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Firefighter Collection (page 18)

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Burmese delegation visiting LFB HQ

Burmese delegation visiting LFB HQ
A Burmese parliamentary delegation visiting LFB Headquarters, 29 May 1957. Showing the LFB Assistant Chief Officer explaining the equipment in use in the Brigade to members of the delegation

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Firefighters in action in Commercial Road, East London

Firefighters in action in Commercial Road, East London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at business premises, 81/85 Commercial Road, East London, 18 June 1957. The first floor, a large tailors workshop

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Annual Review, turntable ladder demonstration, London HQ

Annual Review, turntable ladder demonstration, London HQ
LFB Annual Review at HQ, with a turntable ladder demonstration in the training yard. Date: 1957

Background imageFirefighter Collection: AFS exercise, Hyde Park, London

AFS exercise, Hyde Park, London
Attending an AFS exercise in Hyde Park, London, on 27 October 1957 -- the Director General of Civil Defence, Sir Sidney Kirkman (1895-1982), the Chief Inspector of Fire Services, Mr H M Smith

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Firefighters in action with hosepipes, Poplar, East London

Firefighters in action with hosepipes, Poplar, East London
Firefighters in action with hosepipes at a fire in Simpsons Road, Poplar, East London, 25 January 1958. Showing the east side of Block D

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Ealing Fire Brigade with horse-drawn appliance

Ealing Fire Brigade with horse-drawn appliance
Firefighters of the Ealing Fire Brigade, West London, with a horse-drawn appliance. Date: 1888

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Children at Christmas party, Lambeth, London

Children at Christmas party, Lambeth, London
Children enjoying themselves at a Christmas party at the London Fire Brigades Lambeth fire station (D61), 27 December 1957. Date: 1957

Background imageFirefighter Collection: London Fire Brigade band members with trumpets

London Fire Brigade band members with trumpets
Members of the LCC-London Fire Brigade band, standing in a row with their fanfare trumpets. The pith helmets seen here were later replaced with brass helmets

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- searching for casualties, WW2

Blitz in London -- searching for casualties, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue personnel searching an upper floor of J T Hart & Sons for casualties. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- searching debris for casualties, WW2

Blitz in London -- searching debris for casualties, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue personnel searching for casualties but being severely hampered by smoke from the smouldering debris. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- extricating a casualty, WW2

Blitz in London -- extricating a casualty, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue personnel extricating a casualty from debris following an air raid. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Fire station staff in meal break, London, WW2

Fire station staff in meal break, London, WW2
Fire station staff having a meal supplied from a mobile canteen van in a school playground in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Sir Ernest Gowers watching rescue operations, WW2

Sir Ernest Gowers watching rescue operations, WW2
Sir Ernest Gowers (1880-1966), civil servant in charge of Civil Defence in London, watching rescue operations during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: NFS personnel helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2

NFS personnel helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping evacuees board a train at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

Background imageFirefighter Collection: NFS personnel unloading luggage, St Pancras, WW2

NFS personnel unloading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to unload luggage from buses onto trolleys outside St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

Background imageFirefighter Collection: NFS firefighter helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2

NFS firefighter helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2
NFS firefighter handing a baby to its mother after she is safely installed in a railway carriage at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944

Background imageFirefighter Collection: NFS personnel loading luggage, St Pancras, WW2

NFS personnel loading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to load luggage from a trolley onto a train at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Gas explosion, Godliman Street, City of London

Gas explosion, Godliman Street, City of London
Results of a gas explosion in Godliman Street, City of London, on 4 August 1939, with firefighters in action with hosepipes. Date: 1939

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- GWR yard, Millwall, London

Blitz in London -- GWR yard, Millwall, London
Blitz in London -- the Great Western Railway yard, Preston Road, Millwall, 7 September 1940. General view with the West India Dock in the background. Date: 1940

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in City of London -- Bonhill Street

Blitz in City of London -- Bonhill Street
Blitz in the City of London -- fire damage due to an incendiary bomb in Bonhill Street, 15 October 1940, with firefighters in action with a hosepipe. Date: 1940

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Massey Shaw fireboat, St Katharines Dock, East London

Massey Shaw fireboat, St Katharines Dock, East London
The London Fire Brigades Massey Shaw fireboat on the River Thames at St Katharines Dock, East London, with the Dickens Inn on the right

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Three fire engines and crews, Hamburg, Germany

Three fire engines and crews, Hamburg, Germany
Three fire engines and their crews (Haupt Feuerwache), Hamburg, Germany, with a group of children on the right. Date: 1884

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Henry Simonis & Co fire appliance, Nuremberg, Germany

Henry Simonis & Co fire appliance, Nuremberg, Germany
A Henry Simonis & Co fire appliance, parked on a street in Nuremberg, Germany

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Firefighters on refreshment break, Wapping, East London

Firefighters on refreshment break, Wapping, East London
Firefighters on a refreshment break next to a canteen van at Wapping, East London, during a serious fire on 25 September 1935. Date: 1935

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Goodyear Fire & Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio, USA

Goodyear Fire & Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio, USA
A horse-drawn vehicle of the Goodyear Fire & Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio, USA, with its crew of firefighters. Date: 1902

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Three fire engines and crews, Hanover, Germany

Three fire engines and crews, Hanover, Germany
Three fire engines and their crews (Automobil-L� zug, Berufs-Feuerwehr-Hannover), Hanover, Germany

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Scene in Shardeloes Road, New Cross, WW2

Scene in Shardeloes Road, New Cross, WW2
A panoramic night scene in Shardeloes Road, New Cross, during the Second World War, showing the aftermath of an air raid, 3 November 1944. Date: 1944

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- firefighters in Bermondsey, WW2

Blitz in London -- firefighters in Bermondsey, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with hosepipes at a burning gas main in Long Lane, Bermondsey, 8 March 1941. Date: 1941

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- inside a bombed church, WW2

Blitz in London -- inside a bombed church, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at work with a hosepipe inside a bombed church, 12 September 1940. Date: 1940

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- fire and smoke on worst night, WW2

Blitz in London -- fire and smoke on worst night, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- fire and smoke on the worst night of bombing. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in City of London -- Newgate Street, WW2

Blitz in City of London -- Newgate Street, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- a group of firefighters in action in Newgate Street with a hosepipe, perched on a pile of rubble. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Firefighters with fire engine and appliances, WW2

Firefighters with fire engine and appliances, WW2
Firefighters (LFB and AFS) with a fire engine at HQ, showing how the various appliances and equipment are stored compactly, 16 July 1940. Date: 1940

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- AFS firefighter on ladder, WW2

Blitz in London -- AFS firefighter on ladder, WW2
Blitz in London -- an AFS firefighter on a ladder with hose attached, in a training exercise at HQ. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- demonstrating deluge set, WW2

Blitz in London -- demonstrating deluge set, WW2
Blitz in London -- as part of a war weapons week, a firefighter on the Embankment in Central London, 20 May 1941, demonstrates the deluge set

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- firefighters at work, WW2

Blitz in London -- firefighters at work, WW2
Blitz in London -- two firefighters at work with a hosepipe. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up, WW2

Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters getting cleaned up in the station washroom after many hours tackling air raid fires, 19 September 1940. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- training exercise, WW2

Blitz in London -- training exercise, WW2
Blitz in London -- training exercise. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- Mansfield Road sub-station, WW2

Blitz in London -- Mansfield Road sub-station, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters salvage their bedding from the bombed-out Mansfield Road fire sub-station after it was seriously damaged in a bombing raid on 16 November 1940. Date: 1940

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- debris outside Soho fire station, WW2

Blitz in London -- debris outside Soho fire station, WW2
Blitz in London -- piles of debris outside Soho fire station following an air raid, 7 October 1940. Date: 1940

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- rescue squad at sub-station, WW2

Blitz in London -- rescue squad at sub-station, WW2
Blitz in London -- a rescue squad at work, searching the debris at 72Z fire sub-station following an air raid, 18 September 1940. Date: 1940

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2

Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2
Blitz in London -- a battered Austin taxi car, damaged by falling debris following a direct hit on sub-fire station 86W, located at Cavendish Road School, Balham, SW London, 5 November 1940

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- Jewish Free School, WW2

Blitz in London -- Jewish Free School, WW2
Blitz in London -- the Jewish Free School following an air raid. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- salvage operation, WW2

Blitz in London -- salvage operation, WW2
Blitz in London -- a salvage operation on a bomb site following an air raid. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- firefighters in action, WW2

Blitz in London -- firefighters in action, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hosepipes, putting out a fire at the docks following an air raid. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- typical close-up of rubble, WW2

Blitz in London -- typical close-up of rubble, WW2
Blitz in London -- a typical close-up of rubble following an air raid. Date: 1940s

Background imageFirefighter Collection: LMS building damaged by fire, Millwall, London

LMS building damaged by fire, Millwall, London
A building of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway damaged by fire, Millwall, London

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in City of London - Threadneedle Street, WW2

Blitz in City of London - Threadneedle Street, WW2
Blitz in City of London - rubble alongside the Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, following a bombing raid on 18 September 1940. Date: 1940

Background imageFirefighter Collection: Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2

Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 8 September 1940. Two fire floats of the Essex Fire Brigade moored alongside a jetty



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