Talk:London Fire Brigade

Pictures
This article is screming out for some pictures, also it really does need more sources citing in the body... follow the format I started a few weeks ago. Regards. Escaper7 07:51, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Expansion and references
Have worked this up quite a bit see Metropolitan Police for why I think the LFB article needs expanding. I've also manged to accidentally get the list of references to repeat itself -any help tidying this up would be appreciated as I'm out of time. Escaper7 16:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC) ps: this is a bug in Wikipedia on many pages so should be fixed in due course.

Notable incidents
Can anyone help fill in the dates and flesh out details in this section? Also any additional Wikilinks would be useful. Escaper7 07:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to add to your burden but I think the Crystal Palace fire of 1936? warrents an entry, as does the Alexamder Palace fire of 1980. 86.165.245.26 (talk) 03:15, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Reversion of Role Structure section
I reverted this section because it was only half re-written. The paragraph above the list of new roles had not been re-written and still had the refs to the old ranks. It should be rewritten but old ranks (as opposed to roles) should be kept in, as they are still in use by other FRS in the UK, and they should be kept in for historical purposes. Escaper7 10:08, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Number of fire stations
I've checked this in the light of recent edits changing the number. There are 112 including Lambeth and Lambeth River, which are each counted as individual stations. 111 fire stations and one river station if you like. I thought the confusion may have arisen from the closure of Manchester Square in 2006, in checking it's prompted me to add a section on the Draft Safety Plan which dealt with the closure of M.Sq and a redeployment of pumping appliances to outer London stations. Escaper7 14:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Londonfirebrigade.jpg
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Historical organisation
This should be moved into the 'History' section of the article, I think it's useful, but in the wrong place in the article. Escaper2007 09:44, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect title for Ken Knight
Sir Ken Knight is known as the Commissioner or Chief Fire Officer not Brigade Manager and this reference should therefore be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.115.180.10 (talk) 14:36, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The infobox you changed is standard across Wikipedia. The term Brigade Manager is used in many FRS these days, and will eventually become universal.  Yes London is unique, but his insignia is tha same as a BM, CFO or Chief Firemaster so I've reverted your edit as otherwise there's a rogue piece of code in the page.  It's also important to have a Wikilink to his own article high up. Regards Escaper27 14:45, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

I know of only a handful of fire briagdes where cheif officers are calling themselves brigade manager. Ken knight's title is not Brigade Manager and must be changed to reflect true accuracy, not your personal opinion. I am recommending this be formally changed with a wiki admin. The title of brigade manager has met with resistance and it has not been formally accepted by CFOA —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.115.180.10 (talk) 10:01, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * As usual, you are missing the point. The infobox is a standard box, it can't be changed from one Wiki article to the next so whoever designed the box, and it wasn't me, adopted the generic new term of brigade manager. If you try to edit the box you will introduce odd characters to the article or rogue code.  While I'm here PLEASE start signing your entries on Wikipedia, your reluctance to observe Wikipedia conventions just wastes editors time in changing things.  Have you read the article I started on Sir Ken?  And another thing, the tone of your edits and comments is particularly irritating.  "I know of a handful" etc, but WE don't know who you are - all you have to do is set up an account... or perhaps you have one??  And be very careful about making "recommendations to Wikipedia admins", again in a threatening tone.  Me?  I'm a former firefighter with the London Fire Brigade.  Regards Escaper27 10:31, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Please see the mind-bogglingly simple fix I've applied to resolve this issue - without the need for admin intervention. Escaper27 10:51, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

This was not a personal attack on you escaper just a general observation - it was aimed at wikipedia admin so that it could be changed. Please dont get so uptight, you do good work here and we're not getting at you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.245.202 (talk) 13:12, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Scope
The article is unclear as to the scope of the fire brigade. After the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865, did it cover the same area as the Metropolitan Board of Works? MRSC • Talk 16:28, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Contradiction
There is a contradiction regarding the relative size of the brigade between the first and second paragraphs: The first paragraph is cited to the LFB site, the site following the statement in the second paragraph is about hoax calls. I've not looked into it further. Thryduulf (talk) 13:15, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Lead paragraph: "...is the third-largest fire service in the world..."
 * Second paragraph: "The LFB is the fourth largest fire brigade in the world, after the Tokyo Fire Department, the New York Fire Department and the Paris Fire Brigade..."

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Relative size
If it is indeed true that there are 5992 staff (this doesn't seem to be in any of the sources cited), then the rank of fifth largest in the world is also wrong as I can say that the NSW fire brigade has 7000 staff (admittedly not all fulltime). Unless someone can find an actual source for this information, it should be removed.Jaxcab (talk) 09:23, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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How about bringing this article up to Good Article standard, in tribute to these brave men? PatGallacher (talk) 16:36, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

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Wrong rank titles
Someone has changed the rank titles back to the ones used before 2001, while also adding some never used by the LFB. Please check the given source. Creuzbourg (talk) 08:07, 21 August 2019 (UTC)