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Backstage at a the Variety Theatre, Paris, FranceBackstage at the Variety Theatre in Paris, before the show begins. Names include Castera, Duvernon, Brossard, Valentino, Dea, De Prony, Lassouche and Darbel
Central Fire Station, Spokane, Washington State, USA, with fire crew and horse-drawn engines. 1900s
Adams Motor Hose Truck with firemen, Findlay, Ohio, USAAdams Motor Hose Truck with fire crew of the Kittanning Fire Department No.3, Findlay, Ohio, USA. Date: 1912
Fire Station engine house no. 4, Sacramento, California, USA. Date: circa 1908
Group photo, Epsom Fire Station, Surrey. Date: circa 1910
Stokehole of the Atlantic Liner 1903Stokers in the boiler room on board a atlantic liner. Date: 1903
Bookmark, Royal Exchange Assurance, LondonBookmark, Royal Exchange Assurance (insurance company), London, depicting a Royal Exchange fireman of 1832. Date: 20th century
Refreshments for emergency workers, WW2Refreshments for emergency workers on the Home Front during the Second World War, no doubt including a warming and fortifying hot Bovril drink. Date: 1940s
Decorative Card - Firefighter rescuing a woman
John Everett Millais, The Rescue - a fireman rescues three children and returns them to their mother. 1855
The Railway Fireman. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1965. Date: 1965
Merryweather fire-engine 1905New motor fire-engine just adopted by the London Fire Brigade, could do 50 h.p and was capable of delivering 500 gallons a minute. Date: 1905
Typical Victorian manual parish fire pumpA typical Victorian manual parish fire pump of the type used in London by the Insurance fire brigades prior to the creation of the London Fire Engine Establishment under its Chief Fire Officer
London Fire Brigade operating extended ladderLondon Fire Brigade operating an extended ladder. Date: circa 1920s
Blitz in London -- firefighters outside a church, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters with vehicle and hosepipes outside a church with an ornate gothic doorway during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
London Fire Brigade at work in a narrow streetLondon Fire Brigade at work with an extended ladder in a narrow street, probably in the City of London. Date: circa 1920s
Auxiliary firefighters group photograph, WW2Men of the Auxiliary Fire Service in a group photo during the Second World War, with a sign inviting others to Join the London Auxiliary Fire Service. Date: circa 1940s
Blitz in London -- Sparricks Row, Southwark, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hoses inside a building in Sparricks Row, Southwark, during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s
Fire Brigade crews in procession with bannersFire Brigade crews in procession in a street with horse-drawn vehicles and banners, with spectators lining the route. Date: circa 1890s
Group photo, AFS men and women, Dulwich, WW2Group photo of Auxiliary Fire Service men and women outside Dulwich Fire Station during the Second World War, with vehicles and sandbags. Date: circa 1940s
Firefighter posing proudly by LCC LFB vehicle, Surrey. Date: circa 1950s
John Howard, Victorian fireman, in studio portraitJohn Howard, Victorian fireman, in a studio portrait on a carte de visite. Date: 1868
LFB turntable ladders in use at Hackney fireFirefighters in action at Messrs Woolf, a furniture store in Hackney, East London. Date: 1949
Fire at Chappell & Co, New Bond Street, LondonFire at Chappell & Co, music publishers, New Bond Street, London, 6 May 1964. Date: 1964
LCC-LFB Edgware Road Fire Station group photo. Date: circa 1910s
London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw underwayThe Massey Shaw fireboat nearing her berth at Blackfriars on the Victoria Embankment, London. Date: 1938
James Braidwood, Superintendent, LFEEJames Braidwood (18001861), 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
First Steam Fire Engine, EnglandFirst Steam Fire Engine constructed in England, by Braithwaite and Ericsson, inventors and constructors of London. Date: 1830
Croydon Fire Brigade, South Norwood stationThe firefighters of the Croydon Fire Brigade serving at South Norwood station, South Norwood High Street, together with their horse drawn manual fire engine. Date: 1870
First Steam Fire Engine, USAFirst Steam Fire Engine constructed in the United States of North America, by Paul R Hodge, inventor and constructor of New York. Date: 1840
A firefighter with a Merryweather wheeled ladder escapeA firefighter with a wheeled ladder escape, Merryweathers Police Fire Ladders. Date: circa 1890s
Firefighters and policemen climbing a ladder, while a woman and girl stand in the open doorway below. Date: circa 1910s
Firefighters and guests, Whitefriars LFB Annual BallGroup photo, firefighters and their guests, some of them in fancy dress, at the Whitefriars LFB Annual Ball, 17 March 1920. Date: 1920
Fire Brigade at Carrow Works, Norwich. 19th century
London Fire Brigade band, group photo, with brass, woodwind and percussion instruments. Date: circa 1920s
Blitz in London -- AFS firefighters in action, WW2Blitz in London -- Auxiliary Fire Service firefighters in action at night during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
NFS (London Region) Boy trapped in a milk churnBoy 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. Date: 1947
LCC-MFB firemen with vehicle. Date: circa 1900s
A firefighter in action on a wheeled ladder escape. Date: circa 1900s
LCC-LFB Hanwell Fire Brigade prizewinnersLCC-LFB Hanwell Fire Brigade winners of shield, 1st Prize at Crystal Palace 1904 Demonstration and Grand Fete, 17 August 1904. Date: 1904
LFB firefighters in action in a London streetLFB firefighters in action with ladders and hoses at a fire in a London street. Date: mid-20th century
Blitz in London -- damaged vehicle, WW2Blitz in London -- a damaged vehicle in a street, surrounded by rubble. Date: 1940s
LCC-LFB firemen in football team, New Cross, SE LondonLCC-LFB firemen in football team group photo with cup, New Cross, SE London. Mr Robiliard is the officer on the left. Date: 1899
Roberts self-propelling steam fire engineWilliam Roberts of Millwalls self-propelling steam fire engine. Roberts was managing foreman of Brown, Lenox & Co of Millwall who maintained a private brigade. Date: 1862
Firefighting training display at Southwark HeadquartersLondon Fire Brigade special training event at Southwark Headquarters, open to the public, with jets of water pointing down towards the centre of the courtyard. Date: circa 1910s
LCC-LFB Motor Escape Competition winners 1937, HQ (A Watch), with a vehicle in the background. Date: 1937
London Fire Brigade firemen on a fireboat, River ThamesLondon Fire Brigade firemen operating a hosepipe on a fireboat on the River Thames, with St Pauls Cathedral in the background. Date: circa 1940s
Fire Station Officer Soggee in studio photographFire Station Officer Soggee in a studio photograph, in uniform with his brass helmet under his arm. Date: circa 1910s