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LCC-MFB Vauxhall fire station, LambethBuilt by the London County Council (LCC), Vauxhall fire station opened in 1902 on the Albert Embankment (Vauxhall Bridge end)
LCC-MFB Fire station appliance roomA typical scene in any Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire station appliance room as the escape cart and steamer stand in readiness
LCC-MFB Streatham sub-fire station and engineWhilst the new Streatham fire station was being built, a sub-station was employed to serve the local area. Seen here is the building that housed the horse drawn escape cart and the steamer (not shown)
LCC-MFB Bishopsgate fire station appliance roomThe appliance room of Bishopsgate fire station, located at 162 Bishopsgate in the City of London. Showing its array of fire engines that comprised two horse drawn escape carts
LCC-MFB Escape cart at Southwark HQEscape cart in the yard of Southwark HQ. Prior to this time, the 50 foot wheeled escape ladders were pushed to fires. Around 1890 the Chief Officer, Captain Wells
LCC-MFB Escape cart standing ready in stationAn MFB fire station, showing the escape cart, carrying a 50 foot wheeled escape, ready to be connected to the horses who are standing in the stalls on either side of the fire engine
LCC-LFB Warehouse fireA firefighter climbing a 50 foot wheeled escape towards a colleague already in the burning warehouse. A hose line is lying on the ladder
GLC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder in useAn escape ladder remains pitched to a side balcony and down a narrow access path in the aftermath of a serious fire in a three storey terraced house
GLC-LFB - Foam Tender and crew at BatterseaThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
GLC-LFB - Experimental mini-pump fire engineBased on a Ford Transit, the London Fire Brigade trialled a series of mini or first-strike fire engines. Seen here is a transit which carried a crew of four, 100 gallons (450 litres) of water
Wheeled escape ladder and line / hose boxA wheeled escape ladder which would have been pushed to the scene of a fire rather than being carried on an escape-cart
Firefighters at a fire, 197 Commercial Road, East LondonFirefighters respond to a fire at 197 Commercial Road, East London. An escape ladder has been deployed
LCC-MFB horse drawn wheeled escape cartThe newly developed horse drawn wheeled escape cart which allowed the escape ladder to be more easily slipped by the firefighters, thus shortening the time it took to rescue someone from a fire
Wembley Fire Brigade motorised pump-escape and crew. Wembley split from Harrow in 1894, formed its own Urban District Council and established Wembley Fire Brigade
Blitz in London -- Regulars and Auxiliaries side by sideRegular London firefighters with their LFB pump escape side by side with their Auxiliary (AFS) counterparts and their towing vehicle at a London fire station
LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose applianceAn LCC-LFB new diesel dual-purpose appliance. All postwar appliances of the type shown provide enclosed accommodation for the crew
LCC-LFB bulk foam carrier, Deptford fire stationC42 was Deptford fire station. In addition to its pump escape and pump it had a foam tender which carried 100 x 5 gallon cans of foam compound and large foam making branches and generators
LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart at drill-SouthwarkSouthwark (Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade), slipping the escape ladder from the horse-drawn escape cart. The London County Council was created in 1889
NFS Dagenham fire stations Pump Escape(36K-3Z1), WW2The former local authority fire appliance from Dagenham fire station, seen here at Regional Headquarters, Lambeth SE1. It remains in its pre WW2 livery
NFS (London Region No 5) pump escape and crew, WW2The pump escape from the Regional Headquarters fire station Lambeth in the headquarters drill yard. The escape has been removed and the rear mounted pump is being operated