A 2nd pattern Merseyside Fire Brigade cap badge from the post 1974 era after the Fire Services Act merged all previous county borough fire brigades into regional county brigades. Merseyside County was formed after the previous Liverpool, Bootle, Birkenhead, St Helens, Southport & Wallasey fire brigades merged into one forming Merseyside County Fire Brigade.

This 4th pattern cap badge is the rarest, being manufactured by Firmin & Son's Badges of London. official suppliers of cap badges to the brigade. Changing the title FIRE BRIGADE to FIRE SERVICE & only issued from 2000 to 2004, a period of 4 years only when the brigade changed its title again from FIRE SERVICE to FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE !