Auxiliary Fire Service (A.F.S.) Men hauling the Trailer-pump
Auxiliary Fire Service (A.F.S.) men hauling hose from a trailer-pump. In the early days of the war, the AFS depended on improvisation - as can be seen here, taxis were converted into appliances loaded with crew and hose, for hauling pumps. The firemen have received their uniforms and carry gas masks in the distinctive green satchels
Picture No
13139749
Media ID
46127507
Size
3539px x 4845px
(8.9MB)
Credit
(c) The John Hinde Archive / Stephen Bourne / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by John Hinde (1916-1997) in Citizens in War - and after by Stephen Spender - opp. p20
Date
circa 1941
