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Local authority: Chief executive - overall powers for all an authority's functions, including fire, rescue and resilience; Brigade: Chief Fire Officer (CFO), Brigade Manager, or (in Greater London) Commissioner - overall operational, strategic and command of a brigade or fire and rescue service; Buncefield fire
In Ireland, the traditional British and Commonwealth brigade rank structure is used, across the 26 counties. Fire and rescue services are provided by 26 County Councils to the 26 counties of Ireland, and by three city councils with unitary authority status (those of Dublin, Cork, and Galway) within their respective cities.
Leading firefighter (previously leading fireman and leading firewoman) is a rank in the Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service, London Fire Brigade and the Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service. It used to be in all British fire services, ranking between firefighter and sub-officer. [1] A leading firefighter was usually in charge of a single fire ...
An employee of a fire and rescue authority who is authorised in writing by the authority for the purposes of Section 25 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and on duty may: [7] if the employee reasonably believes that a fire has broken out, do anything the employee reasonably believes to be necessary for the purpose of— extinguishing the fire; or
The fire appliances used by airport fire and rescue services normally consist of a fleet of large high-volume pumping vehicles capable of carrying an enormous amount of foam, or other fire extinguishing media and equipment on bulk, and then applying it under massive pressure and volume at the fire scene.
London Fire Brigade, along with many UK fire and rescue services, adopted a change in rank structure in 2006. The traditional ranks were replaced with new titles descriptive of the job function. [32] [33] On 17 October 2019, London Fire Brigade announced a return to the traditional rank titles, in a policy named "Role to Rank". [34]
Chief Fire Officer (CFO): the principal officer of the service. Responsible for overseeing and managing the overall organisation. Will attend the strategic meeting for a large incident. In 2016, it was announced that the service will change its rank based structure, to a role based structure, commonly known as 'rank to role'.
Sub-station officer (usually addressed as "Sub" or "Subbo") is a rank in the Irish Fire Services, below the rank of station officer.. A Sub-station officer usually performs a command function in support of the station officer's role on the fireground, and occasionally may take command role at less-serious incidents and takes command when the station officer is absent.