HOSE me down - Fireman Sam never looked like this.

A Catford and Sidcup firefighter will be setting hearts aflame now he's been featured in a red hot calendar featuring the nation's sexiest firemen.

Sizzling Sam Williams, 27, has been showing off his equipment for the annual publication, which raises funds for The Firefighters Charity.

The 27-year-old, who recently moved from Catford to Sidcup, is pictured topless, axe in hand, for the raunchy photoshoot - and we think he looks hot enough to start a 12-pump blaze.

He said: "I wouldn't say I'm a gym freak as such.

"If anything I was a bit surprised because other people there were quite ripped and big, but they said they wanted to cover all aspects.

"We did the photoshoot a year-and-a-half ago.

"A lot of people were about and then suddenly they see you walking around with your top off in the middle of winter.

"People were stopping to take their own pictures."

He has now agreed to do the 2015 calendar too and has had offers for other modelling work but Mr Williams, who weighs in at 15 stone, won't be hanging up his helmet anytime soon.

The 6ft 5in firefighter said: "I think I'll do the modelling for a couple of years and then I'll call it a day."

When not battling blazes at Epsom, where he works, or making admirers go weak at the knees, Mr Williams can be found working at the Catford Broadway Theatre, where the saucy snaps are already in high demand.

He said: "The girls at the theatre where I work all want a copy.
"I'm going to have to live with this photo for a while I think."

The frisky fireman even finds time to run his own safety training business - frontrowfiretraining.com

Mr Williams admitted: "It'll be interesting to see if the people I've trained recognise me in the calendar. I don't know if that would be good or bad for business."

Ladies who fancy a sizzling time with Sam may be out of luck, as he already has a girlfriend.

The Firefighters Calender, however, is available nationwide in Clinton Cards now.