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Firefighting in Shropshire - a typical day shift
Our day shifts start at 8.30. We are expected in the station before that to ensure that we are all clean-shaven, uniforms ironed, shoes and boots cleaned or polished. The fire service is quite similar to the military in this aspect with its standards of dress.
As our start time approaches, we swap places with crew members who were on the evening shift. We have two fire trucks in my station and ty…
Contributors
- Matthew Pardy
Subject
- Shropshire
- 2010s
- Firefighting
- Industrial heritage
- Working life
- United Kingdom
- Fire protection
- Everyday life
- United Kingdom
Contributors
- Matthew Pardy
Subject
- Shropshire
- 2010s
- Firefighting
- Industrial heritage
- Working life
- United Kingdom
- Fire protection
- Everyday life
- United Kingdom
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Places
- Shropshire
- Telford
- Telford
- United Kingdom
- Shropshire
Identifier
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/5da0d820-b6be-0137-a1d7-6eee0af6b2a3
Language
- en
- eng
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-23T16:31:36.247Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-02-02T08:44:42.776Z