Apparatus Gallery

LFCDA-LFB Heavy fire Rescue tenders

The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment, a larger crew, breathing apparatus and chemical protection suits. The light unit, whilst having lifting and spreading equipment, did not have the same scoop of equipment and carried a smaller crew. The picture shows the open compartments on one side of a heavy rescue unit

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus for Saving Lives from Shipwr

Engraving showing Board of Trade equipment for use to help shipwrecked sailors, 1886. The items are (from left to right, top to bottom) a whip-block and tally-board; a hawser-cutter; a heaving-cane and line; a rocket machine; a fuse-box; a rocket; whip, hawser and breeches-buoy; a light; Board of Trade wagon; a cliff ladder in use; a triangle; a rocket-line box; a portfire; the rocket-line box from above; an anchor; a cliff-helmet

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Firefighters in breathing apparatus, Everett Street, SW8

Firefighters in breathing apparatus at a fire at The Steam Packet public house in Everett Street, Battersea, London SW8, on 26 April 1959. The BA Control Officer is checking out the men after they have ventilated the top floor of the burning building. Date: 1959

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

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