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Originally Posted by sailorbear
Thanks Dave. Do you know when the fire service became fully civilianised and stopped employing RAOC soldiers?
Tony
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A slightly more correct timeline!
The Army Fire Service (AFS), later called the Army Department Fire Service, was the fire service which performed firefighting duties on British Army bases. Its personnel were largely soldiers until 1959, when the AFS was civilianised.
Until 1965 it was administratively part of the Royal Army Service Corps but under the McLeod Reorganisation of Army Logistics it was transferred to Royal Army Ordnance Corps sponsorship.
The Army Department Fire Service later amalgamated into the Ministry of Defence Fire Service in 1991, as of February 2021, the takeover of DFRS by private contractor Capita continues.