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Tasmania was ordering uniforms for the Women's Fire Auxiliary in January 1940. [25] On 20 August 1941, the Tasmania Women's Fire Auxiliary were part of a parade (a march-past) for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill. [26] Queensland established a Women's Fire Auxiliary in October 1941. [27]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 10:34, 5 February 2013: 800 × 605 (54 KB): Fæ {{Information |description = {{en|''The Women's Auxiliary Air Force , 1939-1945.''<br/> A WAAF driver turns the starting handle of a Standard 5-cwt van at Cardington, Bedfordshire.}} |author = Baker L H (P/O), Royal Air Force official photographer |dat...
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The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), whose members were referred to as WAAFs (/ ˈ w æ f s /), was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Established in 1939, WAAF numbers exceeded 181,000 at its peak strength in 1943, (15.7% of the RAF) [ 1 ] with over 2,000 women enlisting per week.
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Auxiliary fire departments were intended to aid regular fire services in case of nuclear attack when it was expected large numbers of fires would result from nuclear blasts overwhelming full-time services. Most still in existence run support vehicles such as lighting trucks, air supplies, rehab units, reserve firefighting apparatus, and the like.