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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS Important message for all members. If you have not already renewed your membership for 2022 – 2023 but intend to do so, can we respectfully request you complete your renewal as soon as possible. Some important decisions regarding the future of the society need to take place in mid April and we need…
Read MoreAdditions to Website March 2022
Additions to the Web Site May we draw members, and visitors, attention to additions to The Fire Brigade Society’s web site. The index for all the Fire Covers and Special Publications from The Society, up to and including Fire Cover 235, February 2022, is now available for download in the ‘Publications’ section. The FBS London…
Read MoreFire Cover 235
Fire Cover 235 Fire Cover 235 is on its way, that’s if it has not already arrived. This edition is the last of the 2021-2022 Society year. We hope you find something of interest in235. The Editorial Team took over the production of Fire Cover in the Autumn of 2002, issue 157, with Mike Smith,…
Read MoreImportant Members Information
IMPORTANT UPDATE – MEMBERSHIP/SUBSCRIPTIONS For all membership and renewal enquiries please contact fbsupdates@gmail.com We will aim to respond to you as quickly as possible, please be patient. Please find below links to relevant documents with regards to renewals Letter to Members UK Renewal Form ROI Renewal Form Overseas Renewal
Read MoreVote Results
VOTE RESULTS The duly submitted voting forms were opened and counted at the M42, Hopwood Services, on Monday 31st January 2022. The votes were counted by members Les Edkins and Richard Williams, with independent supervision by Honorary Life Member, Stuart Brandrick. VOTE1 – ACCEPTANCE OF 2020-2021 AUDITED ACCOUNTS Total vote submitted 96…
Read MoreThe Count of Votes
THE COUNT OF VOTES FOR THE 2020 – 2021 AUDITED ACCOUNTS AND 2022 – 2023 OPERATIONAL PLAN The membership vote on 2020 – 2021 Audited Accounts and 2022 – 2023 Operational Plan closed on 22nd January 2022. Les Edkins, Richard Williams and Stuart Brandrick will be counting the votes cast at the Hopwood Motorway Services…
Read MoreAnnual Report 2020-21 & Proposed Operational Plan 2022-23
The Fire Brigade Society Annual Report 2020-2021 and the 2022-23 Proposed Operational Plan is available as below. Download PDF Document
Read MoreFire Cover 234
Fire Cover 234 Due to the increased volume of work at our printers the production of Fire Cover 234 had to be re-scheduled. Also due to the unexpected change of ownership of the Post Office who processes our journal before being placed with Royal Mail for distribution, the new staff had to enter…
Read More80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor – Remembering Honolulu Fire Department Early on the morning of Sunday 7th December 1941 Japanese aircraft launched a surprise attack on the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu island, Hawaii, and on the nearby US Army Air Force base at Hickam Field. …
Read More9/11 – Twenty Years On
The 11th September 2021 marks 20 years since the terror attacks in the USA, which killed a total of 2,977, including 67 Britons. The attack involved four US passenger jets seized by 19 militant suicide attackers. Two were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York, the first at…
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