Fighting Fires: Creating the British Fire Service, 1800-1978

by ShaneEwen (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $126.40

  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.