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The City of Birmingham Fire Brigade was founded in 1875. [1] In 1895 a new chief officer was appointed, Alfred Robert Tozer (senior). He died in 1906 when he was followed into position by his son Alfred Robert Tozer (junior) who continued in the position until 1940.
The service was created in 1974, when the West Midlands county came into being. Prior to its creation, each of the county boroughs in the West Midlands area (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Solihull, Walsall, Warley, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton) had their own fire brigade, the largest of which was the City of Birmingham Fire Brigade.
18 August: Birmingham Fire brigade becomes part of the National Fire Service. 1942 – 27 May: Birmingham Blitz: Last major air raid on the city. 1943 – 23 April: Birmingham Blitz: Last air raid on the city: 2 bombs are dropped on Bordesley Green. 1944 – 2 October: The original Five Ways railway station closes.
Before 1974, all but one of the fire brigades in England and Wales used the term "Fire Brigade", the exception was the City of Salford, which called itself "Fire Department". After 1974, all but two of the new authorities adopted the term "Fire Service", the two exceptions being Avon County and County Cleveland.
London Fire Brigade: W: 13 December 1974: The Worsley Hotel fire: James H Pilling: Leeds City Brigade: W: 24 May 1954: Pilling, who was the chief fire officer of the Leeds City Brigade, fell through two floors of the General Electrics mill in Wellington Street, Leeds. Pilling suffered a haemorrhage and subsequently died of his injuries a year ...
Months before four little girls were killed in a Birmingham, Ala., church bombing that helped turn the tide of the civil rights movement in 1963, their friends and classmates bravely took to the ...
City of Birmingham Fire Brigade; Croydon Fire Brigade; D. ... Exeter City Fire Brigade; I. Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service; L.
A gunman opened fire on a park “full of families” Sunday, wounding six people, including a 4-year-old boy, and killing a 32-year-old woman, police in Birmingham, Alabama said.