Emergency Collection (page 2)

The Motor Picture Book, Fire Engines Past and Present Date: 1930

Front cover, Daily Graphic, General Strike Emergency Edition - ninth day of the strike. Date: 1926

Cessna 500 Citation I VP-BGE (msn 500-0287). (This aircraft crashed into a house near Biggin Hill airport of 30 March 2008, after an in-flight emergency during take-off-climb) Date: circa 2000

Cessna 421 G-BBOB
Cessna 421 Golden Eagle G-BBOB (msn 421B-0519), of the Myson Group Ltd. at Southend in October 1977. (Caught fire in the air on 19 January 1989: emergency landing at Blackbpool) Date: 1977

Ilyushin Il-76TD RA-76362
Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations (MchS) - Ilyushin Il-76TD RA-76362 (msn 1033416533) Date: circa 2000

United States Air Force - Republic YRF-84F Thunderstreak 49-2430 FICON parasite, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, seen with the retractable nose hook extended

United States Air Force North American T-6G Texan 50-1279, buzz-number TA-279, (msn 168-443), at the USAF Museum storage compound at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Douglas DC-1 NR223Y of Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Flown by TWA as a flying laboratory and for occasional scheduled passenger flights

Comic postcard, Man on the phone to the doctor Date: 20th century

Waste paper vehicle catches fire, East Ham, London
A vehicle collecting waste paper in East Ham, London, catches fire, and the fire brigade is called out, watched by crowds. Date: circa 1930s

An Ambulance with Wardens helping in an emergency. Date: circa 1941

W. V. S. Worker demonstrating how to build an emergency oven
A W.V.S. (Womens Voluntary Service) Worker demonstrating how to build an emergency oven out of bricks, a piece of metal plate and a broken piece of drainpipe. Date: circa 1941

Spiralling Wings Memorial to Airstrip B-82, Keent
The airstrip here, in the old forelands of the Ms at Keent, was made by the Germans as an emergency landing field but never used by them

Temporary emergency bridge in Belgium, Sept 1939
Temporary emergency bridge constructed in Belgium in case of a German invasion. The bridge is supported by five barges which function as pontoons

Air raid precautions at Westminster Abbey, September 1939
Selection of pictures detailing the precautions in place for the protection of Westminster Abbey during the war. This included; a fire squad to patrol the cloisters

Women of the River Emergency Service, September 1939
Women of the River Emergency Services standing in a line in full uniform, complete with helmet and scissors slung on a cord around thier necks

British troops evacuating from Dunkirk, WW2
British troops evacuating from Dunkirk, with the help of every available vessel, including hundreds of small craft manned by civilian volunteers. Date: 1940

Respiration bellows and foundry mould
Apparatus for restoring those drowning to life with respiration bellows, and foundry moulds for bells, letters, types, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Poster, Women of the Forces, WW2
Poster, Women of the Forces, War Service Grants, Emergency Grants, Second World War. circa 1940

Gala Performance at the Met, New York - Josef Hofmann
Golden Jubilee Gala Performance at the Met, New York by Josef Hofmann (1876-1957) - Polish American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor

John Keelings appliance for putting out fires, from a trade card. Date: 1670s

Painting, firefighters on vehicles in a street full of people, heading for a serious fire in the distance. Date: 20th century

The Great Plague of London
Two men holding handkerchiefs over their noses in an attempt to avoid catching the plague as they hurry through the London Streets

Boeing B707-323B N8434 Chase Manhattan Bank (msn 20173, line number 805 ) of American Airlines at Chicago-O Hare International Airport

United States Navy - North American AJ-1 Savage 124161 of the Naval Air Test Centre (NATC - NAS Patuxent River) call-sign 161. Struck off charge on 19 July 1957

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the rescue team at the top of the cliff, transporting a piece of lifting equipment

Gibbs Happy Families - Mrs Pipe the Plumbers wife. Date: 20th century

POLICEMAN ON MOTORBIKE
A policeman on a motorcycle takes a call on his walkie- talkie and gets ready to respond to an emergency. Date: 1960s

New Police - Ambulance call for London 1907
In the streets of London emergency boxes were set up, with a direct line to the police and ambulance service. Date: 1907

Armstrong-Whitworth AW. 52 TS363
Armstrong-Whitworth AW.52 TS363, the Rolls-Royce Nene-powered example. First flown on 13 November 1947, TS363 crashed without loss of life on 30 May 1949

Istanbul Modern Fire Department, Turkey - Steel Fire Escape
Istanbul Modern Fire Department, Turkey - Mechanical Steel Fire Escape Date: 1934

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa Pilot Meets Ships Captain a?
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa Pilot Meets Ships Captain after an Accident / Crash Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) in the Far East During Korean War Date: 1951

World War Two Canadian Fighter Air Ace George Frederick ?
World War Two Canadian Fighter Air Ace George Frederick Buerling Nicknamed Screwball. During His Flying Career He Was Credited with 31 Kills

Police rescue a small boy during the Floods in Norwich, Norfolk - August, 1912. Date: 1912

London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth
The iconic LFB (London Fire Brigade) Headquarters building - Lambeth, London. Date: circa 1930s

Uruguay - Montevideo Fire Department and their engine Date: circa 1908

Barony Hospital, Nantwich
Aerial view of the Barony Hospital, Nantwich, formerly the Nantwich Union workhouse. The original workhouse block is at the upper centre

Helicopter used in filming Thames TVs Londons Burning
A Kawasaki 216 helicopter, leased by Thames Television and used in the filming of their popular programme about the LFB, Londons Burning

GLC-LFB Dennis emergency rescue tender
The word Rescue was added to the sides of the London Fire Brigades fleet of emergency tenders, and ETs became known as ERTs (Emergency rescue tenders)

Civil Defence Centre, UK
Civil Defence Centre, somewhere in the UK. They were built during the Cold War, in case of emergency. Date: 1950s

Recuiting volunteers for bus-driving 1926
Temporary recruiting office in Regents Street, London, for the L.G.O.C (London General Omnibus Company), volunteers queuing outside. May 1926

HMS Wren - Admiralty modified W class destroyer
HMS Wren (D88/I88) was an Admiralty modified W class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was ordered in April 1918 from Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited under the 13th Order for Destroyers of

Cottage on fire, Exminster, Devon
Fire-fighting on behalf of the Dawlish (Devon) County Fire Service: a fireman hoses down a burning thatched cottage at Exminster. Date: 1960s

Martin-Baker ejection seat, as used in British aircraft during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Woman saving child by walking narrow ledge
To save her child from fire, Madame Pauquelin of rue St Maur, Paris, walks a narrow ledge from her 5th floor apartment, which she could not have done in her normal state of consciousness. Date: 1906

Air stewardess demonstrating oxygen mask on board a passenger plane. Date: circa 1970s

Cartoon, Be Prepared! WW1
Cartoon, Be Prepared! Showing a member of the Womens Emergency Corps in a shop, asking the assistant for a gross of safety pins in the early days of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Self-righting lifeboat by Sir George Cayley
Drawing and design of a self-righting lifeboat by Sir George Cayley. Date: c.1836

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