Welcome to the history page on the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service website.
This page will feature photos and snippetts relating to Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Fire Service.
For a “brief” history of the UK Fire Service, follow the links on the right.
Please note that the items on this page will come and go, they will not be archived, so remember to check back on a regular basis!

Wartime Leicester 1941
Three PDF files scanned from newspaper cuttings of the time.
PDF 1	"Leicester Fire Girls" Nov 1941
PDF 2	March past of Firemen and Firewomen Dec 1941
PDF 3	Mobile equipment passing saluting base Dec '41
NOTE: All files are approximately 2.60MB in size, and you will need a PDF reader to view them. You may also have to "right click" on the documents and choose the relevant rotation option!!!