Emergency Collection (page 4)

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the coastguard rescue party, setting off on an emergency call with ropes and other equipment

Civil Defence Handbook, continued emergency equipment and supplies in the even of an attack. Such equipment consisted of food, water and a safeguard for the water supply

Civil Defence Handbook, continued protection and equipment
Civil Defence Handbook with continued protection measures and emergency equipment and supplies

Snap Playing Card - Doctor on call. circa 1910s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Hose the Fireman. late 19th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Hose the Firemans Son. late 19th century

Fire brigade attend Woolworth store in Manchester
People watch from a safe distance as the fire brigade attends a fire at a Woolworth store in Manchesters Piccadilly Gardens, where ten lives were lost on 8 May 1979. Date: 1979

Diving Suit Ca 1875
A state-of-the-art diving suit of the late 19th century, made of rubber and fitted with an emergency air tank, just in case the unthinkable should happen... Date: circa 1875

Music cover, The Fire Bell Galop, composed by Charles Blamphin. circa 1860

The conflagration, Mexico -- firefighters at work. Date: circa 1900s

Firefighters attending a fire in the Strand in London
Firefighters attending a fire on the south side of the Strand in London circa 1910s

Firefighters in action up a ladder, with smoke pouring out of a window. Date: circa 1960s

Victorian Scrap, fire brigade in action outside a burning building. circa 1880s

Illustration, stopping a runaway pony
Illustration, Robin riding Jerry attempts to stop Dumpling from running off with Elizabeth on her back. Date: 1930

Man reporting boat in trouble, Penzance, Cornwall
A man on horseback, reporting a boat in trouble during a storm, Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1870s

Decima Moore
Lilian Decima, Lady Moore-Guggisberg, CBE (11 December 1871 18 February 1964), better known by her stage name Decima Moore, English singer and actress

Womens Emergency Corps making toys, WW1
Members of the Womens Emergency Corps learning to make toys in September 1914. Before the war, Germany was the main exporter of toys to Britain but a number of voluntary organisations

Ausnahmegesetze (emergency laws). Thomas Theodor Heine Caricature comparing Bismarcks inability to contain the social democracy and Joseph Wirth, Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922

Dial 999 display in an LFB exhibition
A Dial 999 display in a London Fire Brigade exhibition with details on either side of the services available

Traffic congestion, Covent Garden, London WC2
Traffic congestion in the Covent Garden area, London WC2, 26 March 1959, looking down towards The Strand, with the corner of Maiden Lane, and the offices of The Lady magazine on the left

Firefighters at Middlesex Street, Aldgate, E1
Lambeth and Clerkenwell emergency tender crews in Middlesex Street, Aldgate, London E1, on 23 June 1958. They are equipped with breathing apparatus, awaiting orders to enter a burning building

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 firefighter in a hurry, with coat and helmet
LFB firefighter in a hurry, running with his coat on one hand and his helmet in the other

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

Fire at construction site, Oxford Street, London
Fire at a construction site in Oxford Street, London, 14 February 1955. The building was under reconstruction following war damage

Browns fire alarm head (open)

Browns fire alarm head (closed) with instructions
Browns fire alarm head (closed), with instructions in English and Hebrew

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

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

Woman dialling 999 in a public telephone box, London
Woman dialling 999 in a public telephone box near the Royal Festival Hall on Londons South Bank, used for a fire service exhibition. Date: 1957

Enamel sign, emergency water supply
Enamel sign, fire brigade emergency water supply, open water, 4703

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

Firefighter using telephone point in street
Firefighter using a telephone point (marked Ambulance Call) in the street

Cars blocking Lisle Street, London WC2. Parking was allowed on both sides of this one-way street, making it difficult for fire services to get through in an emergency

London firefighters sliding down a pole. Date: 1960s

First one-engined, eight-seater aeroplane
Airco 18, a new type of aeroplane carrying 18 passengers across-channel, London to Paris. The pilot, reversing previous practice, sits behind

Map of Low Countries by G. H. Davis
Defence by inundation: the Low Countries bar against invasion. A pictorial map drawn in the early weeks of the Second World War

Delivery of beds to the Admiralty, London, WW1
A delivery of beds to the Admiralty in London, so that employees may stay on the premises overnight to deal with emergencies during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Getting quickly on deck from cabins by G. H. Davis
The difficulty of getting quickly on deck from cabins: the maze inside a modern liner. A suggested illuminated sign, and a photograph of the newly designed Gaskin Hart lifeboat at the West India

The General Strike - incidents of the Strike 1926
The arrest of a woman (between two policemen in centre foreground) at Hammersmith Broadway in West London during the General Strike

The General Strike - civil constabulary reserve 1926
A unit of new recruits to the new civil constabulary reserve, equipped with steel helmets, truncheons and armlets, leaving headquarters at Buckingham Gate in London during the General Strike

The General Strike - demobilisation of volunteers 1926
Colonel St. John Fox, Commandant of the Headquarters Central Division of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary Reserve, addressing the division (including regulars)

The General Strike - Sphere emergency number
Front cover of The Sphere emergency number issued during the General Strike. Photograph shows mounted police controlling crowds at Elephant and Castle in South London

A New Seaside Tenor
A new Seaside Tenor launches into his signature tune. It looks as if the audience may just be making use of the extra exit in case of emergency... " Please vacate the aria !!! " Date: 1901

Uruguay - Montevideo Fire Department and transport Date: circa 1908

Short S8 Calcutta G-EBVH City of Athens
Short S8 Calcutta, G-EBVH, City of Athens, of Imperial Airways, on shore at Alexandria showing the emergency aerial up and the method of securing the machine

The after gondola of the R34 containing two engines geared to one propeller. The emergency elevator wheel may be seen through the central window

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