TTH (and others)
Books are
The Longest Night (10/11 May 1941 (Pub 2005) - the "City" Blitz - ISTR it was a night of an equinoctal low Spring Tide, and there were huge problems getting water to the appliances, which is where the fire boats came in!
Firemen at War 1981 by Neil Wallington
Fire! Fire! (First Pub 1944) by Jack While
All interesting stuff. Unfortunately there are few records of the Fire Brigade and firemen and women, in London at least, as ironically the records were destroyed by fire!
interestingly, and for me amazing, my Mum who at the start of the war was 28, and was very slight, and short in stature, was a Firewatcher, and used to go round putting out incendiaries that fell in Pinner and Eastcote - and all I recall is a slightly nervous woman who would not say boo to a goose. Clearly there was some steel there somewhere!