Firefighters Gallery

LCC-LFB Bishopsgate fire station, City of London

Bishopsgate fire station, located at 162 Bishopsgate, City of London, 10 July 1904, showing the combination of horse drawn and mechanised fire engines. The horseless engine is a self-propelled fire engine called the Fire-King with a top speed of 25 miles per hour and weight of 5.5 tons. The station finally closed in 1964 with the opening of the new Barbican fire station

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

LCC-LFB emergency dam unit and trailer pump, WW2

Emergency water supplies were vital to supplementing the available mains supply for fighting the vast swathe of fires that swept parts of London during the Blitz. These Dam Units carried a 5000 gallon collapsible dam which could be erected and filled with water in strategic locations from water supplies that might have been laid for considerable distances

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

Scene of devastation after flying bomb attack, WW2

A panoramic daytime scene of devastation following a flying bomb attack in London during the latter stages of the Second World War. Rescue workers look for buried casualties

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

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