Fire insurance mark
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Fire insurance marks are metal plaques marked with the emblem of the insurance company which were affixed to the front of insured buildings as a guide to the insurance company's fire brigade. These id
Fire mark of the Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society on a house in Dulwich
Copper mould of the golden fleece fire mark, Fire Insurance Company Sydney
Embossed sheet metal British specimens in a museum exhibit
Cast lead British fire mark with stamped serial number
London Fire Brigade
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The London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865, under the leadership of superintendent Ey
Fire insurance mark
…after a policy had expired. Successive combinations of fire brigades led to virtually the entire city of London being put under the protection of the London Fire Engine Establishment, which fought not only the fires of policy holders but those of nonsubscribers, the reason being that fires in uninsured buildings could rapidly spread…
LFB firefighters at a warehouse in south London after a major fire in 1980
Lambeth Fire Station, London Fire Brigade headquarters from 1937 to 2007
The LFB's current headquarters since 2007, in Southwark
LFB firefighters at a building fire; one uses an axe (right) to gain entry.