The Army Fire Service later called the Army Department Fire Service, was the fire service which performed firefighting duties on British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

 camps. Its personnel were largely soldiers until 1959, when the fire service was civilianised. It was administratively part of the Royal Army Service Corps

Royal Army Service Corps

The Royal Army Service Corps was a corps of the British Army. It was responsible for land, coastal and lake transport; air despatch; supply of food, water, fuel, and general domestic stores such as clothing, furniture and stationery ; administration of...

, but was semi-autonomous and had its own insignia

Insignia

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, such as cap badge

Cap badge

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 and stable belt

Stable belt

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.

The Army Department Fire Service later amalgamated into the Ministry of Defence Fire Service.