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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8539
Title	Derby Borough Fire Brigade
Date	(1866)-[1970s]
Description	Reports of Fires books 1928-1952, Fire and Emergency Calls Record Book 1971-1972, Photocopy of Reports to Committee/Occurrence Book 1866-1901, Photocopy of the Monthly Report to Committee Book 1903-1915, Home Office Manual of Firemanship Parts 6 and 7 1944-1945, Scrapbook pages containing newscuttings about fires in Derby [c1950s-c1970s], Photographs
Extent	8 volumes, 6 bundles, 2 items
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Derby Borough Fire Brigade
Administrative History	The provisions for firefighting were taken over by the Corporation in 1839. The force was reorganised under the provisions of the Fire Service Act 1947. The Act also created the Derbyshire Fire Service (later Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service) and the two brigades were merged following local government reorganisation in 1974.
Custodial History	These records were donated to Derby Local Studies and Family History Library by a former fireman with an interest in the history of the brigade. They were transferred to Derbyshire Record Office by in July 2024.
Appraisal	The photographic material has not yet been appraised and catalogued
Arrangement	D8539/1 Monthly Report to Committee Books D8539/2 Reports of Fires Books D8539/3 Emergency Calls Record Book D8539/4 Home Office Manual of Firemanship D8539/5 Photographs - not yet catalogued D8539/6 Newscuttings Scrapbook
Organisation Sub-Type	Borough councils
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Related Material	The following items were transferred to the Local Studies collection - Photocopies of annual reports 1950, 1953, 1958-1964 - Transcript of Derby Borough Watch Committee Minutes 1836-1842 - Transcript of Derby Borough Council Fire Brigade Sub-Committee Minutes Sep 1923-Apr 1935 - Extracts from Derby Borough Council Fire Brigade Sub-Committee Minutes Apr 1895-Dec 1902 (see D4538/21/3) - Transcript of Monthly Reports to Committee/Occurrence Books 1866-1935, with some extracts from the sub-committee minutes Jan 1916-Feb 1935
Archivist Note	Catalogued to ISAD(G) standard, except D8539/5 for which cataloguing is pending, 29 July 2024, BS.

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