Fire Fighters Collection (#3)

The CCFF arrive
After two years of negotiations, the first Canadian volunteers arrive in England. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Portsmouth scene (exact city location unknown). The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Personal photos (poly-photos) taken by the men. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Plymouth after a Blitz raid.. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF) were stationed in England between 1942 and 1945

Ottawa, Canada - General view. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF) were stationed in England between 1942 and 1945

Canadian fire hall (fire station)
One of the fire halls in Ottawa that provided volunteers for the Corps. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

Fire on a moored vessel
A firefighting appliance pumps water to fight a fire on a docked ship

Hornsey Fire Brigade, London. Firefighters working on a steam pump appliance

Firefighters fighting blaze from city roofs

Firefighters Congress in Florence
Firefighters Congress in the outskirts Florence, Italy Date: 1893

New York - Firefighting - Water Tower at Work Date: circa 1899

Irregular Firemen - Constantinople, Turkey
A Gang of irregular Firemen and their manual hand pump, by the walls of Constantinople, Turkey

Irregular Galata Fireman and their Chief
Irregular Galata Fireman and their Boss, Kemer Alty at Constantinople. Date: 1910s

Firefighters in gas masks
ARP Firefighters in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise

ARPs World War II
ARPs in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise in London

Regular Fireman - Constantinople, Turkey
Regular fireman in constantinople drill at their compound, practising scaling the side of a dummy building with long ladders and hosing down a fire

Irregular Fireman - Constantinople, Turkey
A gang of irregular firemen and their manual pump

Fighting a fire with a stirrup pump - The Blitz
Now that the worst is out. Attacking a fire with a stirrup pump following an air raid on London - circa late 1940

Fire at St. Katherines Docks during the Blitz
Miles of hose pipes were used to fight the big fire at St. Katherines Docks which blazed for over 12 hours on 9th August 1940. The London Food Depot was heavily damaged

Constantinople - Irregular Firemen
Irregular Firemen in Constantinople, Turkey. Outside their Fire Station

Constantinople - Team of firemen with their hand-powered pump

Sapeurs Pompiers 1
French firefighters are a part of the army. They parade and salute the flag just as soldiers do

Firefighters Ladder
French sapeurs-pompiers use a long ladder to reach the highest floors of a burning building

Fire / Opera Comique / 1887
As fire takes hold of the Opera Comique theatre in Paris, firefighters attempt to rescue those trapped on the roof by ladder

Piccadilly Bombed
The aftermath of an air raid on Piccadilly, central London; firefighters hosing the smouldering remains of damaged buildings

New York Fire 1835
New York firefighters attempt to tackle the blaze on Wall Street as many buildings burn (including the Fulton Fire Insurance Co.); the fire lasted from 16 to 17 December

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