Not to be forgotten are the ever-ready Trumpton Fire Brigade, Captain Flack's gallant crew, whose roll-call can be recited by every British television viewer of a certain age: Pugh! Pugh! Barney McGrew! Cuthbert! Dibble! & Grubb! (Pugh and Pugh are twins).

This roll-call is heard in every episode (except one in which Cuthbert is omitted because he is on leave), because the Fire Brigade is continually being called out to attend some emergency or other - but to Captain Flack's annoyance, never an actual fire! (Actually the reason for this is that fire would be too difficult to animate.)