Fighting Fires
Creating the British Fire Service, 1800–1978| By: | S. Ewen |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9780230517103 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780230248403 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2010 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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The first full-length scholarly history of the British fire service, 1800-1978, this book scrutinizes how firemen created a professional public service incumbent upon municipal government. It examines the influence of major fires and leading personalities within the fire service in constructing a professional ethos for municipal fire brigades.