MOBILISING PROCEDURE [Main Title]

A detailed account, based first on diagrams and then on enacted scenes, of the procedure by which the National Fire Service could direct the deployment of all Britain's firefighting equipment.

Maps and charts demonstrate the chain of command of the NFS (Established August 1941), from the Home Office Fire Control Room in London down through regions, Fire Forces, Divisions and Sub-Divisions to individual Stations. A hypothetical example of the chain in operation is then provided by scripted scenes, relating how two serious fires in one Fire Force area are handled, with the correct timing and procedure at each level to invoke the next senior control to provide reinforcements and adequate reserves of equipment. The examples are also used to suggest optimum procedural and staffing arrangements in the control rooms at the various levels.

35mm