May Gallery

GLC-LFB Warehouse fire, Herring Street, London

A serious warehouse fire in riverside wharfs and a turntable ladder at work in the distance. In the foreground salvage tenders from the London Salvage Corps are in attendance to mitigate damage caused by the effects of fighting the blaze (water damage) and the fire itself (smoke damage)

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library

1960s, 1966, 60s, Blaze, Brigade, Building, Buildings, Corps, Damage, Fire, Firefighting, Herring, Ladder, Lfb, London, Riverside, Road, Salvage, Service, Sixties, Smoke, Street, Tenders, Turntable, Warehouse, Water, Wharfs, Work

GLC-LFB HQ Major Control Unit, Lambeth HQ

The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade. The Brigade was divided into three Command areas, Northern, Eastern and Southern, each with a Command Headquarters which had a Command major control unit stationed at it. Seen here is a view of the interior of the Lambeth HQ Major Control Unit

© London Fire Brigade / Mary Evans Picture Library