Floods hit the northwest with a vengeance in November and December 2015, many areas of Lancashire, Cumbria, Yorkshire and the Lake district were underwater. These articles focus on Whalley , Darwen and Ribchester. Some old faces attended these incidents which involved many firefighters from across the Northwest . Many civilians, police armed forces and medical staff also attended, such was the magnitude of the devastation causing what may run into millions of pounds worth of damage when everything is added together
Flooding In The Northwest
Worst floods in lifetime
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- 1990 New Commander for Blackburn fire station
- 1990’s Green watch
- 1991 Green Watch drilling in town centre
- 1991 Two officers taking time out from observing drill
- A Visit To The Fire Station From The Radio Station
- A Well Deserved Rest
- Accrington Watch 1990’s
- Aerial Ladder Platform training in the 1990’s
- Billy Whitely’s Retirement Bash
- Blackburn Inter-watch Competition
- Blackburn’s Station Manager Gary Monk
- Blue Watch At Drill
- Blue Watch Dangling At Bibby’s Foodstuffs Whitebirk
- Budgie Rescue
- Burnley FC Arson Seminar
- Celebration of 200 years 1994 The Plaque presentation
- Children In Need Canoe Event At Waves
- Cleaning the engine house
- Cricket Interwatch 1990’s
- Entertaining the public
- Ewood Safety Tips To The Rescue
- Fire Prevention Day King William Street 1990’s
- Green watch
- Green Watch 1990’s
- Green Watch 1990’s (Joe Pickup’s retirement)
- Green Watch 2000’s
- Green Watch at Joe Pickups’retirement
- Hard Hats And Soft Hearts; Carl & Chris Fogarty raise money for charity
- John Riley At Sixties Night Blackburn Fire Station
- Ken’s Leaving, Last Night At The Station
- Kevin Gibson’s Charity Football Match
- Long Service Personnel 1980s
- Members of Red Watch 1990’s
- Message Loud And Clear For Bob
- Open day 1992
- Open Day 1993
- Orphanage Cup Final Darwen Anchor Ground 1997
- Orphanage Cup Game Circa 1990’s
- Recruit Photos With Blackburn Firemen 1980s
- Red Watch 1994
- Red watch River Ribble Raft Race 1980s
- Station drill on old Byrom street station
- The Floods At Brownhill 1980s
- The Ram Fan Rally
- Tony Clemson’s Leaving Do
- White watch drill in Corporation park 1990’s
- White watch drilling 1990’s
- White Watch drilling behind old B and Q
- White Watch In The 90’s
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Better go get a paper & get ya autograph cuz!!
Great pic!! X
you’ve always been a hero pal, this is gods way of showing everyone ??
Great work pal. I reckon you should go for a pint in Whalley when it’s back up and running, you’ll get the red carpet treatment!
Wow front page of the times uncle sam and i were carried out of our home in 2007 by our local firemen and woman we were so glad to see them and we will be forever grateful to them for there kindness during and after the flood heroes all of you well done
Well done ! Doing a great job much needed flooded areas
Well done Paul Brown
Is Browny telling everybody he rescued he’s an Ironman
About time you did some work Paul Brown. Slightly more manly than checking smoke alarms ??
Well…looks like ive used up my 15 mins of fame…..would have liked it to be for winning the lottery or in a porn film…never mind…..and before anyone starts….they only had an x large suit left !!….anyway gotta go the model agency’s are on the phone already…….buns for me and che cottrelll
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