Firebrands Hockey Club was founded in 1940. In those early days of the second world war, it was known as The Bristol Fire Service Hockey Club. Players came from the Auxiliary Fire Service and Police regulars.

The purpose of the club was to fill a recreation gap at times when there was a lull in the air raids. The opposition came from the service teams that were in the area and at one stage a midshipman from the HMS Royal Arthur played a match against the BFS. The Midshipman went on to become the Duke of Edinburgh.

Membership to the National League came after the 1990-1991 season. Coached by David Hacker, ex Olympic GB Vice Captain from the Sydney Games, the 1st XI's won promotion to Division One at the end of the 2001/2002 season. They are now one of the top 15 teams in the country.

Originally Firebrands played hockey on the Portway (1947-1964) but moved to Optimists Cricket club via Brook Road in Speedwell (1964-1967).

The Ladies teams merged with Portishead hockey Club in 1996 to form Portishead Firebrands. In 2002 Dropped the word Portishead. In 2004/5 The Ladies 1st XI's make National League Status

In May 1999 the Over 50's side played host to an Australian Vintage Masters (Over 55's) side. Goals came from Chris Smails (2 PC's), Alan Clayton (PS), and Martin Chick (FG). Aussie goals came from Keith Ellis (FG), Ivan Wilson (FG) and Barry Mott (FG). The visiting side awarded the Man of the Match to Martin Chick who received a pair of Australian Hockey Socks Extracted from Sept 1999 Hockey Sport

In June 2003 a Firebrands and Robinsons side hosted the 2003 England Mixed Hockey Squad for a series of 2 training matches that were played at the University of the West of England. In the first match 'Brands were represented by Andrew Miller, Claire Britten and Wendy Britten. Though the representative side pushed hard and dominated most of the first half the game ended an unflattering 6-0 to the visiting side after events from the night before took it's toll on some of the Bristol players. The Second match played the next day was a more even affair with the home team winning 4-3 with goals coming from Simon Tyson and Andrew Miller (3). Brands were represented on the Sunday by Luke Gupta, Henri Eriksson, Simon Tyson and Shilen Tanna.