Nfs Collection (page 2)

NFS personnel unloading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to unload luggage from buses onto trolleys outside St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

NFS firefighter helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2
NFS firefighter handing a baby to its mother after she is safely installed in a railway carriage at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944

NFS personnel loading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to load luggage from a trolley onto a train at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

Two firefighters with salvage van and light pump, WW2
Two salvage workers with an NFS salvage van and a light pump. Date: 1940s

NFS firefighting crew with enclosed pump vehicle

First mobile kitchen donation, WW2
The Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, receiving the keys to the first mobile kitchen from Lord Bennett (Richard Bedford Bennett)

AFS firefighters being served from mobile kitchen, WW2
AFS firefighters being served hot meals from a mobile kitchen presented by the Junior Red Cross of Saskatchewan, Canada. Date: 1940s

Interior of a mobile kitchen, WW2
Interior of a mobile kitchen, looking towards the rear, 25 August 1941. Date: 1941

NFS mobile kitchen in operation, WW2
An NFS (London Region No 5) mobile kitchen in operation, handing out meals to women in uniform. The vehicle was donated by the Canadian Red Cross. Date: 1940s

Three women staff officers, London HQ, WW2
Three women staff officers in AFS London uniform, 10 November 1941. They were appointed to London headquarters to work in the recruitment and employment of women in the National Fire Service

NFS recruiting van at Olympia
A National Fire Service recruiting van at Olympia, West London, 14 February 1946, possibly aiming to recruit soldiers returning from the war and visiting to the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps)

Bomb damage and crater, Petherton Road, London, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage and a crater in Petherton Road, North London, 2 July 1944. A salvage operation took place, pumping out flooded basements. Date: 1944

Salvage operation, Petherton Road, London, WW2
Salvage operation, pumping out flooded basements in Petherton Road, North London, on 2 July 1944, during the Second World War. Date: 1944

NFS personnel in salvage operation, WW2
NFS overseas personnel in a salvage operation, helping to remove furniture from damaged houses, 27 June 1944. Date: 1944

Mr Attlee attending hosepipe tests at Wimbledon, WW2
Mr Clement Attlee (Lord Privy Seal in Winston Churchills wartime coalition government, later Deputy Prime Minister 1942-1945 and Prime Minister 1945-1951)

Man with NFS ventriloquists doll
Man with a ventriloquists doll in NFS (National Fire Service) uniform. Date: C.1942

LCC-London Fire Brigade firefighting demonstration in London

Halt! Who are you Tommy - NFs + well fed up
Voice from the darkness Halt ! Who are you. Tommy - NFs + well fed up. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

7th NFs St Georges Day in the trenches
7th NFs St. Georges Day in the trenches. The Red and White roses stuck in the shrapnel proof Helmet. What price me for a fine Tart

NFS fire engines at Wembley
National Fire Service fire engines at Wembley. Date: 1948

Firefighters taking part in a hose training drill, WW2
National Fire Service firefighters taking part in a hose training drill during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

NFS (London) Heavy Unit (Pump) in a street, WW2
A heavy unit, which was the workhorse of the National Fire Service throughout WW2. Built to a Home Office design and specification

NFS recruits training on control panel, WW2
National Fire Service recruits training on a control panel

Firefighter wearing NFS uniform, WW2
Fireman wearing National Fire Service uniform

NFS towing unit and trailer pump, WW2
The National Fire Service was formed in 1941 and Greater London was designated a fire region with Lambeth as the Regional HQ

Conversion of NFS mobile kitchen unit to LFB control unit
London Fire Brigade mobile kitchen ready for conversion to a control Unit

Major blaze at waste tyre dump, Mitcham, Surrey
Even though WW2 was over, the NFS continued until 1948. The London Region covered the Greater London including Mitcham, Surrey

NFS (London Region) HQ staff car
A 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 ramp
A 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

NFS Heavy Unit vehicle appliance awaiting repair
NFS Heavy Unit vehicle which has been in an accident, awaiting repair

NFS Heavy Unit vehicle accident, Ealing, WW2
An NFS Heavy Unit vehicle accident in Ealing, West London. The driver, having lost control of the appliance, struck a tree while responding to an emergency call

NFS heavy unit with hosereels and water tank, WW2
Home Office (NFS) heavy unit fitted with hose reels and water tank on display at London Regional headquarters, Lambeth SE1

NFS (London Region) mobile kitchen, WW2
NFS (London Region) mobile kitchen

NFS (London) Officers Training Centre, Norwood, WW2
NFS (London) Officers Training Centre, Norwood, SE27

NFS (London) Officers Training Centre, Norwood SE27
A wartime social evening at the Knights Hill NFS Officers Training Centre, Norwood, London SE27

NFS (London) River Thames Formation control boat, WW2
Interior view of the control room cabin of one of the London River Formations (River Fire Service) fireboats designated as a control unit for major incidents on the River Thames

NFS Dagenham fire stations Pump Escape(36K-3Z1), WW2
The former local authority fire appliance from Dagenham fire station, seen here at Regional Headquarters, Lambeth SE1. It remains in its pre WW2 livery

NFS radio operator at Ealing HQ (34 D), WW2
NFS radio operator at the radio desk, Fire Force Area 34, Ealing HQ (34 D). On the board in front of her is the listing for the London Regional Area call signs

NFS (London) fire station pumping exercise, WW2
An NFS firefighter using a trailer pump to lift water from the static dam at an NFS fire station and relaying the water

NFS (London) open water pumping exercise, WW2
NFS London firefighters undertaking a pumping exercise from an open water supply (reservoir)

NFS (London Region) Communications caravan, WW2
Firewomen control officers inside a communications caravan on location at an NFS training exercise in Northwood. Middlesex

NFS (Salvage Corps) working at a fire, WW2
Salvage workers from Cannon Street fire station sub-station A2Z.2X (Watling Street) undertaking salvage work at a Waltham Cross warehouse fire

NFS (Salvage Corps) protective sheets, WW2
Salvage sheets put in place by NFS Salvage Corps workers protect goods and equipment from water damage

NFS (Salvage Corps) working at a fire, with salvage sheets protecting goods and equipment from water damage

NFS firefighters and salvage corps working at a fire
Firefighters from Clerkenwell and the NFS Salvage Corps at work at a warehouse fire. The fire engines from right to left are; a towing unit

NFS (London Region) Fire Force No 34 staff car, WW2
Senior fire officers staff car belonging to Fire Force 34 area. Seen here at Area HQ, Haven Court Green, Haven Green, Ealing. West London

NFS (London Region) Salvage Corps at work, WW2
Although financed by Insurance companies, the London Salvage Corps were amalgamated into the National Fire Service (London Region) but maintained their primary salvage role

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