Images Dated 31st May 2016 (#24)

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights
Southwarks Emergency Tender with lights. By the mid-1920s emergency tenders were developing into far more than just a carrier of firefighters with breathing apparatus

LCC-LFB Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder and crew
Magirus 100 foot turntable ladder in the drill yard of Southwark headquarters No.1 station located in Southwark Bridge Road SE1

LCC-LFB Southwarks breakdown lorry and crew
A view of the London Fire Brigades first breakdown lorry, commissioned in 1919. This Dennis vehicle had a rear mounted crane and various sheerlegs to allow for sewer and other line rescues

LCC-LFB early foam tender at Southwark with crew
An early foam tender at Southwark HQ with crew. The coming of the motor vehicle brought with it the consequent risks involving fires of petroleum

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew
Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew. Emergency tenders were primarily a means of providing firefighters with breathing apparatus and illumination at incidents

LCC-LFB Clerkenwell emergency tender
This classic picture shows one of the LFBs first emergency tenders, a Dennis motor pump, introduced in 1904. These Dennis fire engines carried the first breathing apparatus sets

LCC-LFB Clerkenwells emergency tender
Emergency tender belonging to Clerkenwell fire station. The ET was primarily a means of providing firefighters with breathing apparatus and illumination at incidents

Fire Brigade street fire alarm call post
A passer-by breaks the glass cover of a fire alarm with his elbow to notify the fire brigade of an incident. By the outbreak of the First World War the London Fire Brigade area was well covered with

LCC-LFB Clerkenwells Emergency Tender
Clerkenwells ET crew exiting their vehicle in breathing apparatus whilst at the Brigade Headquarters in Lambeth, SE1

LCC-LFB sliding pole and rigging
The 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

Barnet Fire Brigade with appliance
Barnet Fire Brigade posing with an appliance

Barnet Fire Brigade with fire fighting equipment. Until 1903 there was only a voluntary fire brigade in Barnet. A purpose built fire station

Firewoman of the AFS, Jean Savory, WW2
Miss Jean Savory (1920-2000), firewoman, one of the first volunteers to join the AFS on the outbreak of WW2. She was attached to Red Cross Street fire station in the City of London

Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire medal
Firefighters from the insurance brigades and the London Fire Engine Establishment would put out the fires but did not provide much in the way of helping people to escape

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, LFEE
James 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 engine
An LFB firefighting crew on a motorised steam pump. The motorised age came to the London Fire Brigade at Southwark in September 1909

LCC- MFB motorised senior officers car
At the turn of the century motorised transport was making its presence felt in Londons fire brigade, Seen here is Superintendent Cs Egerton

LCC Fire Brigade Committee on tour of inspection
A horse drawn open Metropolitan Fire Brigade personnel carrier taking members of the LCCs Fire Brigade Committee on a tour of inspection

LCC-LFB Whitefriars fire station, City of London
Whitefriars fire station, City of London, showing a combination of the future and the past as the first self-propelled Fire King steam fire engine joins the horse drawn steam pump

LCC-LFB Royal Review in Hyde Park by Edward VII
London Fire Brigade annual review, Hyde Park. After the medal presentation the crowds were allowed to inspect the assembled lines of immaculate fire engines

LCC-LFB Royal Review in Hyde Park by Edward VII
London 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

LCC-LFB Royal Review in Hyde Park by Edward VII
London 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

LCC-LFB Brigade HQ, Southwark SE1
Built for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, after the Watling Street headquarters building became too small for the growing fire service

LCC-LFB Clapham fire station, Old Town, SW London
Located in Grafton Square, Old Town, Clapham fire station remained operational until 1963 when it was demolished to make way for the new Clapham fire station that stands on the site today

LCC-LFB Royal Review in Hyde Park by Edward VII
London 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

Firefighters answering a call, Barking fire station, Essex
Firefighters answering a call at Barking fire station, Essex. Seen here with their team of horses pulling the steam fire engine away from the fire station

LFEE lithograph print of a firefighting scene
A 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

LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat, Greenwich, SE London
The Massey Shaw fireboat was built in 1935 on the Isle of Wight, and fitted out with powerful Merryweather pumps in Greenwich, SE London

LCC-LFB fireboat fleet at Lambeth HQ, London
As part of the formal opening of the London Fire Brigade headquarters building on the Albert Embankment, Londons fireboats Massey Shaw

LCC-LFB fireboat Beta III, midstream on River Thames
A side view of the London Fire Brigades fireboat Beta III, stationary and midstream, downstream of Tower Bridge with Wapping wharves in the background

LCC-LFB fireboat Beta III, midstream on River Thames
The London Fire Brigade maintained a small fleet of fireboats to meet the needs of dealing with ship and riverside related fires in the Port of London

LCC-LFB fireboat Beta at Cherry Garden Pier
Fireboat Beta alongside Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe, in the Port of London, downstream from Tower Bridge. The twin funnelled Beta had a large capacity firefighting fitted monitor near its prow

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw in action
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

Launching London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw
The Massey Shaw was built in 1935 on the Isle of Wight. It was fitted out with its powerful Merryweather pumps in Greenwich, SE London

LFB fireboat Massey Shaw tackling a warehouse fire
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

Fireboat Massey Shaw returning to London after Dunkirk, WW2
Return of the LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw to London after evacuation of Allied forces at Dunkirk

Armed London firemen at Lambeth fireboat pontoon, WW2
Firemen, 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 fireboat Beta at Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe
Fireboat Beta alongside Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe, in the Port of London, downstream from Tower Bridge. The twin funnelled Beta had a large capacity firefighting fitted monitor near its prow

Manually pulled and operated Insurance Company engine
A manually pulled and operated Insurance Company fire engine

Diagram of a fire brigade respirator

Merryweather horsed steam pump and firewomen
A Merryweather horsed steam pump and firewomen

LCC-LFB steam fire engine racing in Hyde Park
King 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 Westminster
A 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)

London Fire Brigade Fire King appliance with crew
A London Fire Brigade Fire King appliance with crew. In 1899 Merryweather of Greenwich modified its steamer pumps to also propel the vehicle

Self-propelled fire engine at LCC-LFB Southwark HQ
The Hatfield motor pump was the first petrol driven engine appliance in which the engine was used to operate the fire pump

LCC-LFB fire engine drills at Southwark HQ
The 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-MFB petrol driven motor tender
This chain transmission driven first-aid tender carried the first small water tank which operated under pressure of carbon dioxide gas

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