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Firefighters tackle a blaze in a Timber Yard in Camberwell, London. The fire was started by a German incendiary bomb dropped on the city during an air raid on the 8th - 9th December 1940
Fireman training commando style. World War Two. Picture taken 7th October 1942
Firefighters tackle a blaze in Kings Street, central Bristol following the Good Friday air raids by the Nazi German Luftwaffe, one of the major assaults of the Bristol Blitz. 11th April 1941
Women of Leningrads fire fighting service keep watch over their city during the Second World War. January 1943
Mr T. M. Watson, Chief Constable of Wallsall (wearing mac), leading his men in to the gas van during the Gas Drills at Walsall Fire station in preparation for a real attack. 29th October 1936
Firewoman Betty Goodacre, 36 Area Artist with the National Fire Service (NFS) sketching at a lull period fire. 20th March 1945
Members of the new London Fire Force swing orchestra, all firemen who have been out in the London blitz, get together for a practice at their station at Albert Embankment
Because Ilford fire-women who are competing in a tug-o -war tournament in Walthamstow on Whit Monday have no team with which to practise
Fire women of the National Fire Service using a hose during training exercises inn the Second World War. 21st March 1944
London Fire Service Agility Team training during the Second world War. The Swallow. 2nd July 1942
Firemen fight a fire at Marshall & Snellgroves department store, New Street, Birmingham, caused by an incendiary bomb dropped during an air raid on the city. 25th October 1940
Firemen dampen down and rescue squads search the shattered remains of John Bright Street, Birmingham, following a heavy air raid on the city. 20th November 1940
Firemen dampen down the shattered remains of John Bright Street, Birmingham, following a heavy air raid on the city. 20th November 1940
At the London Region Fire Control Room, Battle headquarters of the National Fire Service. In the fight against the Luftwaffes attacks on London
Working on two shifts in the twenty four hours, the entire Fire Brigade at a large Ministry of Supply factory in the South of England are assembling rifles instead of idly waiting for the fire alarm
The National Fire Service Drill given before the Allied Defence Ministers at the Regional Headquarters, Lambeth. Pictured, agility teams giving demonstrations. 17th June 1942
The King has approved the institution of flags for the National Fire Service and the Civil Defence (general) Services. The National Fire Service flag is quarterly blue and red
National Fire Service (NFS) in their own church within the fire station at St Johns College, Highbury, North London. Picture taken 19th March 1944
New Surrey training camp for part time fire fighters. New Parliamentary Secretary of Food talks to Fire Force cooks before taking up his new job
Firemen dampen down fires in Merchants Road, Bristol which was devastated by high explosive and incendiary bombs dropped on the city on the night of 24th/25th November 1940
Fireman at a sub station in London, after it was hit in The Blitz of World War Two. They wrestle with a vehicle, trying to move it
Civil Defence stand down in Hyde Park, London. Driver Teer, of B 13 Tottenham fire Force, giving his fire engine a last minute polish as they wait in the rain for the march past
A member of the The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) in London. The world war two blitz on Britain by Germany lasted from 7 Sep 1940 - 11 May 1941 Picture taken 23rd May 1941
A member of The National fire Services in London. World War Two. The officer sends a musical calling from his bugle. **note: some paint on this image** Picture taken 15th October 1942
In the ruins of the City of London, Redcross Street Fire Station have made an excellent garden which now includes Apple Trees
Fireman breaking down the ice at a Fire Station in world War Two. Possibly London. Water is needed night after night to tackle the fires bought on by the many German air raids over Britain
St Thomas Street, Southwoark, South London, members of the The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) warm their hands. The world war two blitz on Britain by Germany lasted from 7 Sep 1940 - 11 May 1941
Competition Steel Piping V Rubber lined hose at Hackney Marshes. Fire force staged a competition between the E Division (steel pipe) and B division hose on Hackney Marshes, London
Members of The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) hard at work as walls, during World War Two. It is possible this team is from London
The ladies in the control room of The London Fire Service central HQ. They monitor and control and co-ordinate the use of fire engines, across the capital, during this time of The Blitz
Refreshment served by a lady from the The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS), to a fireman tackling one of many fires across London in The Blitz of World War Two. Picture taken circa 12th May 1941
Fire services training with their pumps and hoses. Possibly London and The River Thames, as the world war two German blitz took a hold on Britain
Civil Defence stand down in Hyde Park. Picture Shows. Leading fire woman Miss W. ECivil Defence stand down in Hyde Park. Picture Shows. Leading fire woman Miss W.E. Seddon of A Division Headquarters who has been in the National Fire Service since 1936
Miss Muriel Haddesley, former England woman cricketer and Warwickshire County golfer and hockey player, has been appointed to supervise the physical training
Holborn End of Fetter Lane, London. The fireman put out yet another fire, after an air raid during World War Two. **Picture damaged but scanned as found** Picture taken 10th May 1941
The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) makes her way to a mobile canteen for a well deserved refreshment, whilst her colleagues prepare to put out a small fire
Firemen The London Fire Brigade, taking a well earned break with some sandwiches, during another call out during The Blitz of London
Firemen The London Fire Brigade, after successfully putting out a South East London fire during The Blitz of World War Two
A fireman from The London Fire Brigade. Name unknown. No actual date for this picture, but Mirrorpix will suggest 29th December 1940, which was the height of the Blitz on London
Firemen The London Fire Brigade. Checking their oxygen masks during the Blitz on London. World War Two.. No actual date for this picture, but Mirrorpix will suggest 29th December 1940
Rescue squad at work amongst the debris of a wrecked pub in South Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, after a Nazi Luftwaffe. Original caption suggests the picture was taken in " Sth Street "
Emergency Services are a called in an incident in the street. Somebody is laying on a stretcher being attended to. Picture undated. Mirrorpix will suggest 1st January 1941
Members of the Fire Service during exercise. They are playing Ring the Stick, cheered on by their fellow firemen on the balconies
Liverpool, Merseyside, during The Blitz. Picture taken 3rd January 1941
Firefighters attend the scene of devastation at the Valiant, the Port of Hull Societys Seamans Hostel in Carr Lane which was heavily damaged in a German air raid. 8th May 1941
Sir John Anderson, the Lord Privy Seal, visits Cardiff, Wales, to see the citys Air Raid Precautions (ARP). He is pictured with the chief constable of Cardiff inspecting an emergency ambulance
The Fire Services in training at Everton Terrace. Liverpool. Merseyside. Everton Terrace Police Station was a sub station of Prescot Street Bridewell the then Headquarters of B Division
The AFS go about their training. World War Two. Hull Yorkshire. Caption suggests they are taking part in one kind of contest
