Images Dated 31st May 2016 (page 33)

Blitz in London -- clearance and repair of bomb damage, King Street Hammersmith, West London

Blitz in London -- Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2
Blitz in London -- Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, 7 September 1940. Firefighters in action with hosepipes, damping down timber stacks following heavy bombing raids

Blitz in London -- Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe, WW2
Blitz in London -- the charred remains of vast areas of stacked timber cargo stored in the Surrey Commercial Docks at Rotherhithe, SE London

Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- foam being applied at a serious oil tank fire at Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 8 September 1940. Principal and senior fire officers inspect progress

Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- fire crews applying foam at a serious oil tank fire at Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 8 September 1940

Foam applied at oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Senior fire officer (white tin-hat ) and firefighters inspect a building at the scene of the oil tank fire at Thames Haven near Thurrock, Essex

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

Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 8 September 1940. Two fire floats of the Essex Fire Brigade moored alongside a jetty

London firefighters marching in SE London street, WW2
LCC-LFB firefighters and AFS marching along Lewisham High Street, SE London, with policemen controlling traffic

LFB band of marching firemen, Lewisham, SE London
The LCC-LFB band leading a London Fire Brigade marching contingent past the Lewisham Clock Tower in SE London

LFB band lead marching firefighters, SE London, WW2
The LCC-LFB band playing and leading a fire brigade contingent on a march through a street in Lewisham, SE London

Firefighters parade prior to march through SE London, WW2
Somewhere in Lewisham, SE London, firefighters parade in a school playground before setting off on a march. They comprise both full time London firefighters and those from the AFS

Firefighters controlling jet of water, Brigade HQ, Lambeth
Two London firefighters controlling a jet of water in the extended Brigade HQ drill yard at Lambeth, SE1

Major fire in Waterden Road, Homerton, E15, WW2
Jets of water being brought to bear by London firefighters onto the blaze in a timber yard in Waterden Road, Homerton, East London

Major fire in Waterden Road, Homerton, E15, WW2
London firefighters and AFS firefighters damping down after a major blaze in Waterden Road, Homerton, East London

Major fire in Waterden Road, Homerton, E15, WW2
London Fire Brigade senior officers directing operations at a major fire in Waterden Road, Homerton, London E15. The firefighters with tin hats rather than helmets would be, in the main

Major fire in Waterden Road, Homerton, E15, WW2
Multiple hose lines leading to the scene of a, major fire in Waterden Road, Homerton, London E15. The escape ladders standing in the roadway would have been removed from their fire appliances so that

Major fire in Waterden Road, Homerton, E15, WW2
Multiple hose lines leading to the scene of a major fire in Waterden Road, Homerton, London E15

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 enclosed Leyland pump, Brigade HQ, WW2
The side locker of the Leyland dual-purpose appliance showing four five-gallon (22 litre) cans of foam compound. When used with the foam generator/branch

LFB enclosed Leyland pump, Brigade HQ, WW2
A side view of the Leyland pump with its extension ladder and hook ladders on the appliance. These dual-purpose appliances allowed the escape ladder and extension ladders to be interchanged

LFB enclosed Leyland pump, Brigade HQ, WW2
A side view of the Leyland pump with its extension ladder and hook ladders on the appliance. These dual-purpose appliances allowed the escape ladder and extension ladders to be interchanged

Womens AFS (WAFS) at Brigade HQ, WW2
Womens Auxiliary Fire Service (WAFS) members receiving hose instruction from London Fire Brigade staff in the Headquarters drill yard at Lambeth, SE1

Massey Shaw fireboat on River Thames, London
The LFBs Massey Shaw fireboat underway on the River Thames, heading under Waterloo Bridge

Massey Shaw fireboat, Victoria Embankment, Blackfriars
The London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw being stowed with an anchor chain whilst alongside its moorings at the Blackfriars river fire station, its base station

London Fire Brigade breakdown lorry rescuing a horse
London firefighters extricating a horse from an excavation in Portland Place, London, using a special horse sling. The Brigades breakdown lorry is lifting the horse to safety using its crane and winch

Auxiliary firefighters at drill, Lambeth HQ, WW2
Auxiliary crews from station 75W (Shelborne Road School sub station in Holloway) getting to work with a trailer pump and jets in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters

Firefighters tackle oil tray fire, Lambeth HQ
An item from the drill display where firefighters extinguish a blazing oil tray fire using foam from two gallon (10 litre) fire extinguishers

Fire brigade display preparations at Lambeth HQ
A mock-up of a domestic room setting being erected to show the dangers of fire at the regular drill displays conducted in the London Fire Brigade headquarters drill yard

Rescue, lowering line from drill tower, Lambeth HQ
Saturday drill display at Brigade HQ Lambeth. London firefighters performing a rescue by lowering a line from the third floor window, during the fire brigade display

Live carry-down from drill tower at Lambeth Brigade HQ
Saturday drill displays at Brigade HQ Lambeth. London firefighters performing a rescue by carrying down an extension ladder from the second floor window during the display

Two man hook ladders drills at Lambeth HQ
Four London firefighters performing two-man hook ladder drills on the Brigade headquarters nine-storey drill tower

London Region (LFB) mobile canteen van
Home Office supplied mobile canteen van typical of those used throughout the London Region to provide tea and refreshments to firefighters at large incidents

LFB trailer pump competition at Brigade HQ, Lambeth
A crew making up hose during a competition in the drill yard. Note the wartime sandbag protection for Lambeth fire stations appliance room

LFB trailer pump competition at Brigade HQ, Lambeth, WW2
Two trailer pump crews engaged in a competition in the headquarters drill yard. The trailer pump had to be set into the water in the emergency inflatable dams

LFB trailer pump competition at Brigade HQ, Lambeth, WW2
Pump competition, using trailer pumps, in the Brigade headquarters drill yard. Emergency inflatable dams are located in the middle of the drill yard

Fire boat SS Sambre at Enderbys Wharf, Greenwich
The London Fire Service fire boat, the SS Sambre, at Enderbys Wharf, Greenwich, SE London

LCC-LFB emergency tender at Lambeth fire station
Crew of an emergency tender demonstrating the range of equipment it carries including breathing apparatus, hot cutting equipment and a smoke extraction unit

LCC-LFB emergency tender at Lambeth fire station
Side view of the emergency tender showing the emergency lighting carried by this appliance

Map of the LCC-LFB area
Map showing 30 incidents of note in the LCC-LFB area

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

Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council Fire Brigade
A horse drawn escape cart and a fire officer belonging to Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB uniformed firemen and large crowd
LCC-LFB uniformed firemen and a large crowd of spectators

LCC-LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, SE London

LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe

LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, SE London

London Fire Brigade station with horse-drawn fire engines
An unidentified London fire station with escape cart and pump on the forecourt, together with crews

London Fire Brigade band at Brigade HQ - Lambeth
Group photograph of the LCC-London Fire Brigade band with the Deputy Chief Officer, Major Frank Whitford Jackson, sitting in the centre of the front row

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