Appliance Collection (page 13)

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

Horse-drawn fire engine with crew, Southgate, North London
Horse-drawn fire engine with crew -- SDFB, Southgate District Council fire service

Horse-drawn steamer taking part in special drill
A horse-drawn steamer and crew taking part in a special drill display given at Lambeth HQ for chief officers of provincial fire brigades on 13 October 1937. Seen here are hosepipes in action

Shand Mason MFB horse-drawn steam pump and crew
A Shand Mason MFB horse-drawn steam pump and crew, taking part in a special drill display given to chief officers of provincial fire brigades on 13 October 1937

Horse-drawn fire engine with crew, Willesden, London
A horse-drawn fire engine with crew, High Road, Willesden Green, NW London, with Willesden Chapel in the background

Horse-drawn steamer taking part in display
Horse-drawn steamer taking part in a display, with crew in traditional uniform, including brass helmets

Steam pump fire appliance in a steam museum
Steam pump fire appliance on display in a steam museum, August 1938

Engraving of worm-driven fire squirt
Engraving of people operating a large worm-driven fire squirt mounted on two wheels, to put out a fire in a burning building, reproduced from Besoni, Theatrum Instrumentorum et Machinarum, 1568

Horse-drawn fire vehicle and crew in display
A horse-drawn fire vehicle and crew in traditional dress, taking part in a special drill display given on 13 October 1937 to Chief Officers of provincial fire brigades. Date: 1937

Weekly LFB drill display with manual and motor pumps
Weekly LFB drill display with an old manual pump and a modern turbine motor pump both brought into action, 26 August 1936. Date: 1936

Weekly LFB drill display with old manual pump
Weekly LFB drill display with an old manual pump brought into action, 26 August 1936. Date: 1936

Shand Mason horse-drawn manual pump and crew
A Shand Mason horse-drawn manual pump, with crew from Red Cross Street fire station in traditional costume, taking part in the 1932 Lord Mayors Show, City of London

Charlotte Fire Department vehicle, North Carolina, USA, August 1935. It was the first enclosed Sedan-type fire appliance in America -- a six-cylinder engine of 160 horsepower with a pumping capacity

Firefighter with fire engine
A firefighter with a fire engine, leaning over to adjust a lamp. Date: circa 1930s

Two firefighters with fire engine
Two firefighters with a fire engine -- one man sits at the wheel while the other adjusts a lamp. Date: circa 1930s

LCC-LFB learner drivers on a London street
A picture taken outside the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade in Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, on 14 September 1935, showing a motorised Dennis fire engine with an L-plate on the front

Dennis fire engine with crew
A Dennis fire engine with crew in cork helmets. Date: circa 1930s

Turntable appliance by Merryweather, Blackheath Common
Turntable appliance by Merryweather of Greenwich, seen here being demonstrated on Blackheath Common. It was destined for Rangoon, India. One of the men is Station Officer Edwards

Queen Elizabeth II inspecting firefighters, London
Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth, on 9 June 1977. Date: 1977

New Paddington Fire Station, West London. Date: circa 1960s

Four AFS firefighters operating hosepipe, WW2
Four AFS firefighters operating a hosepipe. Date: circa 1940s

AFS firefighters unrolling hosepipes, WW2
Four Auxiliary Fire Service firefighters unrolling hosepipes, watched by some visitors. Date: circa 1940s

Fire appliance trailer attached to a London bus

People at a display of fire appliances, LFB HQ
People at a display of fire appliances at the London Fire Brigade Headquarters

LFB firefighters with Dennis fire appliance
LFB firefighters with a Dennis fire appliance

Emergency call button in telephone box
The emergency call button in a public telephone box -- just press the button and ask for Fire, Ambulance or Police. No number or coins required

Incident at East Surrey Grove, SE London, 7 May 1955. Showing a fire engine (pump) on the pavement and front gardens of two private houses

Fire at GPO Stores, Tabernacle Street, London
Fire at GPO Stores, Tabernacle Street, City of London, 28 March 1955. Showing a firefighter in action with a hosepipe at the top of a turntable ladder. Date: 1955

Fire prevention training for student nurses
Fire prevention training for a class of student nurses. A sub-officer of the fire prevention branch demonstrates the operation of a carbon dioxide extinguisher

LCC-LFB motorised Hatfield type fire engine
A motorised Hatfield-type fire engine. The London Fire Brigade was introducing motorised fire engines and the last horse-drawn appliance (a turntable ladder) would be withdrawn in 1921

Firefighters operating old pump at special drill display
Firefighters operating an old pump at a special drill display given on 13 October 1937 to Chief Officers of provincial fire brigades. Date: 1937

Metropolitan Fire Brigade horse-drawn steamer
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade horse-drawn steamer with driver-operator

Engraving of a steamer in action during a fire, with panic on the street

Old pump at special drill display
Men bringing out an old pump for a special drill display given on 13 October 1937 to Chief Officers of provincial fire brigades. Date: 1937

Engraving of a Rowntree fire engine, showing various sections. Date: 1812

Manual pump in Orange Street, London W1, WW2
A two-man manual pump in Orange Street, London W1, 21 September 1942. Date: 1942

LFB horse-drawn steamer at modern review
Lambeth LFB headquarters hosted regular annual displays and reviews. A popular feature was the inclusion of the working Victorian Shand Mason horse-drawn steam fire pump

Birmingham firefighters in historical costumes
Birmingham firefighters in 17th, 18th and 19th century firemens costumes, in a display to raise money for a proposed superannuation fund. Date: 1892

Princess Diana, William and Harry meeting firefighters
Princess Diana and her sons, Princes William and Harry, meeting firefighters at the The Blitz Remembered Service at St Pauls Cathedral, London, on 25 October 1990

LCC-London Fire Brigade. Kensington fire station
Located in Old Court Place near Kensington Church Street, Kensington fire station retained a horse drawn turntable ladder until 1921 when it was finally replaced by a motorised version

Fire engine and crew, LCC-London Fire Brigate
A fire engine and its crew at Southwark HQ -- the first pneumatic tyred appliance, commissioned in April 1928, with a Dennis Tamini pump capacity of 500 gallons per minute. Date: circa 1928

LCC-London Fire Brigade, motorised pump at hose drill
Fire crew in the drill yard of the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, getting hose lines to work from a motorised fire pump. Date: 1909

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