Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade

In the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, the use of retained firefighters (who are part-time, but are paid when on duty) rather than volunteers is standard. The Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, formed in 1884, is the only one of its kind remaining.[1] Nowadays it effectively functions as a retained fire station, except that its members provide their services unpaid.[2]

The Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade operates as a private fire brigade under a special contract with the fire authority and as such falls under the jurisdiction of the county chief fire officer, responding to calls as directed by the Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service.[3] Cambridgeshire FRS also operate two wholetime and one retained fire station in Peterborough.

To mark it's centenary in 1984, the Brigade received the council's highest accolade, the freedom of the city.[4]

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Walton, Jemma Meet Peterborough's Volunteer Fire Brigade team Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 26 July 2007
  2. ^ Registered Charity No. 267667; see Annual Report and Statement of Accounts Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, 31 December 2007
  3. ^ Peterborough Volunteer fire station Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (retrieved 6 April 2009)
  4. ^ Baker, Eddie A History of Firefighting in Cambridgeshire (p.195) Huddersfield: Jeremy Mills Publishing, 2006

Bibliography

  • Hillier, Richard Ready and Willing: A Centenary History of the Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, 1884-1984 Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, 1984 (ISBN 0950978515)
  • Wallington, Neil 110 Years of Fire and Rescue: A Celebration of the Work of Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, 1884-1984 Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, 1994 (ISBN 0950978523)

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