PUT THAT LIGHT OUT!
The familiar battle cry of the ARP from Dad’s Army. The formation of the civil defence of Britain during WW2 including the fire guard, were responsible for a designated area/building and required to monitor the fall of incendiary bombs , particularly those containing white phosphorus and pass on news of any fires that had broken out to the regular fire service.
As we have seen from the stupidity of the home guard and their misuse of AW bombs and later off loading them, it does appear that there was a real risk of self inflicted injury as an aside to anything the Germans dropped from above.
One example below from the 7th August 1942 Norwood Press and Dulwich Advertiser shows how one hapless lecture resulted in burns injury to an instructor after throwing burning phosphorus into a fire! With fools like this it is a wonder as to how Britain kept going and managed to fan the flames from self inflicted defeat.
