Over the past year, we have come to appreciate our emergency services and frontline workers more than ever before - but today we have an extra excuse to pay them tribute. That is because today marks Firefighters Day - 24 hours in which we can reflect on the hard work, dedication and sacrifice portrayed by firefighters up and down the country who have committed their lives to protecting others. With that in mind, North Ayrshire Heritage Centre went a wander down memory lane to look at our own local fire heroes, centring on the history of Irvine Burgh s Fire Brigade.
National Fire Service Irvine Personnel. Photo credit: Brownie Bear