Minutes of a meeting of the Bedford Borough Fire Brigade Committee, topics dealt...

Minutes of a meeting of the Bedford Borough Fire Brigade Committee, topics dealt with including the following:

- tenders for a Fire Tender;

- discussion on a suitable location for the storage of Auxiliary Fire Service appliances, no decision being reached;

- discussion of suitable site for the building of a new Fire Station, the existing premises in Mill Street being considered too small; resolved that Borough Engineer and Chief Fire Officer to investigate the following sites: St.Cuthbert's Square and Old Rectory; The Laundry, Goldington Road; and The Drill Ground, Newnham Avenue;

- repair of the roof of 36 Mill Street;

- approval of suggestion of Chief Fire Officer to charge 10/- to businesses in receipt of a Fire Protection lecture or demonstration;

- sending of a representative to British Fire Week;

- Chief Fire Officer's statement that he would meet with his counterparts from Luton, Letchworth and Northampton to draft proposals for submission to Technical Sub-Committee of Conference of Fire Authorities on mutual aid;

- suggested arrangements between the Borough and Rural District Council re paying for Brigade under Bedford Rural District Council Protection Agreement;

- arrangement for temporary firemen to cover for permanent firemen during their six weeks of annual leave;

- purchase of a second-hand lorry to train drivers of Auxiliary Fire Service;

- revision of scheme for Auxiliary Fire Service;

- participation of AFS members in National Service Rally;

- authorisation of ARP and RAF exercises;

- tentative agreement for telephonic installations at Mill Street Fire Station and Auxiliary Fire Stations;

- selection of premises to be action stations as follows: Fox & Hounds PH, Goldington Road; 2 Pemberley Avenue; Angel Hotel Garage, Haynes Road; St.John's Place; Queen's Engineering Works; and Clarendon Street;

- appointment of additional Auxiliary fireman and claim for Home Office grant;

- decision not to fence off of Newnham Drill Ground to prevent trespass and consideration of erection of a building at the Drill Ground for storage of pumps etc;

- necessity of appointing of one or two more whole-time professional firemen.

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