tree - 1980Crystal Palace FireColdharbour Hospital FireDeadly Theatre Fire - Exeter - 1887Dudgeons Wharf - 1969Fifteen Days to Fight A Fire - 1974Fleur Lombard - 1996Glasgow Television Studio - 1969Leinster Tower HotelLondon Bridge Burns DownMary Joy Langdon - 1978Maryhill Road Fire - 1972Manchester Airport Disaster - 1985Moorgate Tube Crash - 1975Nypro Chemical Plant - Flixborough - 1974Parliament FireSmithfield Fire - 1958Sugar RefinersTheatre RoyalTooley StreetWoolworths Fire - 1979Windsor Castle