Firefighters Collection (#37)

LCC-LFB Brigade finals of the Technical Quiz
Each year a technical quiz competition was held in the Brigade. First were the Divisional heats that led to the Brigade finals involving the top team of each of the four Divisions

LCC-LFB Principal Officers uniform
A prototype of a lightweight Principal Officers uniform, intended for summer use. A belt normally worn with an officers uniform has been omitted from this design

LCC-LFB Recruit squad in training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Seen here posing for a squad photo with their instructor and a training appliance

LCC-LFB Major church fire, Lower Sloane Street, SW1
Turntable ladders from Lambeth fire station (D61) assisting in the damping down following a fire that gutted a church building in Lower Sloane Street and destroyed it contents

AFS Mobile kitchen in use after major exercise
AFS staff collecting refreshments from a mobile kitchen after taking part in a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire

AFS major exercise at Moreton in Marsh, Glos
AFS firefighters taking part in a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire

AFS Control unit at major exercise, Gloucestershire
Auxiliary firefighters working in the AFS control unit during a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire

LCC-LFB Aftermath of a church fire, Avenue Road NW3
The roof of a church which has been seriously damaged by a fire, with crews starting to cut away and damp down

LCC-LFB aftermath of a fire, Vauxhall Bridge Road
Fire crews damping down following a major blaze in Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico, involving a large single storey corrugated storage facility

LCC-LFB fire scene, Cluny Place, Bermondsey SE1
Firefighters in action at a major fire in Cluny Place, Bermondsey, SE London, affecting adjacent warehouses. The fireman with a walkie-talkie is relaying messages between the senior officer

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 Royal visit by HRH Prince Philip Lambeth
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on an informal visit to Brigade headquarters. Here he is visiting the Lambeth River fire station on the Albert Embankment, SE1

LCC-LFB Major fire, Royal Military Academy, SE18
Multiple fire appliances on the parade ground of the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, London SE18, responding to a serious fire within the building

LCC-LFB fire in commercial van, Putney SW15
A fire crew damping down after dealing with a commercial van fire on the roadway in Putney SW15

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 fire, Talwin Street, Bow, East London
London Fire Brigade crews at the scene of a serious blaze, now under control, in an East London commercial premises at Talwin Street, Bow

Firefighters at a fire, 197 Commercial Road, East London
Firefighters respond to a fire at 197 Commercial Road, East London. An escape ladder has been deployed

LCC-LFB AFS volunteer measured for uniform, WW2
A volunteer for the newly formed AFS being kitted out with his uniform. The Service was created in 1938 to supplement the regular firefighters on the home front, to tackle fires from bombing raids

LCC-MFB horse drawn wheeled escape cart
The newly developed horse drawn wheeled escape cart which allowed the escape ladder to be more easily slipped by the firefighters, thus shortening the time it took to rescue someone from a fire

LCC-LFB AFS recruitment drive
A member of the Auxiliary Fire Service fronting an advertising campaign to seek additional volunteers for the service

LCC-MFB lithograph print of firefighters in action
Metropolitan Fire Brigade firefighters race to the scene of a fire on their horse drawn steamer fire engines

LCC-LFB Review of the Brigade by Edward VII
The Royal review of the London Fire Brigade took place in Hyde Park, London. In addition to a parade and demonstration of firefighting skills, the King awarded medals for gallantry

LCC-MFB Firemen in switchboard & control room
Watchroom at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road, with men manning the switchboard and monitoring the fire alarm control board where calls for assistance were received

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 Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder and crew
Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters No.1 station located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1

LCC-LFB Magirus 85 foot turntable ladder and crew
Magirus 85 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters, No.1 station, located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1

LCC-MFB firemen at drill, Southwark HQ
Firefighters at Metropolitan Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark, carrying out a drill in the yard

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

LCC-LFB sliding pole and rigging
The sliding pole was introduced into the London Fire Brigade in 1904 after its Chief Officer, Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, made an official visit to the USA

Three Injured firemen taken to Barts Hospital
Following a fire that occurred in a flour wharf in Commercial Road, Whitechapel, three injured firemen (right) are placed in a senior officers staff car

Barnet Fire Brigade with appliance
Barnet Fire Brigade posing with an appliance

Wembley Fire Brigade motorised pump-escape and crew. Wembley split from Harrow in 1894, formed its own Urban District Council and established Wembley Fire Brigade

James Braidwood, Superintendent, LFEE
James Braidwood (1800-1861), founder of the worlds first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824. He was the first director of what was to become the London Fire Brigade

LCC Fire Brigade Committee on tour of inspection
A horse drawn open Metropolitan Fire Brigade personnel carrier taking members of the LCCs Fire Brigade Committee on a tour of inspection

LCC-LFB Royal Review in Hyde Park by Edward VII
London Fire Brigade annual review, Hyde Park. King Edward VII had, as Prince of Wales, always been interested in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and its work

Firefighters answering a call, Barking fire station, Essex
Firefighters answering a call at Barking fire station, Essex. Seen here with their team of horses pulling the steam fire engine away from the fire station

LFEE lithograph print of a firefighting scene
A manual pump is being worked by volunteers whilst firefighters from the LFEE direct their efforts and fight the fire. The LFEE was the forerunner of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, formed in 1866

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw in action
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

Auxiliary London firemen at drill on a fireboat, WW2
Auxiliary London firemen (AFS) under instruction in the use of a rocket-line as part of their fireboat drills and training

LFB fireboat Massey Shaw tackling a warehouse fire
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

Engine room of LFB fireboat Massey Shaw
London fireboat engineers at work in the engine room of the Massey Shaw. Showing the Port and Starboard engines and various engine and pressure gauges behind the two firefighters

Armed London firemen at Lambeth fireboat pontoon, WW2
Firemen, carrying rifles, disembarking from the Massey Shaw fireboat and marching from the pontoon gangway at Lambeth. Armed firemen crewed the Massey Shaw when she took part in the evacuation of

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