{"product_id":"air-force-department-fire-department-cap-badge","title":"Air Force Department Fire Department cap badge.","description":"\u003cp\u003e2 part chrome metal cap badge with coloured enamel centre\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhere they were based\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAFDFS personnel and their civilian predecessors were stationed at RAF airfields across the UK and overseas, with a central training establishment at RAF Manston. Fire crews were sited according to airfield category, essentially every operational RAF station had a fire section.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat they did day to day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePrimary role was aircraft crash and rescue cover for flying operations, plus structural firefighting on station (hangars, stores, married quarters).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCrews maintained specialist crash tenders (Crossley, Morris, later Mk9 and TACR trucks) fitted with foam and CO2 extinguishing systems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThey also handled major non-aviation incidents, such as the huge 1987 Donnington Storage Depot fires.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn 1977, RAF firemen were deployed nationwide during the national firefighters’ strike (Operation Burberry) to provide civilian cover and train Green Goddess crews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe badge itself, with the Queen’s crown and the eagle centred in red and blue, is the standard cap badge style used by AFDFS personnel during that 1964 to 1990 period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gradia Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53882675724616,"sku":"10115","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/1103\/5976\/files\/IMG-1948.heic?v=1787347885","url":"https:\/\/www.gradiamilitaria.com\/products\/air-force-department-fire-department-cap-badge","provider":"Gradia Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}