Series
Home Office: Fire Service Inspectorate: Instructions, Memoranda and Notes
Catalogue reference: HO 407
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HO 407
National instructions, regional memoranda and operations and training notes issued by the Fire Service Inspectorate of the Fire Service Department.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 407
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Fire Service Inspectorate: Instructions, Memoranda and Notes
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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National instructions, regional memoranda and operations and training notes issued by the Fire Service Inspectorate of the Fire Service Department.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Fire Service Inspectorate, 1941-1957
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 21 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Home Office
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1941 to 1948
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Library set preserved in full
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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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The Fire Brigades Act 1938 placed the responsibility for the provision of an adequate and efficient fire service on councils of counties and county boroughs and invested the Home Secretary with powers of direction, assisted by a Fire Service Commission and a Central Advisory Council.
In 1941, as a war emergency measure, the National Fire Service was set up by the Home Secretary under powers conferred on him by the Fire Services (Emergency Provisions) Act 1941. General responsibility rested with the Fire Service Department of the Home Office assisted by an Inspectorate.
The Fire Service Inspectorate of the Fire Service Department provided administrative, operational and technical information, advice and guidance.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15394/
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Home Office: Fire Service Inspectorate: Instructions, Memoranda and Notes