{{Short description|Portable, hand operated, for water}} [[File:A female Fire Guard using a stirrup pump on the roof of a building in London, 1941. D5007.jpg|thumb|right|Fireguard on the roof of a building London 1941]] A '''stirrup pump''' is a portable reciprocating water pump used to extinguish or control small fires.<ref>Feuerwehr-Dienstvorschrift 1 (FwDV 1) − Grundtätigkeiten − Lösch- und Hilfeleistungseinsatz. Ausschuss Feuerwehrangelegenheiten, Katastrophenschutz und zivile Verteidigung (AFKzV), [Fire brigade service regulations 1 – Primary duties – Fire extinguishing and rescue service. Committee on fire fighting, emergency management, and civil defense.] Bremen 2006, S. 53.</ref> 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 is placed inside a bucket of water.<ref>Smoke, Flame, Fire!: A History of Firefighting: A History of Firefighting. R.Apps (2018) {{ISBN|1526305356}}, {{ISBN|9781526305350}}</ref>
== Gallery == {| |[[File:Topaz, Utah. A demonstration fire fighting with a stirrup pump is put on by evacuee member of the f . . . - NARA - 537015.jpg|thumb|Topaz Utah 1946]] |[[File:Feuerwehrmuseum-Kübelspritze.jpg|thumb|Engraving from the mid-17th Century fire museum in Salem at Lake Constance, Germany]] |[[File:Farm and garden annual (16200986368) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Farm and Garden Annual<br>A Currie & Co, Milwaukee, Wis.]] |}
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==External links== {{commons category|Stirrup pumps}} * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/73/a4514573.shtml Fire watchers]
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