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Today marks Holocaust Memorial day and we’re championing a new book that documents the bravery of Jewish firefighters in London during the Second World War.
A third of Britain's 330,000 Jewish community lived in London's East End at the start of the war, and as Hitler’s bombs rained down, they served in great numbers often as firefighters and firewatchers. A new book by Martin Sugarman explains the huge sacrifice Jewish firefighters made during the blitz, bringing their stori...
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Eddy Meyers Yes. Hero's.
Like many other people such as the Poles these sufferers of oppression stood firm against the tyrants to regain their liberty.
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Marguerite Russell Friedlander This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing Simone Measday!   I'm passing this on with pleasure and going to see if iBooks or Kindle has a copy.
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We remember leading fireman Stephen Maynard who died while tackling a ship fire at Limehouse Basin 36 years ago today. As we celebrate our 150 year anniversary we must never forget the sacrifice that firefighters have given to the service. Here's Borough Commander Steve Dudeney's account of the tragic fire http://bit.ly/1Vl3fwO
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Jane Anderson God bless them all, brave men, When we went to the ceremony of my son becoming a fireman, I will never forget the top man in charge, saying, most people run from a fire, but firemen run towards it !!! May they all stay safe
Andrew Carter Remember it well. Time when London were using sun tugs, crewed with L29's crews, as fire boat. Sat outside the dock gates on one while the tragic event unfolded in the dock.
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Down House with London Fire Brigade.
We had 5 watches from the London Fire Brigade with us today practicing our salvage and emergency plans! Thank you to all the watches who attend ed it was fantastic to work alongside and thank you for all the hard work you do everyday!
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Larry Dibble Great group of Women and Men protecting a wonderful City!
London Fire Brigade added 3 new photos to the album: Training at the Tower of London — in London, United Kingdom.
January 25 at 11:45am
Today we staged a major training exercise at the Tower of London to test out emergency response procedures in case of any future emergency there. Eight fire engines and over 70 firefighters and officers were joined by colleagues from London Ambulance Service, Met Police and staff from the Tower itself. What an incredible venue for a training exercise, and what a valuable opportunity for all to test emergency response procedures.
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Julie Gowland Let's hope were such an incident to take place in the future that we would have sufficient emergency personnel and equipment to be able to handle it.
Karren Burton My dad is an x london fireman who got a job at the Tower of London back in 1994 as a fire adviser after the fires at Hampton Court and Windsor castle ...he only retired a few years ago.....i wonder if his plans were used yesterday
Did you know white goods including fridges, freezers, dishwashers, washing machines and tumble dryers account for over 300 fires each year? At 89 of these incidents, the cause was a fault in the appliance or its electrical supply. 
Thousands of consumers are still missing out on product safety warnings because they fail to register their fridges, freezers and washing machines, according to the most recent research. So we’re urging Londoners to register their appliances onlin...
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Em R Hyde Tumble dryer fire! Thank god it wasn't in the back of my house ! 
We remember Station Officer Jack Fort-Wells and Firefighter Dick Stocking from the Clerkenwell Fire Station who died on this day in 1958 at Smithfield Market blaze. In total 1,700 firefighters tackled the fire over three days. The fire led to breathing apparatus changes and is one of the most tragic and momentous incident in our 150 year history.
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Rita Finnis Anne Willis. Dad joined the LFB in 1958, so he would have probably been training when this took place. To start with he worked at Red Cross Street, which was demolished to make way for the Barbican development. He then went to Carmelite Street and whe...See More
John Nyack Clerkenwell a great station with great history.I learnt alot from the old hands i served with there.I had some great guvnors to .Im proud to have served at one of London's iconic fire stations.Does any retired firefighters from the period of 1955 to 19...See More
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More than 65 firefighters worked through the night tackling a fire at a house under refurbishment in Whetstone.
The whole of the roof, part of which collapsed was alight and half of the first floor was also ablaze, but fortunately no-one was injured in the incident.
Hackney Borough Commander Steve Dudeney praised crews work at the scene and said firefighters worked hard to contain the fire, tackling it from all sides of the property including from above using an aerial ladder...
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Shaun Sibthorp More than likely these were the nearest crews available to attend this incident due to the cutbacks on LFB's appliances and stations, resulting in minimal cover left in their home locations, this only goes to prove that these cutbacks will (and curren...See More
Oliver McEvoy Eh - what's the Hackney Borough commander got to do with it?

What are the Hackney Fire brigade doing in Whetstone, Totteridge? That's miles away.....
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As part of our 150th anniversary celebrations we invited This Morning correspondent Claudia-Liza down to West Norwood fire station, where she had a taste of life as a firefighter, joining blue watch as they carried out a drill.
Her report also looked at how the role of women at London Fire Brigade has changed over the last 150 years and she even got the chance to operate the water jets on our fire boat outside the This Morning studio.
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Marty Hopekirk I wanted to be a firefighter when I was growing up, the fear of heights ended my dream job unfortunately, my respect to all uk firefighters for a brilliant job for such crap salaries
Rebecca Thurlow Nikki Lynch you love the cameras. X
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Lee Bradbury What's the point? The public campaigned against the closure of LFB stations right across London but they still shut down anyway.
This just sounds like a PR stunt after the tragedy last year that showed up how cuts cost lives.
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Where were you on the day a whale visited London? A decade ago today one of the most unusual incidents in our 150 year history happened when a female Northern Bottlenose whale was discovered swimming in the River Thames near the Brigade’s former HQ. We recall the remarkable day.
As we celebrate our 150th anniversary we’re looking back at some of the most significant and some of the more unusual incidents that have taken place since…
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Martyn Howard I was on the second floor of Lambeth HQ. My office window overlooked the Thames.
Anna Crane I saw it from the window of the old LFB HQ!