Safety Collection (#7)

Lake Champfer, Graubunden canton, Engadine, Switzerland

High angle car driving on an icy road among trees covered with snow, Kangos, Lapland, Sweden

car driving on an icy road in the snowy forest, Kangos, Norrbotten County, Lapland, Sweden

Svortuloft lighthouse at sunset, Hellisandur, Snæfellsnes peninsula, Vesturland, West Iceland, Iceland

a car with headlight on travelling empty road at dawn, Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park, Muonio, Lapland, Finland

Drone a car with headlight on travelling the icy slippery road crossing the forest covered with snow, Muonio, Lapland, Finland

Elevated car along the snowy empty road in the frosty wood, Pallas-Yllastunturi National Park, Muonio, Lapland, Finland

Car traveling on icy road crossing the winter forest covered with snow from above, Lapland, Finland

Lighthouse of Punta della Guardia, Ponza island, Archipelago Pontino, Lazio, Italy

Breathing apparatus JLP01_14_00169
BRITISH LIBRARY, EUSTON ROAD, ST PANCRAS, CAMDEN, GREATER LONDON. Four men in hard hats and breathing apparatus during a safety training exercise at the British Library

Majestic lighthouse overlooking the old harbour and colorful town of Chania, Crete, Greece

Bright sunrise over the Venetian lighthouse and Chania old town, Crete, Greece

Lifeguards hut on fine sand beach by the ocean, Morro Jable, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain

Heceta Lighthouse, Oregon

A security camera is seen, and a flag flies outside the consular section of Russia s
A security camera is seen, and a flag flies outside the consular section of Russias embassy in London, Britain, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

South Korean soldiers stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Korea Pool

A riot police officer is engulfed in flames by a petrol bomb during riots outside the parliament building as Greek lawmakers vote on the latest round of austerity Greece has agreed with its lenders

Exercise to prevent migrants from crossing the Austrian border from Slovenia in Spielfeld
Policemen attend an exercise of to prevent migrants from crossing the Austrian border from Slovenia in Spielfeld, Austria June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Shinda, a western lowland gorilla, holds her newborn baby in its enclosure at Prague Zoo, Czech Republic, April 24, 2016. REUTERS/David W Cerny TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A baby elephant stands under her mother during Thailands national elephant day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya March 11, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Riot policemen are seen during a protest after coca growers died last week during clashes with police forces, who have the task of eradicating illegal coca plants in La Asunta, La Paz, Bolivia

A Syrian woman holds a baby as she walks into a checking room just after they crossed the armistice line to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to get medical treatment in Israel, July 11, 2018

The view a steam pipe explosion in Midtown Manhattan
A steam pipe explosion is seen in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, U.S. July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Yellow caution tape and cones are seen around a sinkhole next to the entrance of the briefing room at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Female gorilla N yaounda holds her one-day-old baby gorilla at Budapest Zoo, Hungary, December 24, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A baby orangutan eats a fruit at the Singapore Zoo October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Venezuelan refugees are seen after disembarking a Brazilian Air Force plane, at Brasilia International Airport in Brasilia, Brazil, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

A father crosses a road with his twin daughters in Shanghai, China September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Western lowland gorilla Kira holds her newborn baby in its enclosure at the Moscow Zoo in
Kira, a 23-year-old western lowland gorilla, holds her newborn baby in its enclosure at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

An Indian police officer stands behind the concertina wire during restrictions on Eid-al-Adha after the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government

The Wider Image: A peek through the curtains at Chinas two meetings
Security agents wear black as they sit on chairs inside the Great Hall of the People where sessions of the National Peoples Congress (NPC)

A road sign and hedge is covered by netting ahead of Notting Hill Carnival in London, Britain August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

Art Deco style Lifeguard hut on South Beach, Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA

Lifebelt, Northumberland, England, UK

Lifeguard beach hut, Miami beach, Miami, Florida, USA

Umbrella Sky Project in the streets of Agueda, by Sextafeira Producoes. Portugal

Norway, life belt hanging from traditional wooden shed

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, near Pescadero, California, USA

Lighthouse at Cap de Formentor, Mallorca, Balearics, Spain

Spain, Galicia, Roncuda, overview of bay and lighthouse at dusk

France, poitou-Charentes, La Rochelle, town reflected in harbour at dusk

Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) sitting on a tree, La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Road Safety Week poster
No accident, please - a bold and jolly poster promoting National Road Safety Week. Date: c.1960

Gas drill in Australia, two people in gas masks, WW1
Two people wearing gas masks hug each other after a successful gas drill at a Military Training Camp in Australia during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

International biohazard symbol warning of a potential biological hazard. This symbol is used worldwide in laboratories and on containers where biologically active agents are present

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Zurab Getsadze

Traffic Squad Police, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Traffic Squad Police, 1911

Boat Drill on USS Washington, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Boat Drill on USS Washington, between c1910 and c1915. USS Washington was renamed the Seattle in Nov. 1916

Card. Vannutelli at New York, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Card. Vannutelli at New York, 1910

Marines aboard Prairie, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines aboard Prairie, 1911

Signal of Distress, 1890. Creator: Winslow Homer
Signal of Distress, 1890. In the foreground a group of sailors watch as fellow crew members prepare to board a lifeboat and reach safety

Drill, Holland America Line - life boats ready to launch, between c1910 and c1915

Life boats launched, Holland America line, between c1910 and c1915

Boat drill KAISER WILHELM II, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Boat drill KAISER WILHELM II, between c1910 and c1915

Life boat drill, Holland America Line - putting boats over the side, between c1910 and c1915

Life boat device on S.S. Imperator, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Life boat device on S.S. Imperator, between c1910 and c1915. Shows a model of the S.S. Imperator, an ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line

"The Ramsgate Life-boat: Morning after a Heavy Gale - Weather Moderating" - from the picture by E.W Cooke. R.A. 1864. Engraving of a painting

Eilean Glas lighthouse, Isle of Scalpay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Pink Granite Coast (Cote de Granit Rose), Ploumanac'h, Perros-Guirec, Cotes-d'Armor, Brittany, France, Europe

Cap Frehel, Plevenon, Cotes-d'Armor, Brittany, France, Europe

Traditional work
Bashar Alsofey

On the Watch
Krystina Wisniowska

An engraving depicting a corridor engine
5311363 An engraving depicting a corridor engine. Portable electrically powered fire extinguisher by Merryweather's Greenwich. The cylinder held 120 litres

A brass mesh fire guard
5310229 A brass mesh fire guard; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a brass mesh fire guard which could also be used as a screen when the fireplace was not in use)

Engraving depicting a portable stirrup pump for use as a fire extinguisher or a garden spray
5309108 Engraving depicting a portable stirrup pump for use as a fire extinguisher or a garden spray

A hot-air balloon which has been fitted with a parachute
3586000 A hot-air balloon which has been fitted with a parachute; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a hot-air balloon which has been fitted with a parachute)

Louis-Sebastien Lenormand's parachute
3732756 Louis-Sebastien Lenormand's parachute; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis-Sebastien Lenormand parachute)

Henry Greathead's design of a lifeboat, 1850
3331041 Henry Greathead's design of a lifeboat, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Henry Greathead's design of a lifeboat. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Henry Greathead's design of a lifeboat, 1850
3331039 Henry Greathead's design of a lifeboat, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Henry Greathead's design of a lifeboat. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The launching of a lifeboat into the water, 1850
3331021 The launching of a lifeboat into the water, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the launching of a lifeboat into the water. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A lifeboat capsizing because of difficulty of lowering from the boat, 1850
3330875 A lifeboat capsizing because of difficulty of lowering from the boat, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a lifeboat capsizing because of difficulty of lowering from the boat)

General view of the workshop in Chubb & Son's Lock Factory, 1850
3330939 General view of the workshop in Chubb & Son's Lock Factory, 1850; (add.info.: General view of the workshop in Chubb & Son's Lock Factory)

Merriman's life preserving dress, 1850
3330920 Merriman's life preserving dress, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of the Merriman's life preserving dress used during ship wrecks. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A man using a winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress, 1850
3359104 A man using a winged projectile carrying a line from shore to a ship in distress

The launching of a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat into the water, 1850
3331026 The launching of a Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat into the water, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the launching of a lifeboat into the water)

The launching of a lifeboat into the water, 1850
3331015 The launching of a lifeboat into the water, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the launching of a lifeboat into the water. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The crowds gathered to watch the launch of a lifeboat in Manchester, 1850
3331009 The crowds gathered to watch the launch of a lifeboat in Manchester, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the crowds gathered to watch the launch of a lifeboat in Manchester)

The lowering of a passenger into a lifeboat, 1850
3330872 The lowering of a passenger into a lifeboat, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the lowering of a passenger into a lifeboat. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A shipwrecked sailors being rescued by the Volunteer Life Brigade, 1850
3330611 A shipwrecked sailors being rescued by the Volunteer Life Brigade, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a shipwrecked sailors being rescued by the Volunteer Life Brigade)

A boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue, 1850
3330609 A boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue

A boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue, 1850
3330608 A boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue

Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue, 1850
3330607 Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue known as the Davis Star')

London nightwatchman
864158 London nightwatchman; (add.info.: London nightwatchman, or Charlie, who patrolled the streets at night in the 18th century. He carries a staff and a candle lantern)

A hot-air balloon fitted with a parachute
3732624 A hot-air balloon fitted with a parachute; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a hot-air balloon fitted with a parachute. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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"Guardians of Safety: From Historic Rescues to Everyday Heroes" In the face of danger, a heroic fireman fearlessly rescues a young girl from the raging flames, reminding us that safety is not just a word but an act of bravery. The ill-fated voyage of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror in 1845 serves as a haunting reminder that even the most experienced sailors must prioritize safety above all else. A courageous firefighter emerges from the smoke-filled Sturgeon Bay Lighthouse in Door County, Wisconsin, exemplifying how those who protect our safety often risk their own lives for others. Perched on cliffs at Butt of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, a lighthouse stands tall as a symbol of hope and security amidst treacherous waters—a testament to mankind's commitment to safeguarding lives. Captain Francis Crozier's leadership aboard HMS Terror during its doomed expedition emphasizes the importance of responsible decision-making and prioritizing crew members' safety above all else. During World War II on the home front, women donned gas masks as they bravely faced uncertain times—reminding us that personal sacrifices are sometimes necessary for collective well-being. Journey back to England's coal mines in the 1850s when workers endured perilous conditions daily; their struggles highlight society's evolving understanding and pursuit of workplace safety standards. Bricklayers meticulously construct buildings with precision and caution—an enduring reminder that even seemingly mundane tasks require attention to detail for everyone's protection. As dawn breaks over The Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, it illuminates not only breathtaking scenery but also reminds us that lightkeepers work tirelessly day and night to ensure maritime safety. Bathed in moonlight, Whitefish Point Lighthouse stands sentinel along Michigan's shores—an unwavering beacon guiding ships safely through dark nights since its construction in 1861.