Meet London Fire Brigade

Meet the team 

The London Fire Brigade currently employs 22 people, and we are waiting for this to improve. Here, you can find out who we are as an organisation and meet some key people.

  Who are we?                                                                                                                                                         

London Fire Brigade is the busiest fire brigade in the South of England. 

  How do we work?                                                                                                                                              

How is London Fire Brigade organised?

As you might imagine, our brigades structure is complicated. We have split it broadly into three sections to be able to understand it better:

1. Operation staff - our frontline firefighters

2. Control - our 999 call handlers

3. Non-uniformed and non-operational - our essential support team

Operational staff

We are apart of a small group of fire brigades across the country that our frontline staff are full-time. Other services use a combination of full time and part-time staff. We operate a two shift, four watch system at our stations - red watch, white watch, blue watch and green watch. 

Control

Our control officers and staff take our 999 calls and mobilises our appliances to any emergency, from a person stuck in a lift to a major building fire.

Non-uniformed and non-operational staff

Its not all frontline firefighters that keep Londoners safe.  We have a range of non-uniformed and non-operational staff who work endlessly behind the scenes to keep our services up and running. This includes, admissions, IT, Finance, and Community Safety officers.