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Breathing Apparatus Collection

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Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB changeover from brass to cork fire helmets

LCC-LFB changeover from brass to cork fire helmets
Two firemen in the foreground wearing new style cork helmets and Proto Mark IV breathing apparatus sets. The man on the right is from Station 34, Shadwell

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus communications set

LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus communications set
A Sub Officer from Lambeths (D61) emergency tender crew demonstrating the Southampton communications equipment that was worn with a full face mask on the Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Station 28, Whitechapel BA pumps crew

Station 28, Whitechapel BA pumps crew
Firefighters from Whitechapel fire station posing with their Proto Mark IV oxygen breathing apparatus sets with their open Dennis dual purpose appliance which could carry either an extension ladder

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Gas respirator equipment instruction, WW2

Gas respirator equipment instruction, WW2
Auxiliary Fire Service members undergoing Gas Respirator equipment instruction during the Second World War

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LFDCA-LFB Breathing apparatus control board

LFDCA-LFB Breathing apparatus control board
All front line fire engines which carry breathing apparatus also carry a BA control board. This ensures that when firefighters enter an incident in BA their details are recorded

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Diagram of the Proto breathing apparatus set, WW2

Diagram of the Proto breathing apparatus set, WW2
Exploded diagram of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing its working parts

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Breathing apparatus control point at scene of fire

Breathing apparatus control point at scene of fire
Breathing apparatus control point at the scene of a fire

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Firefighter wearing breathing apparatus

Firefighter wearing breathing apparatus
A firefighter wearing breathing apparatus at a fire

Breathing Apparatus Collection: London Fire Brigade firefighters respond to a fire

London Fire Brigade firefighters respond to a fire at Ailsa Street, East London. Seen here wearing breathing apparatus due to the smoke

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Firefighter in breathing apparatus working at fire

Firefighter in breathing apparatus working at fire
Firefighter in breathing apparatus working at a fire in London SW1

Firefighter in breathing apparatus working at fire
A firefighter in breathing apparatus working at a fire in London SW1

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus at a fire in Battersea, SW London

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB - Self-contained smoke helmets (BA sets)

LCC-LFB - Self-contained smoke helmets (BA sets)
Self-contained smoke helmets (BA sets) were introduced for use in an atmosphere dense with smoke and dangerous fumes. A special motor appliance fitted for smoke helmet work was based at Southwark HQ

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LFCDA-LFB Recruits undergoing basic training

LFCDA-LFB Recruits undergoing basic training
Located at Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, the London Fire Brigade Training School is responsible for providing basic training to all its recruit firefighters

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB first emergency tender crew, Clerkenwell

LCC-LFB first emergency tender crew, Clerkenwell
It was more a dedicated breathing apparatus fire engine but is deemed to be the forerunner of the emergency tenders. This fire engine also had a petrol engine generator to supply the electric

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB Grand Hotel fire, Trafalgar Square W1

LCC-LFB Grand Hotel fire, Trafalgar Square W1
Firefighters in breathing apparatus attend a fire in the Grand Hotel, on the corner of Trafalgar Square and Northumberland Avenue

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB Ship fire on SS Leopard, Port of London

LCC-LFB Ship fire on SS Leopard, Port of London
A fire crew, rigged in Proto one-hour oxygen breathing apparatus sets, descend into the smoking hold of the SS Leopard. The fire had broken out deep inside the vessels hold

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Firefighters in training with breathing apparatus

Firefighters in training with breathing apparatus equipment

Breathing Apparatus Collection: GLC LFB Breathing apparatus communications set

GLC LFB Breathing apparatus communications set
Battery operated communications equipment for use with compressed air breathing apparatus sets. Microphones are fitted into the specially adapted full face masks

Breathing Apparatus Collection: GLC-LFB Damaged compressed air BA sets

GLC-LFB Damaged compressed air BA sets
The compressed air set of a firefighter caught in a flashover during a fire, showing the heat and smoke damage caused to the set and the obscuring of the face mask by the heat damage

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew
Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew. By the 1920s emergency tenders were developing into far more that just a carrier of firefighters with breathing apparatus and lighting at incidents

LCC-LFB Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew
Southwarks Emergency Tender and crew. Emergency tenders were primarily a means of providing firefighters with breathing apparatus and illumination at incidents

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB Clerkenwell emergency tender

LCC-LFB Clerkenwell emergency tender
This classic picture shows one of the LFBs first emergency tenders, a Dennis motor pump, introduced in 1904. These Dennis fire engines carried the first breathing apparatus sets

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB Clerkenwells Emergency Tender

LCC-LFB Clerkenwells Emergency Tender
Clerkenwells ET crew exiting their vehicle in breathing apparatus whilst at the Brigade Headquarters in Lambeth, SE1

Diagram of a fire brigade respirator

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB firefighters in Proto breathing apparatus

LCC-LFB firefighters in Proto breathing apparatus
London firefighters in Proto breathing apparatus, exiting from a fire in a building

Breathing Apparatus Collection: LCC-LFB Daylight Rubber Co fire, Farringdon Road

LCC-LFB Daylight Rubber Co fire, Farringdon Road
A major fire at the Daylight Rubber Co warehouse in Farringdon Road required many pumps and a turntable ladder to quell the blaze, involving rubber goods

Breathing Apparatus Collection: NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighters with instructor, demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set and the Proto oxygen breathing apparatus sets

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighters, with instructor, demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set and the Proto oxygen breathing apparatus sets

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighters and instructor demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set, showing cylinders, control valves and the full face mask (similar to that worn on a gas mask)

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighters demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set and the Proto oxygen breathing apparatus sets. The Proto sets are those with a breathing bag worn on the chest

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighters, with instructor, demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set and the Proto oxygen breathing apparatus sets

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighter and instructor demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set, showing cylinders, control valves and the full face mask (similar to that worn on a gas mask)

Breathing Apparatus Collection: London (NFS) firefighter in breathing apparatus, WW2

London (NFS) firefighter in breathing apparatus, WW2
Rear view of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing the oxygen cylinder which is worn in the small of the wearers back

London (NFS) firefighter in breathing apparatus, WW2
Side view of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing the re-breather bag, mouthpiece, control valves and cooler

London (NFS) firefighter in breathing apparatus, WW2
Front view of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing the re-breather bag, mouthpiece, control valves and cooler

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Firefighters (NFS London Region) in breathing apparatus

Firefighters (NFS London Region) in breathing apparatus
Firefighters wearing Proto Mark IV oxygen breathing apparatus sets, seen here at the Regional Headquarters station, Lambeth, SE1

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Blitz in London -- training in use of breathing apparatus

Blitz in London -- training in use of breathing apparatus
Blitz in London -- regular London firefighters being trained in the use of breathing apparatus (BA) in the yard of Brigade headquarters, Lambeth

Blitz in London -- training in use of breathing apparatus
Blitz in London -- regular London firefighters being trained in the use of breathing apparatus (BA) at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Auxiliary Fire Service gas mask training, WW2

Auxiliary Fire Service gas mask training, WW2
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service undergoing gas mask training during the Second World War

Breathing Apparatus Collection: Firefighter undergoing ergometer test

Firefighter undergoing ergometer test
Fireman undergoing an ergometer test whilst wearing full gear, including breathing apparatus at Lambeth headquarters

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