Joseph Milner (firefighter)

Joseph Milner, CBE, QFSM (October 1922 – 13 January 2007) was a senior officer in the British fire service.

On leaving the army in 1946, he began his career with the Fire Brigades of Middlesbrough, Scarborough, and the North Riding of Yorkshire.

In the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours, was awarded the Queen's Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service (QFSM) in reconotin of his work as deputy director of the Hong Kong Fire Brigade.

He famously quoted 'my thousand selfless heroes', in dedication to the literal 1000 firefighters who spent 5 days rescuing survivors.

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