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1991: Life in the Windermere Fire Brigade | Forty Minutes | World of Work | BBC Archive
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39:06Now Playing"Windermere's crew lead double lives - they have everyday jobs but are on 24 hour fire call."
Forget Backdraft or London's Burning, two-thirds of England's fire stations are operated by the butcher, the baker and the software maker. One such fire station is Windermere Fire Station, where Station Officer Doug Harris (a Post Office mechanic by trade) and his crew - which includes a B&B owner, a fitter and turner, and a dustman - must balance the demands of their ordinary working lives with their role as part-time firefighters.
Mark Frith's charming observational documentary spends time with the Windermere crew, as they diligently respond to false alarm after false alarm, work their day jobs, and train hard to be ready for a serious incident.
Clip taken from Forty Minutes: Winderemere's Burning, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 28 November, 1991.
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