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Firefighters on a tea break after fire St Katherines DockLondon firefighters (with cork helmets) and Auxiliary Fire Service firefighters (with tin hats and AFS badges on their tunics)
Blitz in London -- Regulars and Auxiliaries side by sideRegular London firefighters side by side with their Auxiliary (AFS) counterparts at Tottenham fire station. The building next door is Tottenham Town Hall
AFS despatch rider and messenger, WW2An AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) despatch rider and messenger on a motorbike at an LFS sub-station during the Second World War
LCC-LFB Woolwich fire station, SE LondonThe crew of Woolwich fire station, Sunbury Street, on parade on the station forecourt. WW2 is pending and an Auxiliary Fire Service fire engine is standing in the station next to the LFB pump escape
LCC-LFB AFS Green Goddess pump, Lambeth HQA typical AFS (government design) Green Goddess pump, at drill in the yard of Brigade Headquarters station, Lambeth. Created prior to the outbreak of WW2
LFB wartime emergency appliance and trailer pump, WW2A Fordson Unit and trailer pump at the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Lambeth. These were just some of the 2000 adapted vehicles utilised as AFS fire appliances
Blitz in London -- AFS personnel receiving treatment, WW2With the Blitz still at its height, Londons firefighters and fire support crews are removed to local hospitals for emergency treatment after receiving injuries fighting the fires started by enemy
Blitz in London -- Auxiliary towing vehicle and trailer, WW2An example of an Auxiliary towing vehicle and its trailer pump, used during the London Blitz. Such units would have been allocated to sub-stations (under the control of a regular fire station)
NFS - Home Office hose tests at Wimbledon, WW2London Region NFS/AFS firefighters assisting in Home Office trials to improve water delivery systems to emergency dams and onto fires after the fire service was nationalised in August 1941
Firefighters in action, Rosebery Avenue, WW2Firefighters in action in burning debris in Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell, London, following a flying bomb attack. Date: 1944
Blitz in the City of London - AFS firefighters, WW2Blitz in the City of London - AFS firefighters at work with hoses following a bombing raid. Date: 1940s
LFB-AFS convoy and fire exercisePart of the Civil Defence Corps until it was disbanded in the late 1960s, the Auxiliary Fire Service consisted of volunteer firefighters who would attend a fire station for drill and training
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters, WW2Blitz in London -- a personal photograph, taken by a colleague, of life in the AFS at a sub-station, showing firewomen on the Heavy Unit of Sub-station 67Z
WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm -- a dog in AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) uniform. Date: 1941
LFB-AFS parade for an exercisePart of the Civil Defence Corps, until it was disbanded in the late 1960s, the Auxiliary Fire Service consisted of volunteer firefighters who would attend a fire station for drill and training
WW2 - Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) Firemen, including (top right) George Arthur Roberts (1891-1970) - soldier (in WW1), Fireman, and Community Leader
Auxiliary firewomanMrs Aird, on duty in the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) which was founded in 1938. Date: 1939
Bomb damage in a London suburb, WW2Bomb damage in a London suburb during the Second World War (23 August 1940). Bombs were dropped in the early hours of the morning
A Tactical Table made by Men of the Auxiliary Fire Service (A.F.S.). Date: circa 1942
Auxiliary Fire Service (A. F. S. ) Men hauling the Trailer-pumpAuxiliary Fire Service (A.F.S.) men hauling hose from a trailer-pump. In the early days of the war, the AFS depended on improvisation - as can be seen here
Women with high-profile war connections, September 1939Series of women, closely associated with high-ranking men, photographed in uniforms shortly after the outbreak of war, September 1939
Auxiliary Fire Brigade riders, September 1939A line of dispatch riders attached to the Auxiliary Fire Brigade in September 1939. Among the riders is Nobby Key - a famous speedway rider who competed for Crystal Palace and New Cross (1929 - 36)
Auxiliary firefighters group photograph, WW2Men of the Auxiliary Fire Service in a group photo during the Second World War, with a sign inviting others to Join the London Auxiliary Fire Service. Date: circa 1940s
Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hose, WW2Blitz in London -- a group of firefighters in action with a hosepipe, surrounded by rubble. Date: 1940s
Gas respirator equipment instruction, WW2Auxiliary Fire Service members undergoing Gas Respirator equipment instruction during the Second World War
Auxiliary firefighters group photograph, WW2Men and women of the Auxiliary Fire Service in a group photo
Auxiliary fireman in his AFS uniform, WW2The walking out uniform issue to an AFS fireman. His fire kit would include a tin helmet, axe and pouch
Southern Railway FiremenFirefighters working for Southern Railway spray water onto the roof of a train. Southern Railway employed eighty A.F.S. men in order to fight fires caused by Luftwaffe incendiary bombs. 1940
AFS women working in mobile kitchen, WW2AFS women working in a mobile kitchen at night, serving tea and biscuits to thirsty firefighters. Date: 1940s
AFS recruitment parade, London, WW2Recruitment parade for the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) in a London street during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters at work, WW2Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters at work with hosepipes. Date: 1940s
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service using a telephone, WW2Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service using a telephone
LCC-LFB Auxiliary Fire Service vehicles, WW2AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) vehicles. The onset of WW2 brought about a vast expansion of the London Fire Brigade to deal with the anticipated enemy bombing of London
Blitz in London -- women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2Blitz in London -- women in the Auxiliary Fire Service marchng
Blitz in London -- a welcome tea break, WW2London Auxiliary firefighters enjoy a welcome cup of tea from a grateful resident in Crawford Street, Camberwell, SE London
Women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2Formed in 1933, the Auxiliary Fire Service played a vital part in the London Fire Brigades efforts to deal with the bombing, and resultant Blitz, upon London
London AFS fireman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2London AFS fireman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz
London AFS firewoman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2London AFS firewoman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz
NFS (London Region No 5) firewomans uniform, WW2Created in 1941, the NFS nationalised the British Fire Service and split the UK into different regions. Seen here is a London firewoman in the NFS uniform
AFS women resting in bunks, Southwark Fire Station, WW2AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women resting in bunks at Southwark Fire Station (Station 60), Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, during the Second World War
AFS car and trailer pump at LCC-LFB HQ, LambethBeresford Stork light-trailer pump with saloon car. Such combinations were utilised by the Auxiliary Fire Service in London to supplement the full time force in preparations for the forthcoming
Consolidated B-24J taxying of R Australian AFs 21 Sdns A72-34
WW2 Christmas card, London Fire Brigade and Auxiliary Fire Service. Date: 1939
AFS regional training exercise, Wymondham CollegeAFS regional training exercise in Norfolk, 10-11 September 1955. Showing the Column Commander briefing the Company Commander
AFS regional training exercise, journey through LondonAFS regional training exercise in Norfolk, 10-11 September 1955. Showing vehicles in London, passing Marble Arch en route for their destination. Date: 1955
Fire alam post, Cooks Road, Vauxhall, WW2Fire alarm post (FA41) protected by sandbags outside the AFS station in Cooks Road, Vauxhall, with an LFB fire engine on the left, around the start of the Second World War. Date: 1939
Firefighters in action, Longmoore Street, SW1AFS firefighters in action at a fire in Longmoore Street, Victoria, London SW1, on 6 May 1959. They are clearing away corrugated iron sheets in order to expose pockets of fire under the debris
LFB-AFS Bikini raft fully inflatedLFB-AFS fully inflated Bikini raft, with water being delivered through four hosepipes. The two-man crew are wearing life jackets
