Appliances Collection (page 18)

A firefighter of the London Fire Brigade pulling a cart

Firefighters with one of the first emergency tenders
Firefighters and a van with their equipment laid out. Four of the firefighters are wearing proto-breathing apparatus. In 1929 the Brigade introduced the first enclosed emergency tender to respond to

Motorised 75 foot ladder appliance

A turntable ladder vehicle of the London Fire Brigade

Horsed appliances of the London Fire Brigade

Fire crew and horse drawn pump

London Fire Brigade appliances
London Fire Brigade wheeled escape vehicle (left) with a pump ladder vehicle (right) outside their station

Wheeled escape ladder
A wheeled escape ladder

Firefighters and appliances at headquarters. The caption reads: Making up and getting away home after district call at headquarters

A firefighter with a wheeled ladder escape

London Fire Brigade fire engines and crews outside their station

Firefighters attend a fire at 1 Mollison Avenue, North London, showing a hydraulic lift vehicle in action

A hydraulic lift vehicle at the scene of a fire at 4 Church Road, London

Turntable ladder escape in operation, Bermondsey
A turntable ladder escape in operation at scene of fire in Bermondsey, SE London

London Fire Brigade hose cart

A London Fire Brigade pump escape vehicle

A wheeled ladder escape in its appliance shed

Firefighters respond to a house fire in Enfield
Firefighters respond to a house fire at 3 Rossendale Close, Enfield. A hydraulic platfom has been deployed

Brigade Command Unit at the scene of oil refinery fire
Brigade Command Unit at the scene of an oil refinery fire, Buncefield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Firefighters at Royal Hospital Chelsea
Firefighters during a pump exercise at Royal Hospital Chelsea, SW London

Firefighters in a hydraulic lift at a fire on West Road, London

Firefighters in a hydraulic lift tackle a fire at 259 Water Road, London

Hydraulic lift in action at a fire, London Fire Brigade
A hydraulic lift in action at a fire, London Fire Brigade

Hydraulic lift in action at a fire
A hydraulic lift in action at a fire, London

Hydraulic lift in action at a fire, London
A hydraulic lift in action at a fire, London

Appliances in action at a fire, London

A hydraulic lift in action, London Fire Brigade

Firefighters respond to a fire, East London
Firefighters respond to a fire at Marshgate Railway Sidings, Stratford, East London

Turntable ladder and crew, Old Park Lane, W1
A turntable ladder and crew respond to a fire at 7 Old Park Lane, London W1

Turntable ladder deployed at a fire, London SW1
An escape turntable ladder is deployed at a fire in London SW1

Hydraulic platform in use at fire in Isleworth
Hydraulic platform in use at a fire in Isleworth, West London

Fireboat attending a fire in Battersea
A fireboat attending a fire in Battersea, SW London

Turntable ladder in operation at a commercial property fire, Paddington, West London

LCC-LFB Fireboat Alpha, River Thames
From 1912 the previously used rafts, towed by tugs, were replaced by Londons first fireboats. These steam driven self-propelled shallow draught craft were based on the Royal Navy gunboats

Pontoon and fireboat return

LCC-LFB Coach purchased as a Brigade Control Unit
This rather dishevelled looking former coach was purchased by the London Fire Brigade as its new Brigade Control Unit. Following a thorough overhaul

LCC-LFB Battery-electric pump escape
An electric-driven escape van at the Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road SE1. The batteries were stored under the bonnet and weighed about two tons

Electric pump escape van, Southwark HQ
An electric-driven escape van with 85 foot turntable ladder pulling away from the extended Southwark Fire Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road.SE1

LFDCA-LFB Clapham fire station turn-out
One of a series of photos capturing Claphams three fire engines turning out from the fire station at night

LCC-MFB Horse drawn steamer and fire crew
A horse drawn steamer, mainstay of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades fire engine fleet, seen here at Southwark headquarters. Only the steamer had the ability to pump and deliver water onto a fire

LFDCA-LFB three Greenwich fire station appliances
Pictured on Blackheath, SE London, the three appliances from Greenwich fire station: two Volvo Saxon dual purpose diesel fire engines (pump-ladder and pump)

LFDCA-LFB Fire investigation unit at a hotel fire
The fire investigation unit would attend both large and small fires. Its specially trained crew would seek to determine the cause of a fire wherever possible

LCC-MFB 75 foot wheeled escape cart
This horse drawn escape cart carried one of the longer versions of the wheeled escape ladder. Until the introduction of the horse drawn turntable ladder

LCC-LFB Pump escape at Southwark HQ
The pump escape and crew at drill in the station yard of Brigade Headquarters at Southwark, SE1. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines led to the development of both self propelled

LCC-LFB New enclosed London fire engine
The new enclosed breathing apparatus and ladder carrying fire engine supplied to the London Fire Brigade by Dennis, based on an LFB design

LFDCA-LFB Dodge / Carmichael turntable ladder
Dodge/Carmichael Turntable Ladder at Southwark training centre

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