Firefighting In London In The Seventeenth Century

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Indeed, under those circumstances, it is understandable as to how the fire raged out of control. However, the lingering question, why was the fire not extinguished before becoming uncontrollable. Consequently, to during the seventeenth century, London had no organized fire protection system. In fact, basic firefighting methods consisted mainly from sheer manpower, in addition firefighting equipment included long ladders, leather buckets, axes and fire hooks for pulling down buildings. Of course, forming bucket brigades was an effective method for smothering smaller fires, but larger fires, the method was not to extinguish but to contain and allow the fire to burn itself out, the purpose of demolishing nearby structures was to create fire breaks

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