# Stirrup pump

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Portable, hand operated, for water

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.[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 is placed inside a bucket of water.[2]

## Gallery

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.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** 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.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Smoke, Flame, Fire!: A History of Firefighting: A History of Firefighting. R.Apps (2018) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1526305356](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1526305356), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781526305350](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781526305350)

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