Sub-sub-fonds
BRISTOL FIRE BRIGADE
Catalogue reference: BCC/D/FB
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BCC/D/FB
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Title (The name of the record)
- BRISTOL FIRE BRIGADE
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Description (What the record is about)
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ADMINISTRATION
Minutes
Fire Brigade sub-committee
Watch sub-committe
MANAGEMENT
Journals
Log books
Record books
Occurrence books
Other
Correspondence
Fire Safety
REPRESENTATIVE MATERIAL
Historical Material
Fire Brigade
Equipment
Printed Material
Newspaper cuttings
Fire Brigade Information
Other
Photographs
Fire scenes
Events
People
Equipment
ALLIED MATERIAL
Miscellaneous
Artefacts
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>For an illustrated history see 'Bristol Fire Brigade, 1877-1974' by Dennis Hill, Redcliffe Press 1999 [BRO ref Bk/2170]</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bristol Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Accession number:33520
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1877 five of the six insurance companies in Bristol with fire brigades gave notice of their intention to discontinue their fire services and the Council recommended that a city fire brigade should be formed as part of the Police Force. It became part of the unified National Fire Service in 1941 and remained so until 1st April 1948, when it returned to local authority control. From this time it no longer formed part of the Police Force, but was re-established as a separate entity functioning under its own Committee and with its own Chief Officer. On the 1st April 1974 responsibility for the Bristol Fire Brigade Service was taken over by Avon County Council.
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Record URL
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This record is held at Bristol Archives
Within the fonds: BCC
RECORDS OF CORPORATION OF BRISTOL
Within the sub-fonds: BCC/D
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BRISTOL FIRE BRIGADE