'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Front cover)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Inside front cover)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Preface and Introduction)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 1-2)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 3-4)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 5-6)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 7-8)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 9-10)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 11-12)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 13-14)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 15-16)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 17-18)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 19-20)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 21-22)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 23-24)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 25-26)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 27-28)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 29-30)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 31-32)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 33-34)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 35-36)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 37-38)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 39-40)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 41-42)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 43-44)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Page 45)

Robin Grainger

'The Fire Guards Handbook' - 1942, (Back cover)

Robin Grainger

This booklet was issued by the Ministry of Home Security and the Scottish Home Department, in 1942, and was one of a series of Air Raid Precautions Handbooks.

It gives an outline of the duties of a Fire Guard and deals primarily with residential areas.

The duty of a fire guard is to take turns in watching for the fall of fire bombs; to warn the neighbourhood when they fall in the area for which he is responsible; to help promptly to control them and thus to prevent small fires from becoming big fires.

Incendiary bombs were “a threat to the very life of the nation.” It was feared that fire services or untrained civilians could be quickly overwhelmed by a large number of small fires, necessitating the need for a network of trained individuals who could look out for, and deal promptly with, incendiary bombs.

The original owner of this booklet was Mr. L. Ridley, of Upper Selsdon Rd, Sanderstead. It comes from the collection of Robin Grainger.