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Electric pump escape van, Southwark HQAn electric-driven escape van with 85 foot turntable ladder pulling away from the extended Southwark Fire Brigade headquarters in Southwark Bridge Road.SE1
LCC-LFB Fire at the Royal Military Academy, WoolwichA serious fire occurred in this building belonging to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, SE London, during refurbishment of the roof
LCC-MFB 75 foot wheeled escape cartThis horse drawn escape cart carried one of the longer versions of the wheeled escape ladder. Until the introduction of the horse drawn turntable ladder
LCC-LFB Pump escape at Southwark HQThe pump escape and crew at drill in the station yard of Brigade Headquarters at Southwark, SE1. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines led to the development of both self propelled
LCC-LFB New enclosed London fire engineThe new enclosed breathing apparatus and ladder carrying fire engine supplied to the London Fire Brigade by Dennis, based on an LFB design
LFDCA-LFB Dodge / Carmichael turntable ladderDodge/Carmichael Turntable Ladder at Southwark training centre
LCC-LFB Knightsbridge firemen competition winnersThe winning crew of the annual horse drawn and motorised pump escape competition with their station superintendent. Knightsbridge fire station was opened in 1907, and still stands in Basil Street
LCC-LFB Battery-electric pump escape at Brigade HQSeen here at Southwark, Brigade headquarters, is an example of one of the electric driven escape vans. The batteries were stored under the bonnet and the fire engine weighed about two tons
LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station horse drawn steamerStation No 36 was Bishopsgate. Seen here is its horse drawn steamer (without horses), showing the fire box near the large rear wheel of the engine
LCC-MFB Bishopsgate fire station appliance roomThe appliance room of Bishopsgate fire station, located at 162 Bishopsgate in the City of London. Showing its array of fire engines that comprised two horse drawn escape carts
LCC-MFB Escape cart at Southwark HQEscape cart in the yard of Southwark HQ. Prior to this time, the 50 foot wheeled escape ladders were pushed to fires. Around 1890 the Chief Officer, Captain Wells
LCC-MFB Escape cart standing ready in stationAn MFB fire station, showing the escape cart, carrying a 50 foot wheeled escape, ready to be connected to the horses who are standing in the stalls on either side of the fire engine
LCC-LFB Motorised Fire King fire engineThe Fire King was manufactured by Merryweather of Greenwich. The London Fire Brigade purchased the Fire King, one of the first going to Whitefriars fire station
LCC-LFB Motorised Hatfield type fire engineThe London Fire Brigade was introducing motorised fire engines and the last horse drawn appliance (a turntable ladder) would be withdrawn in 1921
LCC-LFB Warehouse fireA firefighter climbing a 50 foot wheeled escape towards a colleague already in the burning warehouse. A hose line is lying on the ladder
LFB Southwark fire station and Brigade HQ, SE1View of the headquarters building of the London Fire Brigade with an extended turntable ladder on the right. The site was developed in 1911 when the present Southwark fire station was opened
LCC-LFB Major fire, Grand Hotel, Trafalgar SquareWestminster and Soho firefighters were joined by almost 100 other firefighters as fire engulfed the seventh floor and roof of the Grand Hotel on the corner of Northumberland Avenue
LCC-LFB Turntable ladder and crew at SouthwarkA steel Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder at the Brigade Headquarters, Southwark SE1
GLC-LFB 50 foot wheeled escape ladder in useAn escape ladder remains pitched to a side balcony and down a narrow access path in the aftermath of a serious fire in a three storey terraced house
GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at PlaistowThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at CroydonThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
Wheeled escape ladder and line / hose boxA wheeled escape ladder which would have been pushed to the scene of a fire rather than being carried on an escape-cart
LCC-LFB Major church fire, Lower Sloane Street, SW1Turntable 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
LCC-LFB Aftermath of a church fire, Avenue Road NW3The roof of a church which has been seriously damaged by a fire, with crews starting to cut away and damp down
LCC-LFB Merryweather Magirus 100 foot turntable ladderThe Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder being demonstrated at the Brigade headquarters, Lambeth. Showing the full working height of the TL, reaching the 9th floor of the drill tower
Firefighters at a fire, 197 Commercial Road, East LondonFirefighters respond to a fire at 197 Commercial Road, East London. An escape ladder has been deployed
Pump vehicle at Southwark HQ, SE1The pump from Southwark fire station at Brigade Headquarters, SE1. Bells and flashing amber lights were the means of clearing a passage through Londons traffic before blue lights
LCC-MFB horse drawn wheeled escape cartThe 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 Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder and crewMagirus 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 crewMagirus 85 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters, No.1 station, located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1
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
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 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
LCC-LFB 100ft mechanical turntable ladder (TL)An example of the all steel turntable ladder which was first introduced into the London Fire Brigade in the 1930s. It required a pump to be in attendance to supply water to its monitor
LCC-LFB enclosed pumping applianceA rear mounted enclosed pump showing the hosereel tubing
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
LCC-LFB horse drawn steamer at drill, Southwark HQ
London Fire Brigade, mobile communications van, WW2London Fire Brigade, mobile communications van
Mobile Communications Van, WW2London Fire Brigade, mobile communications van
MFB at Southwark HQ and scaling laddersA ladder cart at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade HQ at Southwark SE1. Scaling ladders were separate interlocking ladders which when placed together
Head of a turntable ladder (TL) showing the TL monitor and the control handle operated by the firefighter at the top of the ladder
NFS (London Region) fire brigade display at Lambeth, WW2During 1942 and 1943, 23 air raids occurred over the London Region, but they were light in character. The firefighters of the NFS needed to be kept in a state of constant readiness