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Catalogue description Home Office: Fire Service Inspectorate: Instructions, Memoranda and Notes
| Reference: | HO 407 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Home Office: Fire Service Inspectorate: Instructions, Memoranda and Notes |
| Description: |
National instructions, regional memoranda and operations and training notes issued by the Fire Service Inspectorate of the Fire Service Department. |
| Date: | 1941-1948 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Fire Service Inspectorate, 1941-1957 |
| Physical description: | 21 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2000 Home Office |
| Accumulation dates: | 1941 to 1948 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Library set preserved in full |
| Accruals: | No future accruals expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
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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