Fire Brigade Collection (page 4)

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

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

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

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

A Corner of the Rio Fire Brigades Head-quarters, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Band of the Rio Fire Brigade, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Humaita District Fire Station, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

The Fire Brigade Head-quartes, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

At the telephone, London Fire Brigade, c1900 (1901). The London Fire Brigade is the statutory fire and rescue service for London. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act of 1865

Servants fire brigade at the Hotel Cecil, London, c1903 (1903). The Hotel Cecil was built between 1890 and 1896 between the Thames Embankment and the Strand

London County Council Fire Brigade Committee starting on an inspection, c1903 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims

Etons amateur firemen practising a hose drill, Berkshire, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

Islington fire brigade, London, 1901 (1951). A print from 100 Years in Pictures, A panorama of History in the Making, text by DC Somervell, Odhams press Limited, London, 1951

Fire engine on a sledge, 1662 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union

Horse-drawn fire engine, c19th century

London fires, 1887. Lookout at the Central London Fire Brigade Station, Southwark Bridge Boad. A print from The Illustrated London News, 19th Febuary 1887

Jan van der Heyden, Dutch Baroque-era painter, draughtsman, printmaker and inventor, c1870. Artist: H Sluyter
Jan van der Heyden, Dutch Baroque-era painter, draughtsman, printmaker and inventor, c1870. Van der Heyden (1637-1712) improved the design of the fire hose and wrote

Fire engine, 1820. Artist: J & T Bartlett
Fire engine, 1820

A fire engine, Shoreditch, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Brightman
A fire engine, Shoreditch, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

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