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,…

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…

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…

The Fire Brigade Society Annual Report 2020-2021 and the 2022-23 Proposed Operational Plan is available as below. Download PDF Document

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…

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.  …

  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…

      IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE SUPERVISORY BOARD (ESB)    THE PRESIDENT, STEVE OWEN – HUGHES MBE As Fire Cover 233 was at the distribution stage a message was received from our President, Steve Owen – Hughes MBE that regrettably, and after much thought, he had reached the decision that he must step…