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LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender and crewSouthwarks Emergency Tender and crew. By the 1920s emergency tenders were developing into far more that just a carrier of firefighters with breathing apparatus and lighting at incidents
Cheam Borough Fire Brigade, SurreySuperintendent of Cheam Fire Brigade with the winners of a Brigade competition shield. A manual horse drawn pump stands in the rear
Barnet Fire Brigade with fire fighting equipment. Until 1903 there was only a voluntary fire brigade in Barnet. A purpose built fire station
London Fire Engine Establishment fireman in uniformFormed in 1833, the LFEE was Londons first properly organised fire brigade, having taken over from the various Insurance Company fire brigades around the capital
Fireman from Massey Shaw reunited with family, WW2A London fireman, who volunteered to crew the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw, is reunited with his daughter after returning from the Dunkirk evacuations of late May and early June 1940
Armed London fireman reunited with family, WW2A London fireman, who volunteered to crew the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw, is reunited with his wife and daughter after returning from the Dunkirk evacuations in which the Massey Shaw
LCC-LFB fireboats using monitors on the Thames, WW2Auxiliary and regular firefighters getting monitors and jets of water to work from fireboats and a Thames barge near Westminster Bridge, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament
LCC-LFB Shand Mason horse-drawn steam fire engineTwo London firemen and a fireman engineer next to a large horse-drawn steam fire engine, known as a steamer, at Shooters Hill Fire Station, SE London
Merryweather steam fire engine with crewA Merryweather steam fire engine with crew at a coastal location. The plaque on the vehicle says: First Grand Prize, London Patent, and the words on the raised ladder: Victorys Anchor Oct 21st 1805
LCC-LFB fire at Tufnell Park Road, North LondonLondon firefighters with a horse-drawn escape cart and a steamer pump at the scene of a house fire at 128 Tufnell Park Road, North London, 12 March 1907
LCC-LFB firefighters in Proto breathing apparatusLondon firefighters in Proto breathing apparatus, exiting from a fire in a building
Fire at J Lyons Corner House, The Strand, LondonFirefighters deal with a fire in J Lyons Corner House, The Strand, Central London. This was a popular and famous tea room in Londons West End, opened in 1915
LCC-LFB J Lyons Corner House fire, The StrandFirefighters deal with a fire in J Lyons Corner House, The Strand, Central London. This was a popular and famous tea room in Londons West End, opened in 1915
London Salvage Corps and LFB at the scene of a fire. The salvage workers can be identified by their black Braidwood style helmet
Blitz in London -- women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2Blitz in London -- women in the Auxiliary Fire Service marchng
Blitz in London -- a welcome tea break, WW2London Auxiliary firefighters enjoy a welcome cup of tea from a grateful resident in Crawford Street, Camberwell, SE London
Women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2Formed in 1933, the Auxiliary Fire Service played a vital part in the London Fire Brigades efforts to deal with the bombing, and resultant Blitz, upon London
Firefighters of the London Fire Brigade pose for a photograph
Firefighters and winter snows, WW2The early winters of the Second World War were snowy with numerous falls of one or two feet and occasional falls (such as in 1940-1941) in which snow depths of up to 16 feet (drifts) were recorded
NFS messenger boy at Pimlico bombing, WW2The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico, with a messenger boy in the foreground. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene
V1 (flying bomb) attack in Poplar, East London, WW2In June 1944 the first flying bombs were launched against London, and between 2 and 3 August 107 flying bombs hit London targets
New NFS sub-fire station, Bushey District 34, WW2With the longer lulls in enemy bombing following the Blitz on London, fire service personnel were put to more productive work in addition to their normal training and drills
LCC London Fire Brigade asbestos protective suitCarried on emergency tenders (ETs) an asbestos suit allowed a firefighter to approach a serious fire at close quarters for the purpose of closing down a control valve or a similar task
Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2Civil defence rescue workers carrying a casualty from the exercise site. A policewoman and a nurse are with the rescue team
MFB fire float and tug with river firemenA Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug with river firemen. These composite craft were introduced in 1877 by Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, Chief Fire Officer of the MFB
London AFS fireman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2London AFS fireman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz
London AFS firewoman at a hospital during the Blitz, WW2London AFS firewoman at a hospital for medical attention during the Blitz
NFS firefighter under-running a fire hose, WW2A London Region NFS firefighter in an instructional photograph demonstrating the correct method of under-running (which removes the water from inside the hose) prior to rolling the hose up after use
Womens Voluntary Service (WVS) canteen van, WW2Women from the WVS providing refreshments to National Fire Service London firefighters. The canteen van was presented to the London Region by the township of Inchfawn Bar Harbour, USA
NFS (London Region No 5) firewomans uniform, WW2Created in 1941, the NFS nationalised the British Fire Service and split the UK into different regions. Seen here is a London firewoman in the NFS uniform
Firewomans uniform of the NFS, WW2Firewomans uniform of the National Fire Service
Senior fire officer Lucas, at LFB HQ, Lambeth SE1Senior fire officer Lucas in the 8th floor roof garden of Brigade headquarters
LCC (LFB) Stores and Clothing Depot, Elgin Avenue, W9London firefighters from the Kensington sub-station (12W) Lonsdale Road School, attending the London County Councils stores and clothing depot in Elgin Avenue, W9, to be kitted out with uniforms
AFS women resting in bunks, Southwark Fire Station, WW2AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women resting in bunks at Southwark Fire Station (Station 60), Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, during the Second World War
Blitz in London -- Bessborough Place, Pimlico, WW2Blitz in London -- fire brigade heavy unit and a trailer pump in the foreground of a major fire in Bessborough Place, Pimlico, SW London following a bombing raid
Blitz in London -- improvised shoulder protectorsBlitz in London -- the London Fire Brigade innovated to protect its fire crews from injury from falling debris by utilising old rubber tyres, cut to form shoulder protectors
Blitz in London -- training in use of breathing apparatusBlitz in London -- regular London firefighters being trained in the use of breathing apparatus (BA) at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth
Blitz in London - Firefighters at work with hosepipe, WW2Blitz in London - London firefighters damping down after enemy bombing caused serious fires which gutted this steel framed building
Wreckage of German bomber on house in Bromley, WW2Blitz in London -- inspecting the wreckage of an enemy plane that crashed onto a house in Bromley, Kent
Blitz in London -- bomb damage, Peckham Hill Street, WW2Blitz in London -- bomb damage at the rear of Peckham Hill Street, SE London
Blitz in London -- Tottenham Court Road, WW2Blitz in London -- workmen clear out a bomb crater in Tottenham Court Road after an air raid
Blitz in London -- Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe, WW2Blitz in London -- roofs of the timber cargo storage areas totally collapsed after the intensity of the fires that devastated the Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, SE London
Blitz in London -- Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2Blitz in London -- No.6 Warehouse, Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, 7 September 1940. Fire crews in action with five jets and a turntable ladder
Blitz in London -- burnt out cargo ship, Rotherhithe, WW2Blitz in London -- a close up of a burnt out cargo ship in the Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, SE London. Firefighters continue to damp down hot-spots of fire within the ship
Blitz in London -- warehouse in Rotherhithe, WW2Blitz in London -- the remains of a warehouse in Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, SE London. Surrey Docks was extensively bombed on 7 September 1940, and on subsequent nights
Blitz in London -- aftermath of bombing, Cheapside, WW2Blitz in London -- the aftermath of a bombing raid on the City of London, with St Pauls Cathedral in the background. A fire brigade trailer pump at work near Cheapside EC4 with firefighters damping
Two man hook ladders drills at Lambeth HQFour London firefighters performing two-man hook ladder drills on the Brigade headquarters nine-storey drill tower
AFS car and trailer pump at LCC-LFB HQ, LambethBeresford Stork light-trailer pump with saloon car. Such combinations were utilised by the Auxiliary Fire Service in London to supplement the full time force in preparations for the forthcoming
