Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction
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FIRE PREVENTION
AND
FIRE EXTINCTION.
BY
JAMES BRAIDWOOD,
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, MEMOIR, AND PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR.
LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, 186, FLEET STREET. 1866.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
MEMOIR
OF
JAMES BRAIDWOOD.
A TRUE HERO.
James Braidwood.—Died, June 22nd, 1861.
FIRE PREVENTION
INCLUDING
FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES.
FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES.
FOOTNOTES:
FIRE EXTINCTION,
INCLUDING
FIRE BRIGADES, FIRE ENGINES,
AND
WATER SUPPLY.
PUBLIC FIRE BRIGADES AND THE DUTIES OF FIREMEN.
THE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE.
NORTH SIDE OF RIVER.
OUTLINE OF GENERAL DUTY.
DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENT.
DUTIES OF FOREMAN.
DUTIES OF THE ENGINEER.
DUTIES OF SUB-ENGINEERS.
DUTIES OF THE FIREMAN.
BOOKS KEPT AT THE STATIONS.
THE EDINBURGH FIRE BRIGADE.
I.—General Regulations of the Edinburgh Fire Brigade.
II.—Police.
III. Superintendent of Fire Brigade.
IV.—Head Enginemen.
V.—Firemen.
VI.—High Constables and Commissioners of Police.
VII.—Magistrates, &c.
VIII.—Gas-light Companies.
IX.—Special Regulations for the Firemen.
MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM FIRE.
FIRE-ENGINES.
DESCRIPTION OF TOOLS WITH WHICH EACH ENGINE IS PROVIDED.
FIRE ANNIHILATOR
WATER SUPPLY.
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX.
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862.
SPECIAL JURY FOR FIRE-ENGINES.
Report of the Special Committee of Class VIII. on Fire-Engines.
STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPETITION,
CRYSTAL PALACE, LONDON, 1863.
LARGE CLASS.
SMALL CLASS.
AWARDS.
METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE.
ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO & VICESIMO NONO
VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
CAP. XC.
An Act for the Establishment of a Fire Brigade within the Metropolis. [5th July, 1865.]
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