From the start in 1836 Liverpool wanted a Fire Brigade which would rival any at home or abroad, being Great Britain's leading port after London, it faced new and differing challenges with every decade.
For 150 years, men, women, children and not forgetting animals of every description, own their lives to the daring exploits of this gallant band.
Painstakingly researched, this book includes profiles and photographs of all the rescues and rescuerss
A book of heroism that will fire the imagination.

Gavin Bassie joined Merseyside Fire Brigade in 1987 as a member of Red Watch Queens Drive Fire Station, Old Swan. He was seiously injured in a training accident in 2001 and medically retired in May 2002. This book is more than just a labour of love.