Emergency Services Collection (page 5)

Firemen aboard a motor fire escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909. Firefighters in brass helmets sit on a fire engine equipped with a removable ladder which could be

Firemen demonstrating hoses worked by a petrol motor pump, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1909
Firemen demonstrating hoses worked by a petrol motor pump through top windows onto the courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909

Firemen in brass helmets aboard a motor hose tender, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909. Moustached firemen pose on a vehicle; one is ringing the bell

Firemen demonstrating motor steamer hoses, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firefighters in brass helmets demonstrate the use of hoses

Firemen aboard a motor steamer, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1909. Firefighters with moustaches and brass helmets sit aboard a fire engine

Firemen demonstrating the magirus ladder, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. A fireman perches at the top of an extendable ladder

Whitechapel Fire Station, Commercial Road, Stepney, London, 1902
Exterior of Whitechapel Fire Station, Commercial Road, Stepney, London, 1902. View from the street of the fire station with pedestrians

Firemen demonstrating a horse-drawm escape vehicle, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910
Uniformed firemen demonstrating a horse-drawn escape vehicle in courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Ropes, extendable fire escape and fire bell visable

Fire engines at Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913
Fire engines at the motor fire escape, Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913. Interior of the appliance room showing vehicles with ladders

Fire engines and equipment at Cannon Street Fire Station, City of London, 1913. Cannon Street Fire Station: motor fire escape

Demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910
Firemen demonstrating how to pick up an unconscious person, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, London, 1910. Firefighters practise techniques for rescuing people overcome by smoke

Firemen carrying out scaling ladder drill, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1910
Uniformed firemen carrying out scaling ladder drill in courtyard, London Fire Brigade Headquarters, 1910. Firefighters practise using ladders

Fire engine at Streatham Fire Station, London, 1903
Fire engine at Streatham Fire Station, Mitcham Road, Lambeth, London, 1903. Ladder protruding from a building

Westminster Fire Station, London, 1906
Exterior of Westminster Fire Station, London, 1906. Building with acute angle on the corner of Francis Street and Victoria Street, Westminster

London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Southwark, London, 1911
Exterior of old London Fire Brigade Headquarters, Southwark, London, 1911. Eastern fac ade of the Victorian Gothic building, seen from the north

London Fire Brigade Headquarters, seen from the street, Southwark, London, (c1900-c1935?)
Exterior of old London Fire Brigade Headquarters, seen from the street, Southwark, London, (c1900-c1935?). Fire station with tower which was used for pracise; the headquarters were built in 1877

St Johns Wood Fire Station, Hampstead, London, 1906
Exterior of St Johns Wood Fire Station, Adelaide Road, Hampstead, London, 1906. Engine entrance and all floors visible

Poplar Fire Station, No 75 West India Dock Road, Poplar, London, 1905
Entrance to Poplar Fire Station, No 75 West India Dock Road, Poplar, London, 1905. Front elevation with doors open, a wheeled fire ladder and men standing outside

Road accident, Calabria road, Islington, London, 1925. A London County Council ambulance attending a road accident victim

Fire at the Olympic Theatre, Wych Street, Westminster, London, 1849. Artist: J Maund
Fire at the Olympic Theatre, Wych Street, Westminster, London, 1849. View depicting the destruction of the theatre by fire on 13th March, 1849, showing a fireman showering the building with water

Ruins of houses burnt down in a fire in Cornhill, City of London, 25 March, 1748. View with firemen in the foreground. Also includes key to buildings

View of fire engines extinguishing a fire in Cornhill, City of London, 25 March 1748. With ruins of buildings in the background

A Westminster fireman in uniform, c1800

A fireman, 1855. Artist: Day & Son
A fireman, 1855. A man dressed in a firemans uniform

St Pauls Cathedral, London, c1855. Artist: Jules Louis Arnout
View of St Pauls Cathedral, London, c1855; with traffic in the foreground, including two firemen running with a ladder, a cart stacked high with bales and a second filled with fruit and vegetables

Firemen fighting the blaze at the Cottons Wharf Fire, Bermondsey, London, 1861. The scene on the morning of Sunday, 23rd June 1861; firefighters train hoses on the blaze as a crowd of spectators

Royal Exchange (2nd) fire, London, 1838. Artist: W Clerk
A view of the Royal Exchange, London, engulfed by fire in 1838. In the foreground a horse drawn fire engine rushes to the disaster and firemen direct jets of water towards the fire

The Awful Destruction of the Royal Exchange (2nd) fire, London, 1838. Artist: W Clerk
View of the Royal Exchange, London, engulfed by fire in 1838

Destruction of the Royal Exchange (2nd) fire, London, 1838
A view of the Royal Exchange, London, engulfed by fire in 1838

Royal Exchange (2nd) fire, 1838. Artist: J Graf
A view of the Royal Exchange, London destroyed by fire in 1838. In the foreground firemen operate their engines, directing jets of water towards the flames

Knightsbridge Fire Station, No 16 Basil Street, Chelsea, London, 1939. Interior of the station showing fire engines and ladders. Advertisement says Join the London Auxiliary Fire Service

Kensington Fire Station, No 13 Old Court Place, Kensington, London, 1905. Interior of the station showing various equipment, and stabling for the horses

Kentish Town Fire Station, No 3a Fortress Walk, St Pancras, London, 1903. Front elevation showing the doors and wheeled ladder

Telephonists at the Fire Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth, London, 1940
Telephonists at the Fire Brigade Headquarters, Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, London, 1940. Interior of the telephone exchange showing telephonists sitting at the switchboard

Euston Fire Station, No 172 Euston Road, St Pancras, London, 1935. Firemen and fire engines are at the ready outside the station

Sydenham Fire Station, Crystal Palace Parade, Lewisham, London, 1907. The fire station is shown with a fire engine and two firemen on duty. Behind is the Crystal Palace, burnt down in 1936

Clerkenwell Fire Station, No 44 Rosebery Avenue, Finsbury, London, 1910. Back of the building showing courtyard, workshop and wheeled fire ladder

Blackheath Fire Station, Tranquil Vale, Blackheath, London, 1905. The exterior of the building is shown with a fire ladder leaning against the side

Fire engine at Cannon Street Fire Station, Cannon Street, City of London, 1907. A horse-drawn fire appliance sits amongst other equipment at the fire station

Firemen outside Bishopsgate Fire Station, Bishopsgate, City of London, 1908. Firemen in uniform with brass helmets stand beside their fire engines

Firemen lined up outside Bishopsgate Fire Station, Bishopsgate, City of London, 1908. Firemen in uniform stand in a row outside their station with fire engines behind

Fire engines at Battersea Fire Station, Este Road, Battersea, London, 1938
Black fire engines at Battersea Fire Station, Este Road, Battersea, London, 1938. Three fire engines are parked within the station

Interior of appliance room, Northcote Road Fire Station, Battersea, London, 1906
Interior of appliance room with stables for horses, Northcote Road Fire Station, Battersea, London, 1906

Cheapside, London, 1881
View of a fire at the corner of Cheapside and Bread Street, London, 1881; with the Fire Brigade in attendance

Metropolitan Fire Brigade, 1873
View showing the different stages of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade scaling ladder drill, 1873

Horse-drawn fire engine, Boise, Idaho, USA, c1900

Westland Whirlwind helicopter making a rescue, 1973. Artist: Michael Walters
Westland Whirlwind helicopter making a rescue, 1973. A Westland Whirlwind HAS 10 beloning to RAF Search & Rescue lowers a member of the rescue team to recover a pilot in his life raft

A House On Fire?, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
A House On Fire?, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Engineers Thumb by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

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