LONDON FIRE JOURNAL British Fire History

Photo : London Fire Brigade, Gordon Honeycombe web site Photo of London firefighter Petit bottom left On Dec. 13, 1974, an arson fir...

Photo : London Stereoscopic Co. Horse-drawn pumps supplying water from hydrant at fire on Bread Street in the City of London in 1899.

On March 18, 2009, a 15-pump fire broke out at Breams Buildings on Chancery Lane in central London. Vicki Clarke, who works in an office in ...

"You're lucky - Working to Rule simply means putting the fire out ...'' Photo and cartoons : Daily Mail, Daily Mirror U.K...

On Oct. 15, 1940, a German air raid killed 111 people at Balham Underground station on the Northern line. 

A special firefighting squad protected London Transport Chiswick Works during World War II. The plant - converted to defense work and opera...

German bombers damaged the tram depot at Clapham on April 19, 1941, according to London Transport.

Photos : River Clyde web site; Soho Fire Station web site On April 27, 1980, a 15-pump fire destroyed the retired Paddle Steamer Caledonia,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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