London Fire Brigade
About London Fire Brigade
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the fire and rescue service for London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865, under the leadership of superintendent Eyre Massey Shaw. It has 5,992 staff, including 5,096 operational firefighters and officers based at 102 fire stations.
On the show — 3 mentions total
The London Fire Brigade says that fridge freezers are the most dangerous household appliance when it comes to starting fires. They cause the most deaths — it's because they have a lot of plastic and flammable insulation.
from No Such Thing As A Touch Of Worms, 2016-01-15 at 00:12:23 · read transcript
Other times London Fire Brigade came up
It was going to be Sir John Major Close, which sounds menacing. It was going to be called Sir John Major Close. Then the London Fire Brigade said, that's a bit complicated, we might get confused if someone rings up And so they just called it Major Close. They just cut out the Sir John. Then when he was asked about it, he said, I think it's most unlikely they'd name a street after me.
No Such Thing As An X, 2023-08-24 · listen
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No Such Thing As A Touch Of Worms put 2 places on the map.
- Lake Wenham · United States
Coordinates: 51.4955, -0.0976