Stirrup pump

A stirrup pump is a portable reciprocating water pump used to extinguish or control small fires.[1] It is operated by hand. The operator places a foot on a stirrup-like bracket at the bottom of the pump to hold the pump steady, the bottom of the suction cylinder was placed inside a bucket of water.[2]

Topaz Utah 1946
Engraving from the mid-17th Century fire museum in Salem at Lake Constance, Germany
Farm and Garden Annual
A Currie & Co, Milwaukee, Wis.
Fireguard on the roof of a building London 1941

References
  1. Feuerwehr-Dienstvorschrift 1 (FwDV 1) − Grundtätigkeiten − Lösch- und Hilfeleistungseinsatz. Ausschuss Feuerwehrangelegenheiten, Katastrophenschutz und zivile Verteidigung (AFKzV), Bremen 2006, S. 53.
  2. Smoke, Flame, Fire!: A History of Firefighting: A History of Firefighting. R.Apps (2018) ISBN 1526305356, ISBN 9781526305350


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