Appliance Collection (page 12)

Blitz in London -- night at an AFS station, WW2
Blitz in London -- a night-time scene in an AFS station, 19 September 1940, with an armed guard keeping watch over appliances kept ready to answer any emergency. Date: 1940

LFB firefighters in multi-hose display
LFB firefighters in a multi-hose display at headquarters, with pumping machine and vehicle

AFS worker with emergency appliance, WW2
An Auxiliary Fire Service worker with an emergency appliance. Date: 1940s

AFS workers with emergency appliance, WW2
Three Auxiliary Fire Service workers loading an emergency appliance into a vehicle. Date: 1940s

Two firefighters with salvage van and light pump, WW2
Two salvage workers with an NFS salvage van and a light pump. Date: 1940s

Towing vehicle and light trailer pump, WW2
Two AFS men with a towing vehicle and light trailer pump. Date: 1940s

Steam-operated fire pump, Paris
Steam-operated fire pump, as used by the Paris fire brigade. It was built by A Thirion and photographed by Berthaud. Date: 1872

Scammell pump in Orange Street, London W1, WW2
Scammell 65-gallon pump in operation, supplying water to four hosepipes, at a fire in Orange Street, London W1, 21 September 1942. Date: 1942

Leyland pumping unit on Bedford chassis
Leyland extra heavy pumping unit on a Bedford chassis -- view of the controls

Children at a party, Soho Fire Station, London
Children at a New Year party, Soho Fire Station, London, 2 January 1955. A total of 65 children attended, seen here sitting at tables in the appliance room

Display of exhibits about the London Fire Brigade, March 1955, with photographs, helmets and a model firefighting appliance. Date: 1955

LFB turntable ladder in action, with rescued person
LFB turntable ladder in action, with a rescued person in a harness. The ladder is being trained away from the building, and a firefighter steadies the man using the tail line

Magirus patent turntable ladder fire escape
Details of the Magirus-Leiter patent turntable ladder fire escape, a prize-winning vehicle exhibited at various trade fairs in Paris (1900), Berlin (1901) and London (1903)

Morris Magirus vehicle with turntable ladder
A Morris Magirus vehicle with turntable ladder, commissioned in 1931. Date: circa 1931

Fire engine with crew, Southgate, North London, WW1
Fire engine with crew -- SDFB, Southgate District Council fire service. The date on the vehicle is 1914. The motor escape was made by Lloyd and Plaister, Wood Green, in 1912, and was used until 1924

LFB firefighters adjusting back of vehicle
LFB firefighters in traditional brass helmets adjusting the back of a vehicle

Ladder after repair in workshops, Lambeth HQ
Ladder (No.13 TTL) after repair in workshops, Lambeth HQ

Merryweather fire engine indicator scale for regulating the angle and extension of the ladder

Roberts self-propelling fire engine
William Roberts of Millwall self-propelling fire engine, with two firefighters. This photograph appeared in a book entitled Outbreaks of Fire bys G Gamble. Date: 1862

LFB firefighters in enclosed pump vehicle
LFB firefighters in an enclosed pump vehicle with a ladder on top. They are wearing traditional brass helmets and breathing equipment

Merryweather fire engine with detachable ladder

LFB firefighter at back of enclosed pump vehicle
LFB firefighter at the back of an enclosed pump vehicle, putting stored hose into place

LFB firefighter cleaning an enclosed pump vehicle

Fire in Kennington Park Road, SE London
Fire at a derelict house in Kennington Park Road, SE London, 30 April 1955. Two boys were trapped on the top floor, and escaped by dropping from the two top floor windows

NFS firefighting crew with enclosed pump vehicle

LFB firefighting crew with open pump vehicle. One of them is holding a trophy

LFB firefighter with new motor pump
LFB firefighter at HQ with newly delivered motor pump fitted with a six-cylinder engine, pumping capacity about 930 gallons per minute, 11 April 1938. Date: 1938

Street telephone fire alarm with group of children
Street telephone fire alarm for emergency calls, with a group of children looking up at it

Merryweather motor fire engine for Glasgow, rear view showing Hatfield pump

Street telephone fire alarm, out of order
Street telephone fire alarm for emergency calls, with an out of order notice on it

LFB dual purpose fire engine, St Pauls Cathedral, London
A London Fire Brigade dual purpose fire engine near St Pauls Cathedral, City of London

Leyland dual purpose monitor appliance
A Leyland dual purpose monitor appliance with monitor at work

LFB dual purpose appliance in Westminster
A London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance near Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster. Date: 1951

LFB monitor on dual purpose appliance
LFB monitor at work on a dual purpose appliance

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view) with crew
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view), with crew

LFB dual purpose appliance (back view)
London Fire Brigade dual purpose appliance (back view)

Close-up of wheels on LFB fire engine
Close-up of wheels on a London Fire Brigade fire engine

Close-up of LFB fire engine
Close-up of a London Fire Brigade fire engine

LFB crew on motorised vehicle
LCC London Fire Brigade crew on a motorised vehicle, February 1934. Date: 1934

LFB Dennis fire engine (back view)
A London Fire Brigade Dennis fire engine (back view, showing the gallows)

LFB Merryweather fire engine with stored hoses

LFB fire engine with raised ladder (side view)

Merryweather escape carrying unit (front view) with Fordson chassis

LFB towing unit (rear view)
London Fire Brigade towing unit (rear view)

Bailey escape ladder fitted with Miles mounting

Ladder, carriage frame and runners (battery operated). Showing the Miles mounting quadrant

Motorised fire vehicle and crew, Twickenham
Motorised fire vehicle and crew of Twickenham Fire Brigade. Date: 1920s

Shand Mason fire appliance in a steam museum
Shand Mason fire appliance (marked First Grand Prize) on display in a steam museum, August 1938

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