Air Raid Precautions and Civil Defence on Britain's Home Front- How To Extinguish a Fire Bomb, C 1940 In order to extinguish a fire bomb using a stirrup pump, the best thing to do is wriggle forward on the stomach in order to avoid any fumes from the bomb. It is advisable to put out nearby fires with the jet of water and then direct the spray towards the bomb itself. This photograph demonstrates the way in which the nozzle of the pump should be held. The original caption for this photograph stresses: 'never turn the jet on the bomb!'.

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