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LCC-LFB sliding pole and riggingThe 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 HospitalFollowing 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 applianceBarnet 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, LFEEJames 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-LFB Merryweather Hatfield fire engineAn LFB firefighting crew on a motorised steam pump. The motorised age came to the London Fire Brigade at Southwark in September 1909
LCC-LFB firemen using the sliding pole on a callFollowing a visit to the United States, Chief Officer Eyre Massey Shaw brought back the idea of sliding poles which he saw in American fire houses
LCC Fire Brigade Committee on tour of inspectionA 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 VIILondon 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
LFEE lithograph print of a firefighting sceneA 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
Auxiliary London firemen at drill on a fireboat, WW2Auxiliary London firemen (AFS) under instruction in the use of a rocket-line as part of their fireboat drills and training
Engine room of LFB fireboat Massey ShawLondon 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
Engine room of London Fire Brigade fireboatLondon firefighter engineers at work in the engine room of a fireboat
Armed London firemen at Lambeth fireboat pontoon, WW2Firemen, 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
LCC-LFB steam fire engine racing in Hyde ParkKing Edward VII took the Review of the London Fire Brigade in Hyde Park. Part of the review involved a demonstration of driving skills by the coachmen of the London Fire Brigade
LCC- MFB horse drawn steamer at WestminsterA steamer and crew at Westminster fire station, Francis Street, Victoria, during the latter years of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (it was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904)
LCC-LFB fire engine drills at Southwark HQThe Metropolitan Fire Brigade was renamed the London Fire Brigade in 1904, with much of its former equipment still in regular use. Self-propelled fire engines were being introduced by 1904
LCC-LFB fire engine trials at Crystal PalaceThe Merryweather Hatfield pump was first developed by Merryweather of Greenwich in the late 1890s. By 1916 the decision was taken to move totally to motorised fire engines
LCC-LFB Knightsbridge fire station stablesOpened on 27 June 1907, Knightsbridge fire station was located at 16 Basil Street. Horses would remain in use in the London Fire Brigade until 1921
Blitz in London -- religious service with AFS, WW2A priest conducts a prayer service at a London Fire Brigade sub-station attended by the men and women of the AFS serving there and for their colleagues working further afield
LCC-LFB four pump fire and a typical street sceneA London street scene and a fire that required four pumps to deal with the incident. Charged hose is feeding one of the pumps but life seems to continue despite the fire brigade activity that is
LCC-LFB Daylight Rubber Co fire, Farringdon RoadA major fire at the Daylight Rubber Co warehouse in Farringdon Road required many pumps and a turntable ladder to quell the blaze, involving rubber goods
LFB Crystal Palace fire, Fire Chief and Duke of KentChief Officer Major Cyril Morris CBE.MC.KPM of the London Fire Brigade, attending the scene of the Crystal Palace fire, seen here with the Duke of Kent
LCC-LFB Commercial building fire, Avery Hardoll, ElthamLFB firefighters in action at a commercial building fire at Avery Hardoll, Eltham, SE London. The fire started in a former shop and dwelling which had been converted into a commercial undertaking
LFB Massey Shaw fireboat on River Thames, LondonBuilt in 1934 by J Samuel White at Cowes, Isle of Wight, the Massey Shaw cost £ 18, 000 to build. It was stationed at Blackfriars river station when this photograph was taken
LCC-LFB Fireboat Beta III on the River ThamesFireboat Beta III facing downriver, seen from the River Fire Station at Rotherhithe (Cherry Garden Pier)
London Fire Brigade canteen van at a fireFirefighters of the London Fire Brigade queue at the canteen van for lunch, after dealing with a commercial fire
Blitz in London -- mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, WW2Blitz in London -- a mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, firefighters. These vehicles were donated to Britains fire services for the war effort by the Canadian Red Cross
Blitz in London -- tea break for AFS firefighter, WW2Blitz in London -- an AFS woman in a canteen van pours a cup of tea for her male opposite number
Blitz in London -- Regulars and Auxiliaries side by sideRegular London firefighters with their LFB pump escape side by side with their Auxiliary (AFS) counterparts and their towing vehicle at a London fire station
LFB firefighters and winter snowsThe early winters of WW2 were snowy with numerous falls of 1-2 feet and occasional falls (such as 1940-41) in which snow depths of up to 16 feet (drifts) were recorded
LFB firefighters and winter snows, WW2The early winters of WW2 were snowy with numerous falls of 1-2 feet and occasional falls (such as 1940-41) in which snow depths of up to 16 feet (drifts) were recorded
Blitz in London -- firefighters with damaged vehicle, WW2Regular London and AFS personnel standing by their towing taxi (which would have towed a trailer pump). The vehicle has suffered debris damage following a bombing raid
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) taking part in Exercise Gateway
Firefighters parade at the Lord Mayors ShowFirefighters parade (and guests seated) at Cannon Street fire station for the Lord Mayors Show, City of London
Thames Waterman on Massey Shaw fireboatA Thames Waterman in traditional costume with a fire company badge on his left sleeve, standing on the deck of the LFBs Massey Shaw fireboat
LCC-LFB AFS exerciseA London firewoman acting as a radio operator on the heavy unit from Hammersmith fire station at a combined full-time/auxiliary fire exercise
LCC-LFB AFS mobile column exerciseLCC-London Fire Brigade Auxiliary Fire Service mobile column exercise
Lord Mayors Show, LFB Emergency TenderThe Lord Mayors parade, City of London. Included in the London Fire Brigade procession of appliances was one of the emergency tenders followed by the breakdown lorry
AFS contingent in Lord Mayors ShowAuxiliary Fire Service (AFS) Control Room float in the Lord Mayors Show, City of London
LCC-LFB enclosed pumping applianceA rear mounted enclosed pump showing the hosereel tubing
LCC-LFB Control Room at Lambeth HQ SE1Brigade control was located in the basement of the Headquarters building. A view of the card index rotary drums that recorded the address of every London thoroughfare
Auxiliary Fire Service mobile control unit
NFS(London Region) Boy trapped in a coal scuttleBoy trapped in a milk churn is set free at Brigade HQ on 4 July 1947. The milkman had brought him to the fire station in his milk float
NFS (London Region) HQ staff carA staff car, with accident damage to front right wing, outside Lambeth workshops. Fire Force Area 38 headquarters was located at Wimbledon where this car would have been allocated
NFS heavy unit crew removing mobile pump by rampA heavy unit from a Brixton fire station sub-station, seen here at Regional headquarters, Lambeth, with the crew either removing or loading the trailer pump which was the appliances fire pump when
Home Office model of a building
LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart at drill-SouthwarkSouthwark (Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade), slipping the escape ladder from the horse-drawn escape cart. The London County Council was created in 1889