15-624: [REDACTED] Look up delve in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Delve may refer to: People [ edit ] Frederick Delve (1902–1995), English firefighter Gareth Delve (born 1982), Welsh rugby union player John Delve (born 1953), English football player Suzanne Delvé (1892–1986), French film actress Places [ edit ] Delve, Schleswig-Holstein , Germany Other [ edit ] Delve Special , BBC programme Microsoft Delve Topics referred to by
30-477: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Frederick Delve Sir Frederick William Delve , CBE (28 October 1902 - 2 October 1995), was an English firefighter who became chief fire officer of the London Fire Brigade from 1948 to 1962, and was instrumental in the fire service's adoption of modern telecommunications technologies. Delve
45-791: Is one record of one volunteer who died on duty aged just 19, and was awarded the Certificate for Gallantry as a result. He is buried in the Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal , Kent. The Chief of the Fire Staff and Inspector-in-Chief throughout the war (until 28 February 1947, when he retired) was Sir Aylmer Firebrace , former Chief Officer of the London Fire Brigade. At peak strength the NFS had 370,000 personnel, including 80,000 women. The women were mostly employed on administrative duties. The NFS
60-664: The Croydon Fire Brigade as Chief Officer, leading its installation of radio telecommunications between all fire appliances and headquarters, and supervising the brigade's deployment at the fire which destroyed the Crystal Palace in Sydenham in November 1936. In 1937, with World War II looming, Delve served on a Home Office committee advising on changes to Britain's fire service. Its recommendations were implemented following
75-695: The Fire Brigades Act 1938 ( 1 & 2 Geo. 6 . c. 72), which established the Auxiliary Fire Service and admitted women to fire brigades. During the war he was appointed Deputy Inspector-in-Chief of Fire Services, advising on fire support needs and helping to establish the National Fire Service in 1941 (in January 1941, he was awarded the King's Police and Fire Services Medal , 'for gallantry'). He
90-547: The Goodge Street deep tunnels (1956), and Smithfield meat market basement (1958 - during which two firemen died) led to changes in procedures relating to breathing apparatus . Delve and his deputy and successor, Leslie Leete , proposed control procedures that eventually became national policy, and also recommended the fitting of warning devices to breathing apparatus so that users were alerted when their oxygen supplies were running low. Having been awarded CBE in 1942, Delve
105-558: The Home Office whom, on the report of a Royal Commission, brought about the NFS as a result of The Fire Brigade Act 1938 . The NFS existed until 1948, when it was again split by the Fire Services Act 1947 , with fire services reverting to local authority control, although this time there were far fewer brigades, with only one per county and county borough . The NFS had full-time and part-time members, male and female. Its uniform
120-412: The amalgamation of the wartime national Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) and the local authority fire brigades (about 1,600 of them). Prior to this, many police forces were charged with attending fires, with Liverpool City Police being an early example of a Police Fire Brigade. Amalgamating roles continued for some time until the need for a separate police and fire service was brought to the attention of
135-445: The fire stations or adjacent to them. This was entirely voluntary, but since many of the wartime personnel had worked in factories before the war it was work with which they were familiar and skilled. War service meant considerable risk, and members of the NFS were called to attend the aftermath of German bombing raids and coastal shelling from France, or often whilst these attacks were still ongoing. Casualties were inevitable, and there
150-473: The movement of hazardous materials across the capital (in 1958, Delve produced a report, Fireman's Handbook of Hazardous Industries , published by London County Council). Under his leadership, street-based fire alarms were replaced by the ' 999 ' system (first introduced in central London in 1937), fire appliances were modernised and fire stations rebuilt. Major fires in Covent Garden market (1949 and 1954),
165-407: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Delve . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Delve&oldid=1218519573 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1733084918893180-734: Was born in Brighton , the son of a tailor, and joined the Royal Navy on his 16th birthday in 1918, working as a wireless telegraphist in the Black Sea , an experience which spawned his enthusiasm for modern telecommunications. In 1922 Delve he left the Navy and joined the Brighton Fire Brigade. By 1929, aged 27, he had been promoted to the rank of Second Officer, the youngest in Britain. In 1934, he moved to
195-587: Was the first LFB chief to be knighted in office, in the 1962 Birthday Honours . After his 1962 retirement, he joined the board of Securicor . National Fire Service The National Fire Service ( NFS ) was the single fire service created in Great Britain in 1941 during the Second World War ; a separate National Fire Service (Northern Ireland) was created in 1942. The NFS was created in August 1941 by
210-501: Was the traditional dark blue double-breasted tunic, and it adopted the peaked cap worn by the AFS instead of the peakless sailor-style cap which had been worn by many pre-war fire brigades (including the London Fire Brigade ). The peaked cap was retained by fire services after the war. When they were on duty, but in the frequent long stretches between calls, many firemen and firewomen performed vital wartime manufacturing work, in workshops in
225-510: Was then appointed Chief Officer of No 5 Region (covering the London area), in which role he extended use of radio communications in fire vessels along the River Thames , and was also an adviser on fire bombing. After the war, Delve was appointed Chief Officer of the reconstituted London Fire Brigade in 1948. Challenges included provision of fire services to tower blocks and to traffic accidents, and
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