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The Auxiliary Fire Service ('''AFS''') was first formed in 1938 in Great Britain as part of Civil Defence Air Raid Precautions . Its role was to supplement the work of brigades at local (county, city or borough) level. In this job it was hampered severely by incompatibility of equipment used by these different brigades - most importantly the lack of a standard size of hydrant valve. The Auxiliary Fire Service and the local brigades were superseded in August 1941 by the National Fire Service . A new Auxiliary Fire Service came into being in 1948 alongside the Civil Defence Corps and they were equipped with 1,000 Green Goddess (Bedford RLHZ Self Propelled Pump) fire engines {Link without Title} until both were disbanded in 1968. The Auxiliary Fire Service is an active as part of Civil Defence in the Republic Of Ireland . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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