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LCC-LFB fireboat Beta III on sea trialsCivilian marine engineers on the Beta III fireboat during her sea trials prior to being placed in operational service
NFS (London Region) pump repairs, Lambeth workshopsA damaged LCC London Fire Brigade fire engine, after repair, at the Headquarters station, Lambeth. The appliance is without its ladders and equipment and painted in a wartime battleship grey colour
Firefighters (NFS London Region) in breathing apparatusFirefighters wearing Proto Mark IV oxygen breathing apparatus sets, seen here at the Regional Headquarters station, Lambeth, SE1
NFS (London Region) Trailer pumps on bridge buttress, WW2Firefighters from the NFS River Service (Station R1, Lambeth) placing a trailer pump on an elevated buttress on Vauxhall Bridge to supplement emergency water supplies to fire crews on land
NFS London Region control room, HQ, WW2Firemen and firewomen of the NFS (London Region) at the telephone switchboard of the control room at Lambeth HQ
NFS (London Region) AFS exercise, WW2Firefighters practise using their hoses in an NFS (London Region) AFS exercise
NFS (London Region) AFS exercises, WW2Firefighters at a hose pump during NFS (London Region) AFS exercises
War Weapons Week and London Fire Brigade fireboats, WW2The London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw (which took part in the Dunkirk evacuations) and a fire float are moored at Westminster pier whilst their crews are promoting War Weapons Week
Blitz in London -- Queen Victoria Street and Thames StreetBlitz in London -- the apparent confusion of fire hose as London firefighters try to get to grips with the widespread fires started by enemy bombing attacks
Turntable ladder display, London Fire Brigade HQ LambethLondon regular firefighters operating extended turntable ladders in Lambeth Headquarters drill yard for a demonstration of firefighting skills
Visit to LFB by Mr Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, WW2Mr Clement Attlee (Lord Privy Seal in Winston Churchills wartime coalition government, later Deputy Prime Minister 1942-1945 and Prime Minister 1945-1951)
Blitz in London -- firefighting from the River ThamesBlitz in London -- the London Fire Brigade had three fireboats in peacetime, based at Lambeth, Blackfriars, and Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe
LFB fire Control Unit at Brigade HQ, Lambeth, WW2One of the LCC-LFB fire control units allocated to Brigade and District headquarters which attended major fires during the Second World War
Blitz in London -- deluge branch on trailer, WW2Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters pulling a deluge branch on a trailer
Bunk beds at New Cross LFB sub-station, London, WW2Firemen and bunk beds put up in the basement from salvaged materials, at New Cross sub-station, Monson Road, SE London. The men were getting what sleep was possible during the hectic days
Blitz in London -- LFB Southern Division control unit, WW2Blitz in London -- two men and a woman working side by side in an LFB Southern Division control unit during the Second World War
Strand Underground Station, WW2Various people outside Strand Underground Station during the Second World War
Blitz in London -- emergency water main, water bridgeBlitz in London -- firefighters, observed by fire officers, erecting a water bridge, an elevated emergency water main that allows traffic to flow underneath whilst the mains cross over road junctions
Blitz in London -- emergency water mains for firefightingBlitz in London -- frequently water mains were damaged or destroyed by enemy bombing. Emergency water mains were laid, over ground, to which fire hoses could be connected
Blitz in London -- Royal Empire Society, London, WW2Blitz in London -- a senior fire officer inspects the nose of a bomb in the Royal Empire Society (now the Royal Commonwealth Society) building in Northumberland Avenue, Central London
Blitz in London -- fire at Chelsea Embankment, WW2London AFS fire crew dealing with a serious fire caused by a bombing raid on Chelsea Embankment. A photographer, on the left of the picture, captures the moment
Blitz in London -- field kitchen, Woolwich sub-stationBlitz in London -- a field kitchen is set up to feed the London regular and AFS firefighters whose sub-station in Woolwich, SE London, was seriously damaged during an air raid
Blitz in London -- LFB and AFS firefighters, WoolwichBlitz in London -- regular LFB and AFS firefighters working to remove the debris following an air raid on their Woolwich sub-station in SE London that caused extensive damage
King Haakon of Norway visits the London Fire Brigade, WW2Visit of King Haakon of Norway to the London Fire Brigade headquarters during the Second World War. Seen here shaking hands with a dummy used during training
Blitz in London -- house gutted by fire, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters at the aftermath of a house gutted by fire following a incendiary bombing raid
Blitz in London -- Taylors Depository, SouthwarkBlitz in London -- fire crew tackling a blaze following an air raid, at Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark, on 31 January 1941, using turntable ladders
Blitz in London -- funerals of AFS firefighters, WW2Blitz in London -- the funerals of auxiliary firefighters (AFS) who were killed on duty whilst serving during WW2. The names of the 300 plus men
Blitz in London -- Mansfield Road sub-station, WW2Blitz 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
Blitz in London -- Invicta Road, Westcombe Park, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters join Heavy Rescue teams (in overalls) and ARP squads who are searching for casualties and bodies after a heavy explosive bomb devastated buildings in Invicta Road
Blitz in London -- sub-fire station, Woolwich Road, WW2Blitz in London -- the aftermath of a high explosive bomb at sub-fire station 54V, located at the Lombard Wall School, Woolwich Road, SE London
Blitz in London -- damaged LFB vehicle, Shoreditch, WW2Blitz in London -- a London fire brigade general purpose vehicle, from sub-fire station 37X, at 16-18 Paul Street, Shoreditch, with damaged bodywork and engine after being struck by debris
Blitz on London -- Blackfriars Goods Depot, WW2London firefighters struggling to control a powerful jet of water whilst fighting a fire at the Blackfriars Goods (Railway) Depot, Southwark Street
Blitz in London -- vehicle in bomb craterBlitz in London -- vehicle in a bomb crater after an air raid, West India Dock Road
Blitz in London - AFS substation, SouthwarkBlitz in London -- an AFS substation located in Webber Street, Southwark. SE1, with building debris covering fire appliances in the yard area
Blitz in London -- vehicle on roof in Peckham Hill StreetBlitz in London -- the trajectory of the vehicle lifted by a bomb blast from Bonar Road onto the roof of a house in Peckham Hill Street, SE London
Blitz in London -- vehicle on roof, Peckham Hill Street, WW2Blitz in London -- vehicle blasted onto a roof in Peckham Hill Street, SE London
Blitz in London -- bomb damage, Bonar Road, PeckhamBlitz in London -- bomb damage in Bonar Road, Peckham, SE London
Blitz in London -- wreckage of Hurricane fighter plane, WW2Blitz in London -- the wreckage of a Hurricane fighter aircraft shot down over London, lying on the pavement in Buckingham Palace Road
Blitz in London -- St Katherines Dock, Port of London, WW2Blitz in London -- two turntable ladders at work and firefighters directing their jets of water at the warehouse fire in St Katherines Dock, Port of London
Blitz in London -- rescue workers searching debris, WW2Blitz in London -- rescue workers (not firefighters) search through the debris of a bombed building, seeking survivors or extricating the dead, in the Ladywell area of Lewisham, SE London
Blitz on London -- John Lewis, Oxford Street, WW2Blitz on London -- a fire crew extinguishing fires as a result of high explosive and incendiary bombs that fell in the West End area of Oxford Street and Regent Street on 18 September 1940