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Civilian protection. A New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen illustrates in a demonstration in New York his efficiency in the event of an incendiary bombing attack. This worker, equipped with an "Indian" fire pump, is mounting a scaling ladder to the roof of a building on which several incendiary bombs have fallen. The pump is useful for extinguishing small blazes, and especially valuable in fighting incendiary bombs

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with whatever difficulties they may encounter, these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen workers are climbling up a fire ladder to the roof of a building struck by bombs. Fartherest up the ladder is a worker equipped with an "Indian" fire pump, valuable in fighting incendiary bombs. The man below him is carrying a two-way portable radio. Next is a volunteer worker with a portable acetylene torch, used for cutting through metal to effect entrances or to extricate victims pinned under fallen metal. The man just starting up the ladder is carrying a roof rope, and all are equipped with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with whatever difficulties they may encounter, these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen workers are climbling up a fire ladder to the roof of a building struck by bombs. Fartherest up the ladder is a worker equipped with an "Indian" fire pump, valuable in fighting incendiary bombs. The man below him is carrying a two-way portable radio. Next is a volunteer worker with a portable acetylene torch, used for cutting through metal to effect entrances or to extricate victims pinned under fallen metal. The man just starting up the ladder is carrying a roof rope, and all are equipped with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks

Civilian protection. A New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen illustrates in a demonstration in New York his efficiency in the event of an incendiary bombing attack. This worker, equipped with an "Indian" fire pump, is mounting a scaling ladder to the roof of a building on which several incendiary bombs have fallen. The pump is useful for extinguishing small blazes, and especially valuable in fighting incendiary bombs

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Chemical Warfare Service - Plants - Edgewood Arsenal - Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Pump house - intake side

US Army (USA) Firefighters assigned to North Post Station #63, at Fort Belvoir, Washington, District of Columbia (DC), discusses the crew's performance after a simulated fuel spill fire during a training exercise conducted at Davison Army Airfield, Virginia (VA). Pictured left-to-right are Safety Officer J. T. Wade and Firemen Rod Frazier, Carl Crutchfield and Kevin Swain

Civilian protection. Fire watchers from points of vantage on roof tops and streets maintain unceasing vigilance for fallen incendiary bombs. They immediately seek to control them with equipment stored nearby

Civilian protection. An emergency unit gives first aid in the field and examines the victim of a fallen bomb. After treatment, he will be quickly evacuated to the nearest hospital or bandaged and turned over to an emergency housing unit. The "M.D." next to the caduceus on the doctor's armband indicated that he is a registered physician

Firemen's Labor Day parade, 1929

Army Soldiers from Fort Lewis, Washington, and civilian firefighters help themselves to hot breakfast on their first day off in over three weeks of battling the widespread blazes in Yellowstone National Park

Timmerhus i Gällivare. Sverige. Public domain image.

Grand Pump Room Hotel from "The Mineral Baths of Bath. The Bathes of Bathe's Ayde in the reign of Charles 2nd as illustrated by a drawing of the King's and Queen's Bath, signed 1675. Whereunto is annexed a Visit to Bath in the year 1675 by “A Person of Quality.”"

Civilian protection. Section of the report center in New York City. Large signs readily identify the operators in constant touch with the telephone, electric, gas and water services. Others are connected to emergency food and housing units and the police and fire alarm systems

HMS Verdun under construction, 1917

Tech. Sgt. Terrance Williams, 22nd Air Refueling Wing

Civilian protection. Members of the rescue parties like this worker must be prepared to reach victims of bomb raids and fallen debris and give them emergency first aid treatment. It is not always possible to remove debris by hand, therefore, rescue workers' trucks carry equipment to enable the rescue squad to shore up masonry, cut through steel or stone, shut off broken mains or tunnel through conglomerate heaps of debris. The worker here shown is using an acetylene torch to cut away a stubborn resisting piece of expanded steel

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new york state new york safety film negatives civilian protection volunteer new york city volunteer firemen demonstration efficiency event attack worker indian fire ladder roof bombs pump extinguishing blazes new york city united states history civilian defense library of congress