Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    FS
  • Title
    Bedfordshire County Council Fire Service
  • Admin/biog history
    Fire fighting became a County responsibility in about 1947. In 1941 the independent fire authorities were replaced by the National Fire Service (NFS) to cope with the emergency situation. This service which incorporated the Auxiliary Fire Service formed in 1937, remained until 1947/8 when the brigades were restored to their local authorities. The NFS was organised into numbered Fire Forces which, in turn, were sub-divded into 5 Divisions (and, from June 1945, 3 sub-areas) Bedfordshire being a Division (and later Sub-Area B) of No 12 Fire-Force Area (whose Headquarters were at Stevenage, Herts.) under a Divisional Officer (and later Sub-Area) Commander based at Luton Fire Station. At first the County Control was at Luton but it later passed to Bedford. From 1964-1974 the County Borough of Luton had its own independent brigade.
  • Scope and Content
    SUMMARY OF CLASSES (detailed catalogues of the material under each heading are shown under each sub-fonds/series as follows: FSC - FIRE SERVICE COMMITTEE: Papers and Minutes (1946-1974) FSB - FIRE SERVICE BRIGADE RECORDS (1945-1974) FSB/B: Bedford Brigade: 1) Occurrence or Log Books 2) Fire Call Records (summaries) 3) Fire Analyses books 4) Chief Officer's Daily Summary books 5) Hydrant Requirements registers 7) Monthly record of factory fires 8) Control handing over book FSB/BW: Biggleswade Brigade: 1) Occurrence of Log Books FSB/D: Dunstable Brigade 1) Occurrence of Log Books FSB/L: Luton Brigade (Station 1) 1) Occurrence of Log Books 9) Statistics FSB/LB: Luton Borough Brigade (1964-74) 1) Occurrence of Log Books 2) Fire Call Records (summaries) 6) Petrol and oil records FSD - FIRE SERVICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS (post 1974; successor series to FSB) FSD/F: File Series (using original FS class codings; none for classes 4 and 10 deposited) 1) Personnel and manning 2) Training 3) Fire Stations 5) Equipment 6) Committee involvement 7) Fire and firemanship 8) Administration 9) Planning and reorganisation 11) Communications FSD/PC: Albums of Press Cuttings FSD/PR: Personnel Record Cards (restricted access) FSD/PH: Photographs 1) Personnel 2) Training 3) Fire Service Property 4) Equipment and Transport 5) Incidents FSD/Pu: Publications 1) Impeller, quarterly magazine of Bedfordshire Fire Service 2) Newsletter of Bedfordshire Branch of National Association of Retired Firefighters 3) General FSD/RR: Research Report files (restricted access) FSP - Bedfordshire and Luton Combined Fire Authority Agenda Papers FSM - Bedfordshire and Luton Combined Fire Authority Minutes FS/SC - Standards Committee Papers FS/MRP - Managment Review Panel (restricted access) FS/IP - Interview Panel (restricted access) FS/MA - Members' Allowance Working Group FSE - Fire Services Estate: Documents of title relating to freehold estate owned by the Beds. & Luton Combined Fire Authority (restricted access) FS/WP - CFA Standards Committee - S.66 Regulations Working Group FSV - Varia
  • Level of description
    fonds
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