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The principal operational unit of the NFS was the 'Fire Force', of which there were forty three. These forces were then subdivided into Divisions. Each Division had two Columns and each Column had five Companies.

 

 

 

 

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 16
Fire Force

 

Newcastle
 
Leeds
 
 
 
Nottingham
 
 
 
Cambridge
 
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
 13
Gosforth
Middlesborough
Rotherham
Leeds
Bradford
Hessle
Derby
Nottingham
Leicester
Louth
Southend
Stevenage
Hethersett
London
 33
 34
 35
 36
 37
 38
London (Administrative) 
London (Ealing)
London (Highgate)
London (Ilford)
London (Eltham)
London (Wimbledon)
Southern (6)
Reading
Durley
Taplow
Lyndhurst
South Western (7)
Bristol
 17
 18
 19
 39
Bristol
Exeter
Yelverton
Swindon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cardiff

 

Wales (8)
 20
 21
 22
Llanishen
Sketty
Colwyn Bay

 

Midland (9)
Birmingham
 23
 24
 25
 40
Worcester
Birmingham
Stone
Wolverhampton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HQ: Ealing
 
A Division:
HQ Westminster
A1Z Westminster
A2Z Knightsbridge
 
B Division:
HQ Kensington
B1Z Kensington
B2Z Brompton
 
C Division:
HQ Fulham
C1Z Fulham
C2Z Hammersmith
 
D Division:
HQ Manchester Sq
D1Z Manchester Sq
D2Z Paddington
 
E Division:
HQ Acton
E1Z Acton
E2Z North
           Kensington
 
F Division:
HQ Belsize
F1Z Belsize
F2Z West
           Hampstead
 
G Division:
HQ Willesden
G1Z Willesden
G2Y Kilburn
G2Z Wembley
G2Y Kenton
 
H Division:
HQ Ealing
H1Z Ealing
H1Y Greenford
H2Z Chiswick
H2Y Brentford
 
J Division:
HQ Harrow
J1Z Harrow
J1W Harrow on the
             Hill
J1V Wealdstone
J2Z Northwood
J2Y Ruislip
J3Z Uxbridge
J4Z Bushey
 
K Division:
HQ Isleworth
K1Z Isleworth
K2Z Southall
K3Z Hayes
 
L Division:
HQ Twickenham
L1Z Twickenham
L1Y Teddington
L1X Hampton
L2Z Feltham
L3Z Sunbury on
           Thames
L4Z Staines
L4Y Ashford

 

National Fire Service Region 5 (London) 1941 - 1945

                                   

Fire Force 34

 

A District:    Superintendent Station.  2  Manchester Sq.  1 Chiltern St. W1.

North Division

Manchester Square 2: 2U - 2V - 2W - 2X - 2Y - 2Z
Paddington 11: 11U - 11Z - 11W - 11X - 11Y - 11Z
North Kensington 12: 12U - 12V - 12W - 12X - 12Y - 12Z
Belsize 13: 13U - 13V - 13W - 13X - 13Y - 13Z
West Hampstead 20: 20U - 20V - 20X - 20Y - 20Z

South Division

 

B District:   Superintendent Station.  66 Clerkenwell  44 Roseberry Avenue. EC1.

Fire Force 35

 

Westminster 3: 3U - 3V - 3W - 3X - 3Y - 3Z
Knightsbridge 5: 5U - 5V - 5W - 5X - 5Y - 5Z
Brompton 6: 6U - 6V - 6W - 6X - 6Y - 6Z
Fulham 7: 7U - 7V - 7W - 7X - 7Y - 7Z
Kensington 8: 8U - 8V - 8W - 8X - 8Y - 8Z
Hammersmith 9: 9U - 9V - 9W - 9X - 9Y - 9Z

South Division

Fire Force 36

HQ: Highgate
 
A Division:
HQ Clerkenwell
A1Z Whitefriars
A2Z Cannon St
 
B Division:
HQ Euston
B1Z Euston
B2Z Soho
 
C Division:
HQ Clerkenwell
C1Z Redcross St
C2Z Clerkenwell
 
D Division:
HQ Kentish Town
D1Z Kentish Town
D2Z Camden Town
 
E Division:
HQ Holloway
E1Z Holloway
E2Z Islington
 
F Division:
HQ Hendon
F1Z Hendon
F2Z Mill Hill
 
G Division:
HQ Tottenham
G1Z Tottenham
G1Y Coombes Croft
G1U Harringey
G2Z Hornsey
G2U Fortis Green
G3Z Wood Green
 
H Division:
HQ Finchley
HQ Enfield
H1Z Finchley
H2Z New Barnet
H3Z Palmers Grn
H4Z Friern Barnet
 
J Division:
HQ Enfield
J1Z Enfield
J2Z Ponders End
HQ: Wimbledon
 
A Division:
HQ Vauxhall
A1Z Lambeth
A2Z Bermondsey
 
B Division:
HQ Clapham
B1Z Clapham
B2Z Battersea
 
C Division:
HQ West Norwood
C1Z West Norwood
C2Z Brixton
 
D Division:
HQ Dulwich
D1Z Dulwich
D2Z Peckham
 
E Division:
HQ Wimbledon
E1Z Wimbledon
E2Z Wandsworth
 
F Division:
HQ Tooting
F1Z Tooting
F2Z Streatham
 
G Division:
HQ New Malden
G1Z New Malden
G2Z Surbiton
G3Z Esher
G4Z Mortlake
G5Z Richmond
G6Z Kingston
 
H Division:
HQ Carshalton
H1Z Carshalton
H2Z Mitcham
H3Z Merton
H4Z Sutton
 
J Division:
HQ Croydon
J1Z Croydon
J2Z Woodside
J3Z Thornton Hth
 
K Division:
HQ Epsom
K1Z Epsom
K2Z Banstead
K3Z Purley
K4Y Sanderstead
K4Z Wallington
 
R Division:
R1Z Richmond
R2Z Lambeth
R3Z Carmelite St
R4Z Rotherhithe

 

North Division

Fire Force 38

HQ: Eltham
 
A Division:
HQ Southwark
A1Z Southwark
A2Z Dockhead
 
B Division:
HQ Deptford
B1Z Deptford
B2Z Pageants
           Wharf
 
C Division:
HQ New Cross
C1Z New Cross
C2Z Greenwich
 
D Division:
HQ Shooters Hill
D1Z Shooters Hill
D2Z East
           Greenwich
 
E Division:
HQ Plumstead
E1Z Plumstead
E2Z Woolwich
 
F Division:
HQ Forest Hill
F1Z Forest Hill
F2Z Lewisham
 
G Division:
HQ Lee Green
G1Z Lee Green
G1 Annex Downham (Sub Station staus)
G2Z Eltham
 
H Division:
HQ Sidcup
H1Z Sidcup
H1T Chislehurst
H2Z Bexleyheath
H3Z Crayford
H3Y Barnehurst
H4Z Erith
 
J Division:
HQ Bromley
J1Z Bromley
J2Z Beckenham
J3Z Penge
J4Z Orpington

 

Islington 67: 67U - 67V - 67W - 67X - 67Y - 67Z
Euston 73: 73U - 73V - 73W - 73Y - 73X & Z (combined)
Kentish Town 75: 75U - 75V - 75W - 75X - 75Y - 75Z
Holloway 76: 76U - 76V - 76W - 76X - 76Y - 76Z

Fire Force 37

 

C District:  Superintendent Station.  28 Whitechapel  27 Commercial Road East E1.  

 

62: 62U - 62V - 62W - 62X - 62Y - 62Z
Cannon Street 63: 63U - 63V - 63W - 63X - 63Y - 63Z
Clerkenwell 66: 66U - 66V - 66W - 66X - 66Y - 66Z
Redcross Street 68: 68U - 68V - 68W - 68X - 68Z
Soho 72: 72U - 72V - 72W - 72X - 72Y - 72Z

South Division

HQ: Ilford
 
A Division:
HQ Shoreditch
A1Z Shoreditch
A2Z Bishopsgate
 
B Division:
HQ Whitechapel
B1Z Whitechapel
B2Z Shadwell
 
C Division:
HQ Poplar
C1Z Poplar
C2Z Millwall
 
D Division:
HQ Dalston
D1Z Dalston
D2Z Stoke
           Newington
 
E Division:
HQ Bethnal Green
E1Z Bethnal Grn
E2Z Homerton
 
F Division:
HQ Bow
F1Z Bow
F2Z Bow
 
G Division:
HQ Chingford
G1Z Chingford
G2Z Walthamstow
G3Z Loughton
G4Z Waltham
           Abbey
 
H Division:
HQ Ilford
H1Z Ilford
H2Z Ilford
H3Z Woodford
H3Y Wanstead
H4Z Leytonstone
H4Y Leyton
 
J Division:
HQ Stratford
J1Z Stratford
J2Z Plaistow
J3Z Silvertown
 
K Division:
HQ Barking
K1Z Barking
K2Z East Ham
K3Z Dagenham
 

 

North Division

 

Homerton 23: 23U - 23V - 23W - 23X - 23Y - 23Z
Bethnal Green 30: 30U - 30V - 30W - 30X - 30Y - 30Z
Bishopsgate 36: 36U - 36V - 36W - 36X - 36Y - 36Z
Shoreditch 37: 37U - 37V - 37W - 37X - 37Y - 37Z
Dalston 38: 38U - 38V - 38W - 38X - 38Y - 38Z
Stoke Newington 39: 39U - 39V - 39W - 39X - 39Y - 39Z

 

D District:  Superintendent Station   40 New Cross  266 Queen's Road SE14.  

 

 

Bow 22: 22U - 22V - 22W - 22X - 22Y - 22Z
Poplar 23: 23U - 23V - 23W - 23X - 23Y - 23Z - PLA1 - PLA2
Whitechapel 28: 28U - 28V - 28W - 28X - 28Y - 28Z - 28K
                                          (Dock Station) - PLA1 - PLA2
Bow 32: 32U - 32V - 32W - 32X - 32Y
Shadwell 34: 34U - 34V - 34W - 34X - 34Y - 34Z - 34K (Dock
                                 Station) - PLA1 - PLA2 - PLA3 - PLA4 - PLA5
Millwall 35: 35U - 35V - 35W - 35K (Dock Station) - PLA5 -
                               PLA6 - PLA7
                               35L (Dock Station) - PLA1 - PLA3 - PLA4

East Division

 

 

 

      CHIEF REGIONAL FIRE OFFICER
            FIRE FORCE COMMANDER
ASSISTANT FIRE FORCE COMMANDER
DIVISIONAL OFFICER (1 per Div)
FIRE AREA and FIRE FORCE structure
         A DIVISION
2 Columns of 100 PUMPS
LEADING FIREMAN (1 per Pump)

           A COLUMN
5 Companies of 50 PUMPS
COLUMN OFFICER (2 per Div)
 SENIOR COMPANY OFFICER

        A COMPANY
2 Sections of 10 PUMPS
A SECTION
   5  PUMPS
 PUMP
1 PUMP
COMPANY OFFICER (10 per Div)

SECTION LEADER (20 per Div)

London Fire Brigade & Auxiliary Fire Service 1939 - 1941

Woolwich 42: 42U - 42V - 42W - 42X - 42Y - 42Z
Shooters Hill 44: 44U - 44V - 44W - 44X - 44Y - 44Z
Lee Green 52: 52U - 52V - 52W - 52X - 52Y - 52Z
Downham 53: (Sub Station status)
Eltham 56: 56U - 56V - 56W - 56X - 56Y - 56Z
Plumstead 57: 57U - 57V - 57W - 57X - 57Y - 57Z

West Division

New Cross 40: 40U - 40V - 40W - 40X - 40Y - 40Z
Greenwich 43: 43U - 43V - 43W - 43X - 43Y -43Z
Lewisham 46: 46U - 46V - 46W - 46X - 46Y - 46Z
East Greenwich 54: 54U - 54V - 54W - 54X - 54Y - 54Z
Perry Vale 55: 55U - 55V - 55W - 55X - 55Y - 55Z

E District:  Superintendent Station  80 Clapham  Old Town SW4.

East Division

Dulwich 47: 47U - 47V - 47W - 47X - 47Y - 47Z
Peckham 48: 48U - 48V - 48W - 48X - 48Y - 48Z
West Norwood 84: 84U - 84V - 84W - 84X - 84Y - 84Z
Brixton 85: 85U - 85V - 85W - 85X - 85Y - 85Z
Streatham 90: 90U - 90V - 90W - 90X - 90Y - 90Z

West Division

Clapham 80: 80U - 80V - 80W - 80X - 80Y - 80Z
Tooting 86: 86U - 86V - 86W - 86X - 86Y - 86Z
Wandsworth 88: 88U - 88V - 88W - 88X - 88Y - 88Z
Battersea 89: 89U - 89V - 89W - 89X - 89Y - 89Z

F District:  Superintendent Station  60 Southwark  94 Southwark Bridge Road SE1. 

Lambeth HQ 1: 1U - 1V - 1W - 1X - 1Y - 1Z
Deptford 41: 41U - 41V - 41W - 41X - 41Y - 41Z - K1, K3
                                PLA1 - PLA2 - PLA3 - PLA4 - PLA5 - K2
Pagents Wharf 50: 50V - 50L - PLA1 - PLA2 - PLA3 -
                                                 PLA4 - PLA5 - PLA6
Southwark 60: 60U - 60V - 60W - 60X - 60Y - 60Z 

River Service Control: 

Dockhead 61: 61U - 61V - 61W - 61X - 61Y - 61Z
Bermondsey 82: 82U - 82V - 82W - 82X - 82Y - 82Z 

R Division:

Lambeth 1R: 1RU - 1RV
Rotherhithe 58R: 58RU - 58RV
Victoria Embankment 65R: 65RU - 65RV - 65RW
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Manchester
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 28
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 41
 42
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Liverpool
Cheadle
Bolton
Preston
Warrington
Stalybridge
Kendal
Edinburgh
Scotland (11)
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
Glasgow (Western No. 1)
Paisley (Western No. 2)
Edinburgh (South Eastern)
Dundee (Eastern)
Aberdeen (North Eastern)
Inverness (Northern)
Tunbridge Wells
South Eastern (12)
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Maidstone
Brighton   
Woking
London (5)               
Northern (1)
 
North Eastern (2)
 
 
 
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