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The name change in 2004, to Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service, reflected the growing number of roles the service now has. Many services across the United Kingdom would change to Fire & Rescue Service. This change was inspired by new primary legislation for England and Wales, The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. [3]
The department was the first to appoint a woman Fire Officer in the country. [6] In 2003, the department appointed 38-year-old Meenakshi Vijayakumar as a Divisional Fire Officer, making her the first female Fire Officer in the country. She was later awarded the President's Fire Service Medal for Gallantry in 2013 for a rescue operation in Chennai.
Until 1938, the Manchester Fire Brigade had been part of the Manchester City Police and its members attested as police constables, a common practice in the early 20th century. In 1938 it became an independent organisation, but firemen who had joined before that time continued to be police constables and answerable to the Chief Constable in ...
After the war, the Manchester Fire Brigade was again municipalised, and reorganised. London Road Fire Station was restored as the headquarters of the brigade and became the only fire station serving the city centre. [22] A fire service training centre was established in 1948. [23]
John Morris (Firesnow) Limited was incorporated in May 1921 to take over the business of fire engineer previously carried on under the name James Morris in Albert Square, Manchester. [ 3 ] Managing director John Morris junior invented a compound in a froth-forming liquid charged with carbonic acid gas which when sprayed on a fire prevents ...
In 1998, she cleared the Group 1 service exam but had to wait until 2003 for women officers to be included in the fire service. She served as the Divisional Fire Officer in north Chennai for four and a half years and suburban Chennai for one and a half years. [3] [4] Throughout her career, she has responded to over 400 fire and rescue calls.
Welephant was created for the Greater Manchester Fire Service in order to promote awareness of the dangers of fire to the local school children. A competition was set where pupils of the local schools submitted drawings of a possible mascot that the fire department could use.
The furnace was used to heat anthracite to make carbide electro paste. Whilst local brigades (Blackpool and Lancashire) also attended, the fire was fought by the on site ICI Works Fire Brigade. A rush of flames injured seven firefighters with Pearson dying a day later in hospital. [83] Hamish Petitt: 25: London Fire Brigade: W: 13 December 1974