Working Collection (#95)

Fire dog working at scene of school fire, Dagenham, East London. Fire dogs are used in search and rescue after fires and incidents

Firefighters working at fire on building site
Firefighters working at a fire on a building site in Calypso Crescent, Peckham, London SE15

Firefighter working at scene of fire at New Cross
Firefighter working at the scene of a fire at New Cross, London SE14

Firefighter in breathing apparatus working at fire
Firefighter in breathing apparatus working at a fire in London SW1

Firefighter working from hydraulic platform
Firefighter working from A Hydraulic Platform at a fire in Golders Green, NW London

LCC-LFB Brigade headquarters station watchroom
The watchroom of Southwark Fire Station. Although this had a telephone switchboard serving the adjacent headquarters of the Brigade

LCC-LFB Fire damage at Arding & Hobbs, SW London
Firefighters working at the scene of a major fire at Arding & Hobbs Department Store, Clapham, in December 1909. Surprisingly, they have dispensed with their brass helmets

GLC-LFB Brigade Headquarters Control Unit (CU)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

GLC-LFB Breathing Apparatus Coach (BAC)
The mid 1970s saw a number of innovative appliance designs come into play as the London Fire Brigade adapted to an ever changing and more Health and Safety conscious working environment

GLC-LFB-Prototype of firemans working rig
A design of the firemens new working rig for general day to day usage. It was not introduced

GLC-LFB New style firemans working rig (uniform)
Prototype of a proposed change to the general working rig of firemen. They were not introduced

LCC-LFB Period fire display at Southwark HQ
London firefighters putting on a weekly display for the public at Southwark, Brigade Headquarters. They are using a Victorian manual fire pump in a reenactment of the days of horse drawn fire engines

LCC-LFB Merryweather Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder
The 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

LCC-LFB rear of a Shand Mason steam fire engine
The working end of the Shand Mason horse drawn steam fire engine, showing the detail of the steam driven fire pump

London fire officer dies at Covent Garden fire
Station Officer Charles Fisher died fighting the blaze at the Covent Garden Market fire. The plan shows the extent of the fire but cannot show the extreme heat

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

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) 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

Firefighters doing productive work in lull period, WW2
During the longer lulls in firefighting activities, NFS firefighters took part in industrial production for the countrys war needs

Home Office NFS Coordination Control Room, WW2
The resources of the various Regions were recorded at the central deployment control room of the Home Office, the government department responsible for the NFS

Cooks in the kitchen at Bromley fire station, WW2
Cooks at work in the kitchen at the new Bromley NFS (National Fire Service) sub-station during the Second World War

Blitz in London -- LFB Southern Division control unit, WW2
Blitz in London -- two men and a woman working side by side in an LFB Southern Division control unit during the Second World War

Blitz in London -- LFB and AFS firefighters, Woolwich
Blitz 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

Pumps working from dams, Thames Haven, WW2
Two major pumping units (NFS) set into an emergency inflatable dam and supplying water to the scene of a serious oil tank fire at the Thames Haven oil tank farm near Thurrock in Essex

Massey Shaw fireboat at Blackfriars river fire station
The Massey Shaw fireboat, launched in 1935, moored alongside her Blackfriars river station, located on the Victoria Embankment, City of London

Major fire in Waterden Road, Homerton, E15, WW2
London Fire Brigade crews, consisting of full-time and AFS firefighters, tackling a major fire in Homerton, East London. Crews seen working with both major and trailer fire pumps

LFB firefighters working on a roof at a warehouse fire
London firefighters working with hose lines on a warehouse roof at the scene of a fire, Carran Wharf in Upper Thames Street. City of London

Convicts at work, 1836 Date: 1836

Convict railway, Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1830 Date: 1830

Convicts in Tasmania
Convicts rafting pine logs, Grummet Island, Macquarie Harbor, Tasmania, 1830 Date: 1830

Elephants in Ceylon
Elephants in a river, Ceylon, c1900 Date: c. 1900

Working the monoliths. Photo shows construction at US Capitol, including S. Wing and Centre Building. The workmen include African Americans. Date 1860. Working the monoliths

Print shows the harbor at Quebec, one ship at anchor, men working loading or unloading a boat, and merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Quebec as a typical European city. Date 177-

Advert for recruiting women for the WaF 1942
Serve in the WaF. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force. As an administrative airwoman. Good organizers are needed in a fast growing service

Print shows people working along shore and wharf on the wate

The General Strike, 1926: volunteers
Are we downhearted? The answer is Negative. A page from The Tatler, applauding the magnificent response which all classes of Society made to the Governments call for volunteers in the wake of

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