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New LFB pix
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Fireboats
Breathing Apparatus
Horse drawn engines
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Hoses
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Firefighting
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London Fire Brigade
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LCC-LFB Change from brass to cork fire helmets
A significant landmark when on 14 July 1934 the LFB started to replace its traditional brass helmet with a new compressed cork design. It would be four years before the changeover was completed. The death of a firefighter, when his brass helmet touched a live cable during firefighting operations, brought about the policy change. Here the brass helmet, introduced by Captain Eyre Massey Shaw (Metropolitan Fire Brigade), a symbol of London's firemen for over seventy years, meets a modern, safer replacement
© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library