Fighting Fires

Creating the British Fire Service, 1800–1978

• Author(s): S. Ewen,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 235
• ISBN_10: 0230248403
  ISBN_13: 9780230248403
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / Great Britain / General , History / Social History , History / World , History / Modern / General , History / General ,

Description:... 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.