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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/15
AltRefNoFile no. 7A
TitleFire
DescriptionMemo by Sir John Scott – War control of fire services in rural areas, dated 21 June 1939. Correspondence on fire services organisation, fire engines and pumps. Fire brigade regional schemes. Fire brigade circular No. 73/1939 from the Home Office dated 5 October 1939 and statutory rules and orders 1939 No. 1259 – Fire brigades No. 4 (Eastern) region order. Notes of interview with regional fire brigade inspector, 14 November 1939. Letters from clerks to district councils re fire brigade scheme. Home office fire brigade circular no. 30/1940 with memo for district officers and alternative operating officers. Fire brigade regional orders and S.R. and O fire brigades (general) order 1940 and list of telephone numbers. Home Office fire brigade circular No. 52/1940 liaison between fire services and ARP control centres. Ministry of Home Security circulars No. 185/1940, fire brigade circular 107/1940, S.R. and O. 1940 No. 1313. Fire brigade circular No. 150/1940, with list and index of circulars and memoranda. Fire brigade circular No. 155/1940, fire brigade circular No. 154/1940 and S.R. and O. 1940 No. 2117, fire brigade circular No. 159/1940. Further letters from district councils re fire engines and pumps. Stationery Office publication ‘The Fire Guards Handbook (No. 14)’. Correspondence re national fire service organisation, map of county showing chain control with national services. Correspondence with divisional officers re summoning fire services. Letter from senior regional officer to Sir John Scott re co-operation with the national fire service in rural areas. eastern region circular No. 8/1945 – Fire protection.
DateJune 1939-January 1945
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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