Series
Fire Brigades Division and Fire Service Department
Catalogue reference: HO 187
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HO 187
Files of the Fire Brigades Division (F.B.Gen series), including re-registered files from the main Home Office numerical series, dealing with the general direction of the fire service by the Home Secretary under the Fire Brigades Act 1938; and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 187
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Title (The name of the record)
- Fire Brigades Division and Fire Service Department
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Date (When the record was created)
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1912-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Fire Brigades Division (F.B.Gen series), including re-registered files from the main Home Office numerical series, dealing with the general direction of the fire service by the Home Secretary under the Fire Brigades Act 1938; and files of the Fire Service Department (K series), dealing with legislation, organisation, co-ordination and other matters concerning the central control of the National Fire Service set up under the Fire Services (Emergency Provisions) Act 1941 and with the re-establishment of local authority fire services under the Fire Services Act 1947. A few files relate to fire services after the abolition of the National Fire Service and the restoration of local fire services in 1948.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The list is divided into separate sections for the FB GEN and K file series, and is arranged alphabetically by subject heading within each section.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1843 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1973 Home Office
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9051/
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Within the department: HO
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Fire Brigades Division and Fire Service Department