January 22, 2009

AFS WOMEN HONORED

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Photo : Wharf.co.uk In 2008, the former Millwall Fire Station was converted into an apartment block named for Violet Pengelly and Joan Bartl...
January 20, 2009

HEAVY PUMPS

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Photo : Life magazine Auxiliary fire service heavy pumps in September 1940.

TRAILER PUMPS

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Photos : Life magazine, LFB web site During World War II, the National Fire Service operated trailer pumps to augment its fleet of fire eng...

FIVE COVER - 1865

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Image : LFB web site In 1865, the London Fire Engine Establishment - predecessor to the London Fire Brigade - operated 17 stations.
December 10, 2008

"MEOW 999"

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Photo : Euston Fire Station web site Firefighters in central London go to the aid of "Pancake" the cat, stranded atop a chimney, ...

RESTING AT FIRE

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The painting "Resting at Fire" - oil on canvas by Reginald Mills, 1940 - depicts firemen during the Blitz, according to the Londo...
December 04, 2008

TELEGRAPH

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Photos : LFB web site Fire stations in 1889 and watch room telegraph In the 19th Century, Eyre Massey Shaw - the first chief officer of the ...
November 04, 2008

POST OFFICE - 1912

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On Aug. 24, 1912, a fire broke out in the telegraph equipment at the General Post Office at St. Martin's le Grand. According to The New ...
November 03, 2008

CENTRAL TELEGRAPH - 1916

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During World War I, the Central Telegraph Office in London was set ablaze during a German air raid. The attackers were flying Gotha bombers.
October 15, 2008

GREAT MARLBOROUGH - 1970

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Photo : Soho Fire Station web site In 1970, fire swept the building that once served as the Great Marlborough Street fire station, accordi...
October 02, 2008

THE GREAT FIRE - 1666

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In the days before the London Fire Brigade, the Great Fire of London raged for five days during September 1666 - demonstrating the inadequac...
September 30, 2008

GREAT ORMOND - 2008

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LONDON FIRE BRIGADE INCIDENT REPORT 08:35 A27 CLERKENWELL 6 PUMP FIRE AND EXPLOSION 176963081 GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL GREAT ORMOND STRE...

FARRINGDON STREET - 1925

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Photo : Topical Press Agency Emergency tender firefighters from Clerkenwell don breathing apparatus at a blaze at a rubber plant on Farringd...
August 28, 2008

SHEPHERDS BUSH - 2008

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Photos : BBC web site LONDON FIRE BRIGADE INCIDENT REPORT - July 29, 2008 06:51 G36 HAMMERSMITH 15 PUMP PERSONS REPORTED FIRE 136619081 SHE...
June 20, 2008

WALDORF SCHOOL - 2004

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Photo : Waldor School web site On June 26, 2004, fire destroyed the Waldorf School of South West London, which was built primarily of timbe...
May 08, 2008

SOUTH HARROW - 2008

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Photo : BBC web site On May 7, 2008, a deadly explosion caused the collapse of two homes at Stanley Road, South Harrow.  "Two people w...
May 05, 2008

BUNCEFIELD DEPOT - 2005

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The London Fire Brigade provided assistance for a fire and explosion at the Buncefield oil depot at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire on Dec. ...
March 11, 2008

FAMILY AFFAIR

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PHOTO : Family archives Firefighting is often a family affair with one generation following another into the service. This is a portrait of...
March 04, 2008

FIRE ESCAPE SOCIETY

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Illustration : The Fireman's Own Book, By George P. Little - 1860 In the 19th Century, the Royal Society for the Protection of Life fr...
February 27, 2008

OXFORD CIRCUS - 1984

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On Nov. 23, 1984, a fire at Oxford Circus station - the busiest on London's Underground - trapped almost 1,000 passengers in smoke-fille...
February 26, 2008

RUM QUAY FIRE - 1933

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Photos : Port Cities London On April 21, 1933, liquor-charged fire swept the Rum Quay at West India Docks and burned for four days. A main ...

FIREBOAT MASSEY SHAW

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Photos : Little Ships Image Gallery The fireboat Massey Shaw of the London Fire Brigade - named for Sir Eyre Massey Shaw, first chief offic...
February 25, 2008

ORIGIN OF STOP MESSAGE

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In the 19th Century novel ``Fighting the Flames,'' author R.M. Ballantyne provided a detailed description of the workings of the Lon...
February 10, 2008

CAMDEN MARKET - 2008

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Photos : LFB and BBC On Feb. 9, 2008, fire ravaged the stalls at Camden Town market, a major tourist attraction. Leaping flames - visible...
February 08, 2008

BISHOPSGATE - 1964

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UPDATED MAY 2013 Early on Dec. 5, 1964, fire destroyed the Bishopsgate railway station, London's main freight terminal. Sixty pumps ...
January 31, 2008

CHANCE THE FIRE DOG

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Modern fire dog The first canine officially documented as a fire dog was ``Chance'' of the London Fire Engine Establishment in 1828...
January 17, 2008

HEATHROW CRASH - 2008

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Photos : BBC and Press Association British Airways Flight 38 from Beijing crash-landed short of a runway at London’s Heathrow Airport on Ja...
January 03, 2008

ROYAL MARSDEN - 2008

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INCIDENT REPORT G34 - CHELSEA 25 PUMP PERSONS REPORTED FIRE ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL, FULHAM ROAD. SW3. STOP MESSAGE: Hospital of 5 floors...

CUTTY SARK - 2007

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On May 27, 2007, flames damaged the 19th Century ship Cutty Sark - the historic tea clipper at its drydock in William Walk, Greenwich. Forty...
May 02, 2007

INCIDENTS OF NOTE

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Iron Mountain warehouse - July 2006 Fire on Oxford Street - April 2007 Photos : BBC List of incidents of note: Feb. 9, 2008 - Camden Mark...