LONDON FIRE JOURNAL British Fire History

Photos : Soho Fire Station, London Fire Brigade EDITOR'S NOTE: In early 2012, a reader of the London Fire Journal requested assistan...

Photo : Sky News On Nov. 26, 2009, flames swept a construction site, jumped a street and ignited an apartment block and a pub at Caribrooke...

Image : Illustrated London News "In December 1864, a fire destroyed several buildings in the St Saviour's Dock at Dockhead, Bermond...

Photo: The Matchbox Club Model of London Fire Brigade horse drawn engine

Fireboat Massey Shaw at sea At the start of World War II, the London fireboat Massey Shaw performed heroically as a member of the fleet of...

Photo : London Transport 1958 fire damage On July 28, 1958, a fire broke out aboard a  Central line underground train carriage between Sheph...

Photo : Historical Footsteps Tours of London Script of BBC Broadcast from Sept. 7, 1940 The German air force has unleashed a wave of heavy ...

Photos : delta23lfb via Flickr Images of a London fire station teleprinter and a message calling additional fire crews - with "BA...

Photo : Soho Fire Station web site Aerial ladders in operation at 10-pump fire on Oxford Street, London.

Members of Auxiliary Fire Service catch a nap on a "heavy" pump during the Blitz.

The German air raids of 1940 damaged London Hospital, Whitechapel.

Barbara Jane Harrison, GC Photos :  UK accident investigation, Wikipedia On April 8, 1968, the No. 2 jet engine of BOAC Flight 712 snapped f...

Photos : Paul Wood (top), on Daily Mirror web site. BBC web site (lower) On July 3, 2009, fire killed six people in a high-rise apartment b...

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...