Breathing Collection (page 6)

LCC-LFB Grand Hotel fire, Trafalgar Square W1
Firefighters in breathing apparatus attend a fire in the Grand Hotel, on the corner of Trafalgar Square and Northumberland Avenue

GLC LFB Breathing apparatus communications set
Battery operated communications equipment for use with compressed air breathing apparatus sets. Microphones are fitted into the specially adapted full face masks

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

GLC-LFB Breathing Apparatus Coach (BAC)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

GLC-LFB Breathing apparatus cylinder van
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus entry control point
At larger fires more detailed entry control procedures were put in force to control the entry, and more importantly, the exit of firefighters in breathing apparatus

LCC-LFB Lambeths emergency tender and crew
A London A class emergency tender with built-in electrical generator, in use from the early 1950s until the 1960s. Showing Lambeth fire stations (D61)

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights
Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights. By the mid-1920s emergency tenders were developing into far more than just a carrier of firefighters with breathing apparatus

LCC-LFB Clerkenwell Emergency Tender
Clerkenwells emergency tender with its fire crew in Proto breathing apparatus. Clerkenwell fire station was built in 1870

LCC-LFB Clerkenwells emergency tender
Emergency tender belonging to Clerkenwell fire station. The ET was primarily a means of providing firefighters with breathing apparatus and illumination at incidents

Diagram of a fire brigade respirator

LCC-LFB Daylight Rubber Co fire, Farringdon Road
A major fire at the Daylight Rubber Co warehouse in Farringdon Road required many pumps and a turntable ladder to quell the blaze, involving rubber goods

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighters, with instructor, demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set and the Proto oxygen breathing apparatus sets

London (NFS) firefighter in breathing apparatus, WW2
Side view of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing the re-breather bag, mouthpiece, control valves and cooler

Firefighters (NFS London Region) in breathing apparatus
Firefighters wearing Proto Mark IV oxygen breathing apparatus sets, seen here at the Regional Headquarters station, Lambeth, SE1

LCC-LFB emergency tender at Lambeth fire station
Crew of an emergency tender demonstrating the range of equipment it carries including breathing apparatus, hot cutting equipment and a smoke extraction unit

Mine rescue team wearing breathing apparatus
A mine rescue team wearing new breathing apparatus set off into the mine by truck. circa 1911

Men testing breathing apparatus
A group of men testing some breathing apparatus, possibly for diving or for use down a mine. circa 1911

Dove or pigeon box

Met Police Thames Division
A diver of the Underwater Search Unit of the Metropolitan Police boarding a Thames Division launch after searching in the River Thames, London

Remarkable Life-saving Body Suit
A rather remarkable and very unusual life-saving body suit, comprising of flexible leg and domed upper section, complete with breathing tube and flotation ring

Fire Brigadier, 1843
Engraving showing a member of the Fire Brigade in action, fighting a fire at Luton Hoo, 1843. This officer is shown with hose, lamp and breathing apparatus, with a hose feeding fresh air to his helmet

The Aerophore Breathing Apparatus, 1874
Engraving of the Aerophore Breathing Apparatus, invented by the French engineer M. Denayrouze, 1874. Denayrouze designed this compressed air breathing machine for use in exploring mines full of

Diagram showing the circulation of the blood
A diagram showing the circulation of the blood, with veins, arteries and capillaries

Fire-Breathing Horse
A mechanical horse that breathes fire

Herakles and the Bull
The seventh labour : He captures the fire-breathing Cretan Bull and takes it back to Greece

London Athletes W / Oxygen
London athletes breathe oxygen before exercise in order to improve their performance

Smoke Helmets in Use
Smoke helmets in use by two members of a colliery rescue brigade, allowing breathing in a smoky or poisonous atmosphere for several hours if necessary

Yoga Meditation 1930S
Yogi Vithaldas sits in the Padma-Asan (Lotus Position) as he demonstrates his Rath-Yoga breathing exercise, to a group of gymnastic instructors

German Divers Suit
German diver with breathing apparatus and line

Woman breathing incense fumes
An example of the sense of smell -- a woman is in raptures as she breathes in fumes of incense

English sailor, Chinese depiction
A Chinese depiction of an English sailor

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