Fire service historian and author
Roger Mardon
www.romar.org.uk
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First published 2008
ISBN 978-
Tempus Publishing Ltd
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It was not until 1680 that the first insurance company, the Fire Office, was established in London by Nicholas Barbon. The Government took no interest in the subject so it was the insurance companies that pioneered the fire service for almost 200 years.
Published 2008, soft cover, 223 pages, over 130 black & white and 29 colour illustrations
Insurance Fire Brigades 1680-
The Birth of the British Fire Service
by Brian Wright #023
1. In the Beginning Before Insurance
2. The Fire Offices
3. A Social Responsibility
4. The Insurance Company Brigades
5. The Insurance Firemen
6. Regulations, Pay and Rewards
7. Uniforms
8. Fire Engines, Stations and Horses
9. The Types of Fire Engines used by Insurance Brigades
10. Additional Equipment
11. 'Fire, Fire!'
12. Working Together
13. The London Fire Engine Establishment 1861-
14. The Last Days of the Insurance Brigades
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