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Women in the fire service Collection

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Uniform for School Team. Southwark Training Centre

Women in the fire service Collection: Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service using a telephone, WW2

Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service using a telephone, WW2
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service using a telephone

Women in the fire service Collection: Women dispatch riders in training, WW2

Women dispatch riders in training, WW2
Women dispatch riders in training during the Second World War

Women in the fire service Collection: Auxiliary firefighters group photograph, WW2

Auxiliary firefighters group photograph, WW2
Men and women of the Auxiliary Fire Service in a group photo

Women in the fire service Collection: NFS dispatch rider training, WW2

NFS dispatch rider training, WW2
A firewoman dispatch rider under instruction

Women in the fire service Collection: AFS Control unit at major exercise, Gloucestershire

AFS Control unit at major exercise, Gloucestershire
Auxiliary firefighters working in the AFS control unit during a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire

Women in the fire service Collection: LCC-LFB AFS recruitment drive

LCC-LFB AFS recruitment drive
A member of the Auxiliary Fire Service fronting an advertising campaign to seek additional volunteers for the service

Women in the fire service Collection: Blitz in London -- women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2

Blitz in London -- women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2
Blitz in London -- women and a boy of the Auxiliary Fire Service posing for a group photograph

Women in the fire service Collection: Women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2

Women in the Auxiliary Fire Service, WW2
Formed in 1933, the Auxiliary Fire Service played a vital part in the London Fire Brigades efforts to deal with the bombing, and resultant Blitz, upon London

Women in the fire service Collection: Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service

Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) taking part in Exercise Gateway

Women in the fire service Collection: NFS firewomen in dispatch rider training, WW2

NFS firewomen in dispatch rider training, WW2
London Region NFS firewomen undergoing dispatch rider training. Taught to do everything with a motorbike that could be done, these women would undertake all-terrain training

Women in the fire service Collection: AFS women undergoing catering instruction, WW2

AFS women undergoing catering instruction, WW2
London regular and AFS firefighters spent many hours, sometimes days, at incidents during the Blitz. Seen here are women of the AFS learning to prepare and cook meals for those on the Blitz front line

Women in the fire service Collection: Auxiliary London firewomen under catering instruction

Auxiliary London firewomen under catering instruction
London regular and AFS firefighters spent many hours, sometimes days, at incidents during the Blitz, and they needed refreshments

Women in the fire service Collection: NFS firewomen at work, rest and play, WW2

NFS firewomen at work, rest and play, WW2
The role of the firewomen was varied and demanding, from Control Officer and dispatch rider to lorry driver and mechanic. A group of women are seen here learning the skills required to service

NFS firewomen at work, rest and play, WW2
London firewomen at play, seen here as a dancing troop in an amateur review given at a sub-station

NFS firewomen at work, rest and play, WW2
London firewomen at play, seen here as a dancing troop in an amateur review given at a Sub-station

NFS firewomen at work, rest and play, WW2
London firewomen in their mess room. Their duty shift, as for the firemen, was spent at the fire sub-station where they would either be on duty or waiting for their next duty call

NFS firewomen at work, rest and play, WW2
London firewomen standing down in their dormitory at a fire sub-station, waiting for the next duty call

Women in the fire service Collection: NFS-Firewomen dispatch rider training

NFS-Firewomen dispatch rider training
Women dispatch riders in training during the Second World War

Women in the fire service Collection: NFS women in dispatch rider training, WW2

NFS women in dispatch rider training, WW2
NFS women undergoing dispatch rider training. They were widely used to supplement the lines of communication between various headquarters

Women in the fire service Collection: NFS (London Region No 5) firewomans uniform, WW2

NFS (London Region No 5) firewomans uniform, WW2
Created in 1941, the NFS nationalised the British Fire Service and split the UK into different regions. Seen here is a London firewoman in the NFS uniform

Women in the fire service Collection: Firewomans uniform of the NFS, WW2

Firewomans uniform of the NFS, WW2
Firewomans uniform of the National Fire Service

Women in the fire service Collection: AFS women resting in bunks, Southwark Fire Station, WW2

AFS women resting in bunks, Southwark Fire Station, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women resting in bunks at Southwark Fire Station (Station 60), Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, during the Second World War

Women in the fire service Collection: Womens AFS (WAFS) at Brigade HQ, WW2

Womens AFS (WAFS) at Brigade HQ, WW2
Womens Auxiliary Fire Service (WAFS) members receiving hose instruction from London Fire Brigade staff in the Headquarters drill yard at Lambeth, SE1

Women in the fire service 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

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