The Army Fire Service (AFS), later called the Army Department Fire Service, was the fire service which performed
firefighting
Firefighting is the act of extinguishing or preventing the spread of unwanted fires from threatening human lives and destroying property and the environment. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter.
Firefighters typically ...
duties on
British Army camps. Its personnel were largely soldiers until 1959, when the fire service was civilianised. Until 1965 it was administratively part of the
Royal Army Service Corps
The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and dom ...
but under the
McLeod Reorganisation of Army Logistics it was transferred to
Royal Army Ordnance Corps sponsorship. Under both corps it was semi-autonomous and had its own insignia, such as
cap badge
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and
stable belt
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.
The Army Department Fire Service later amalgamated into the
Ministry of Defence Fire Service
The Defence Fire and Rescue Service (DFRS) is the primary firefighting and rescue service protecting British defence estates and property. Along with the Royal Air Force Rescue and Firefighting Service, it forms the Ministry of Defence Fire Ser ...
.
Defunct fire and rescue services of the United Kingdom
British administrative corps
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