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THE SALAMANDER | JULY 2019
The Worshipful Company
of Firefighters
The Wax Chandlers’ Hall, 6 Gresham Street, EC2V 7AD
FOUNDER
Gerry Clarkson CBE, OStJ, QFSM
COURT OF THE COMPANY
Wardens and Court from 6th July 2018
MASTER - Andrew Mayes J.P.
UPPER WARDEN - Frances Blois
RENTER WARDEN - Graham Maltby QFSM UNDER WARDEN - Stephen Sanders
COURT OF ASSISTANTS
Richard Bratton, John Goodrum
Maurice Heaster, Dr Nicole Hoffmann
Prof. David Holt, Peter Holland CBE, OStJ, QFSM, Bernard Laluvein, Michael Leaver,
Alan Mabbutt, Stephen Neville OBE,
Ian Parlane, Andrew Phillips,
Lt Cdr Andrew Rhodes, David Skilleter
Anthony Skinner, Graham Woodhouse,
Alan Woods
Including Past Masters:
John Mansfield, Bruce Hoad BEM, Ronald Murray Bryan Spearman
CLERK: Steven Tamcken
BEADLE: John Norris SBStJ
HONORARY TREASURER: Ian Parlane HONORARY CHAPLAIN: Rev George Bush HONORARY ALMONER: Peter Cowland HONORARY ARCHIVIST: Prof. David Holt STANDARD BEARER: John Kempton MBE
Committee Chairmen
FINANCE: Michael Leaver
MEMBERSHIP: Dr Nicole Hoffman
EVENTS: Anthony Skinner
EDUCATION & TRAINING: Vacant
PR & MARKETING: Colin Simpson NOMINATIONS: Jeremy Beech CBE, SBStJ, QFSM CHARITABLE TRUST - Frances Blois
CONTENTS
FROM THE MASTER 3 COMPANY NEWS 4 MEMBERS & EVENTS 8 CHARITABLE TRUST 14 BRIGADE NEWS 16 MEMORABILIA 20 FROM THE CLERK 22 CLERKS DESK 23
THIS ISSUE’S SPONSOR
EDITOR:
Dr Robert Farquhar - Robert@wcoff.org
DESIGN:
Colin Simpson - Colin@wcoff.org
WEB: http://www.wcoff.org
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Welcoming delegates to the City Fire Lecture 2019, held at the Aviva Conference Centre in London. The theme was “Future Fire Policy - The Way Forward”