Talk:London Fire Brigade

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[edit] Pictures

This article is screming out for some pictures, also it really does need more sources citing in the body... follow the format I started a few weeks ago. Regards. Escaper7 07:51, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion and references

Have worked this up quite a bit see Metropolitan Police for why I think the LFB article needs expanding. I've also manged to accidentally get the list of references to repeat itself -any help tidying this up would be appreciated as I'm out of time. Escaper7 16:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC) ps: this is a bug in Wikipedia on many pages so should be fixed in due course.

[edit] Notable incidents

Can anyone help fill in the dates and flesh out details in this section? Also any additional Wikilinks would be useful. Escaper7 07:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reversion of Role Structure section

I reverted this section because it was only half re-written. The paragraph above the list of new roles had not been re-written and still had the refs to the old ranks. It should be rewritten but old ranks (as opposed to roles) should be kept in, as they are still in use by other FRS in the UK, and they should be kept in for historical purposes. Escaper7 10:08, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Number of fire stations

I've checked this in the light of recent edits changing the number. There are 112 including Lambeth and Lambeth River, which are each counted as individual stations. 111 fire stations and one river station if you like. I thought the confusion may have arisen from the closure of Manchester Square in 2006, in checking it's prompted me to add a section on the Draft Safety Plan which dealt with the closure of M.Sq and a redeployment of pumping appliances to outer London stations. Escaper7 14:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)


There are 111 fire stations. 110 land stations plus the river station. One of the documents on the LFB website mentions 112 which is a typo. Unfortunately as its on the official site people believe it. Please visit http://www.lfbsite.com/stations/stations.html and count, or check the London Fire Brigade yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/london_fire_brigade.

This constant arguing, editing and reverting of the number of fire stations has to stop now.
  • The various unregistered IPs that are linked to an unofficial website: [1]
  • Note how this site rather naively includes appliance and station call signs.
  • If there IS a typo on the LFB website, what is it and why hasn't it been changed?
  • And why can't the unsigned editor above actually say what it is?
  • Also, this comment was placed in one edit summary: Changed to 111 stations. There are now 111 stations following the closure of Manchester Square in 2005. Contact tom.jefferson@lfbsite.com if you need to This is not an official LFB e-mail address.
  • Every LFB document and press release refers to 112 stations - after the closure of Manchester Square and allowing for the fact that Lambeth River is a station distinct from Lambeth.

Is it me, or is this just an attempt to draw attention and traffic to the unofficial site? Escaper7 06:50, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I have visited the unofficial site, I have counted the number of stations... guess what? Even the unofficial site shows: 112 stations Escaper7 07:25, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
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