1826 The town site for London is surveyed.
February 13, 1839 Four businesses burned in a Dundas Street fire.
February 10, 1840 London is incorporated as a town.
March 7, 1842 By-laws for London’s Fire Brigade are established.
October 8, 1844 Fire ravages 30 buildings along Dundas Street.
April 13, 1845 Great Fire of London destroys more than 150 buildings.
January 1, 1855 London is granted its charter as a city.
December 17, 1855 Firefighter John Eskdale is killed in a house fire on Talbot Street.
February 16, 1856 Five men are killed in an explosion at Anderson foundry.
April 23, 1867 The city buys its first steam engine for the fire brigade.
April 1, 1873 The professional fire department begins service under Fire Chief Thomas Wastie.
November 2, 1874 Firefighter William Howlett dies after becoming ill while fighting a fire.
February 13, 1879 Fire hydrants are used for first time in a fire at the Carling brewery.
April 19, 1880 John Roe is appointed Fire Chief May 24, 1881
February 18, 1884 Three men are killed in an explosion and fire at Hobbs Hardware.
January 3, 1898 The second floor of city hall collapses during municipal election night, killing 23 people and injuring 150 others.
January 6, 1904 Fire Chief Roe is killed when a wall collapses at the Sterling Brothers fire on York Street.
March 28, 1904 Lawrence Clark becomes Fire Chief.
July 16, 1907 Reids Crystal Hall on Dundas Street collapses and 7 people are killed.
May 31, 1908 Firefighter William Seccombe dies in a fire at City Hotel.
August 18, 1908 Fire Chief Clark, Firefighter Henry Wein and Sergeant John Cockburn killed in a blaze at Westman hardware on Dundas Street.
October 5, 1908 John Aitken is appointed fire chief.
November 3, 1911 Fire damages Kingsmills and seven other Dundas Street businesses.
June 18, 1916 Fire Captain John Case killed in a collision between a fire truck and a freight train at a Talbot Street crossing
November 22, 1918 The London Professional Fire Fighters Association is formed.
January 22, 1927 One person is killed in a fire at Peoples Savings and Loan building.
April 21, 1927 Charles Jenner is hired as Fire Chief.
December 4, 1928 Alderman Dickson Glass asks for Chief Jenner‘s resignation. One week later the chief resigns.
January 7, 1929 Charles Scott is appointed Fire Chief.
January 7, 1932 Fire damages Kingsmills and Dundas Street businesses.
March 3, 1934 District Chief Stanley Scruby and Lieutenant Arthur Hartop are killed in a furious blaze at Hunts Mill.
March 26, 1937 The Thames River floods.
October 1, 1939 Robert McRonald is appointed Fire Chief.
March 3, 1947 District Chief Alex Kerrigan dies at a Richmond Street fire.
July 29, 1957 A New central fire hall is officially opened at Waterloo and York streets.
November 1, 1958 Milton Mathers appointed as Fire Chief.
November 14, 1960 Captain David Moffitt suffers a fatal heart attack while fighting a major fire on Richmond Street.
October 1, 1961 Four children are killed in a house fire on William Street.
November 25, 1962 Five children die in a house fire on Lyman Street.
August 1, 1970 Ray Morley appointed as Fire Chief.
January 26, 1971 A winter blizzard closes London and a state of emergency is declared.
January 8, 1973 Three people are killed in a fire on Elgin Street.
August 7, 1973 Natural gas explosions in Oxford Park burn 50 homes.
October 5, 1974 911 emergency service begins in London.
November 11, 1976 Fire destroys Central Chev on Fullarton Street.
January 26, 1978 London is paralyzed by a major winter storm.
April 3, 1978 Eagle Court home is destroyed by an explosion.
April 30, 1979 Firefighter Richard Roman is killed when a lire engine collides with an ambulance.
February 1, 1983 Robert Barr appointed Fire Chief.
15, 1983 Two people are killed in a fire on Tumbleweed Crescent.
January 1981 Fire destroys the downtown YM-YWCA.
 Sept 2, 1984 A tornado strikes south London damaging hundreds of homes.
January 10, 1985 Four boys die in a house fire on Clarence Street.
July 28, 1989 Six people are killed in a house fire on Margaret Street.
March 24, 1990 Fire in a Wharnclifte Road apartment kills two teenagers.
November 14, 1991 Four fire fighters are injured after Engine 9 goes off the Vauxhall bridge.
November 25, 1991 Jim Fitzgerald appointed Fire Chief.
November 1, 1993 Gary Weese appointed Fire Chief.
Apr 18, 1994 Arson fire forces evacuation and closure of Saunders Secondary school.
May 17, 1995 An industrial accident kills two workers at the London Hydro compound on Bathurst Street.
April 22, 1996 The new central fire hall on Horton Street is opened.
February 1, 1999 David Hodgins is promoted to Fire Chief.
April 23, 1999 Fire destroys the Cornell Farm Market.
October 5, 2000 Copp’s Buildall warehouse on Adelaide Street is destroyed by fire.
January 9, 2001 London fire personnel provide staffing for the St. Thomas Fire Department during the funeral for St. Thomas Fire Captain Dennis Redman.
September 11, 2001 Terrorist attacks hit New York, sparking the establishment of the Fallen Heroes Fund in London.