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Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Nottinghamshire (including the unitary authority of Nottingham) in the East Midlands of England. The City of Nottingham Fire Brigade and the Nottinghamshire Fire Brigade were created under the Fire Services Act 1947. In 1974, the two brigades were merged.
Gilbert John Tudway Cains, Chief Officer, Nottingham Fire Brigade. James William Calder, Senior District Inspector of Mines & Quarries, North Eastern Division, Ministry of Power. William Henry Capper, JP. For public services in Warrington. Arthur William Chapman, Registrar, University of Sheffield.
Before 1974, all but one of the fire brigades in England and Wales used the term "Fire Brigade", the exception was the City of Salford, which called itself "Fire Department". After 1974, all but two of the new authorities adopted the term "Fire Service", the two exceptions being Avon County and County Cleveland.
Nottingham was the first city in Britain to develop an ARP (Air Raid Precautions) network. It was developed because of the foresight of Nottingham City Police Chief Constable Captain Athelstan Popkess. The city was divided into zones, controlled by report and control centres with 45 auxiliary fire service stations.
On 19 September, a duplicate battalion of the Robin Hoods was formed, the original becoming the 1/7th. This duplicate joined the 2nd Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Brigade, 2nd North Midland Division, which later became the 178th (2nd Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Brigade and 59th (2nd North Midland) Division respectively. Another duplicate ...
The site was renamed Chetwynd Barracks, after Viscount Chetwynd who had been Managing Director of the National Shell Filling Factory, in 1995 [5] and became the home of 49 (East) Brigade. [ 6 ] Under Army 2020 , 49 (East) Brigade was merged with 7th Armoured Brigade to become 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East , which relocated to ...
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Alistair Caie Spence, Station Officer, Fire Prevention, Grampian Fire Brigade. Sylvia Audrey Spencer, Manager, Sumlock Calculating Services Ltd, Nottingham. Norman Spurr, Printing House Manager, West Yorkshire Police. David Raymon John Stagg, Amenity Verderer, Verderers Court, New Forest.