Worshipful Company of Firefighters

The Company's aim is to promote the development and advancement of the science, art and the practice of firefighting, fire prevention and life safety.

It operates essentially as a charitable organisation, and also encourages professionalism and the exchange of information between members and others who work in allied fields.

One of the new City livery companies, its origins date from 1988 with the founding of the Guild of Firefighters.

The Clerk to the Firefighters' Company is Max Dissanayke and the Beadle, since July 2024 is Matthew Stokes, (pictured) who took over from John Norris after 36 years service.

The Firefighters' coat of arms is blazoned: Quarterly: 1 and 3, Argent on three Bars wavy Azure a Firehelmet Or; 2 and 4, Argent over all a Cross Gules and in pale a Sword downwards Argent; and, its motto is Flammas Oppugnantes Fidimus Deo.