Crystal Palace, London Crystal Palace, London Crystal Palace is an area in South London, England, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854 until it was destroyed by fire in 1936. Approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Charing Cross, it includes one of the highest points in London, at , offering views over the capital. The area has no defined boundaries and straddles five London boroughs and three postal districts, although there is a Crystal Palace electoral ward and Crystal Palace Park in the London Borough of Bromley. It is contiguous with Anerley, Dulwich Wood, Gipsy
London Fire Brigade London Fire Brigade The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the statutory fire and rescue service for London. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act of 1865, under the leadership of superintendent Eyre Massey Shaw. It is the second-largest of all the fire services in the United Kingdom, after the national Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the fifth-largest in the world, after the Tokyo Fire Department, New York City Fire Department, Paris Fire Brigade and the Scottish service, with 5,992 staff, including 5,096 operational firefighters and officers based at 102 fire stations (plus one river station). Dany Cotton