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THE SALAMANDER | JULY 2017
FROM THE MASTER:
OUR MASTER’S REFLECTION 3
OUR CHARITABLE TRUST:
WCOFF CHARITABLE TRUST REPORT 7
MEMBERS & EVENTS:
VISIT TO THE LLOYD’S BUILDING 8 VISIT TO TWO TEMPLE PLACE 9 JOHN KEMPTON - RECIEVES AN MBE 10 JAILED AND BAILED 10 CONGRATULATIONS TO JEANNE BRINTON 11 LORD MAYOR’S APPEAL 11 PAST MASTER ALAN WELLS CHARITY DECENT 12 OUR AIR CADETS 12 LFB FIRE CADETS - A YEAR IN REVIEW 13 MEMBERS OBITUARIES 14 MEET THE CHIEF:
CHIEF FIRE OFFICER CHRIS STRICKLAND 16
FIRE BRIGADE NEWS:
NEW SRU FOR BEDFORDSHIRE FRS 18 FATAL FIRE AT GRENFELL HOUSE 19 WATER TRAINING AT OLYMPIC VENUE 19 FIRE SERVICE REPRESENTED IN THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS CADETS 20
CLERK’S OFFICE:
MEMORABILIA 21 FROM THE CLERK 22 COMPANY DIARY 23
COVER IMAGE:
National Firefighters Memorial, Sermon Lane, London, England with a background of Big Ben.
Credit: Alamy Stock Photo
The Firefighters Memorial is located at a symbolic site on the south side of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. The Cathedral is often symbolically portrayed as a famous and iconic building which stood in defiance of all of the fires burning and general destruction around it, caused by the Blitz on London.
The Memorial, depicting a Fire Officer and two Firemen, cast in bronze engaged in firefighting duties, was originally called ‘Blitz’ and was dedicated to the men and women of the Fire Service who lost their lives as a result of their duties during World War II. Her Majesty, the late Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, unveiled this memorial on 4 May 1991.
EDITOR
ROBERT FARQUHAR editor@firefighterscompany.org
THE CLERK
STEVE TAMCKEN clerk@firefighterscompany.org
DESIGN
COLIN SIMPSON design@firefighterscompany.org
WEB SITE
www.firefighterscompany.org
@LondonFire1666
The Worshipful Company of Firefighters
The Insurance Hall
20 Aldermanbury London EC2V 7GF
Phone: 0207 600 1666 Fax: 0207 600 1666
© Worshipful Company of Firefighters 2016-17
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