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Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services Series
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Fire boat logbooks

Series consists of maintenance manuals and logbooks for the "J. H. Carlisle". Series is arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services

Fire Chief's subject files

Series consists primarily of correspondence from the Office of the Fire Chief relating to the administrative activities of the office. The records are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services

Fire Department administration files

Series consists of general correspondence and subject files from the Administrative Division pertaining to City departments, monthly reports and statistics, minutes of meetings, recruitment, training, safety requirements, fire by-laws and miscellaneous other topics. Series corresponds to records schedule "Fire-8."
For the years 1973-1980 arrangement is chronological, then alphabetical by file title. After 1980 the series is arranged into the following subseries:
City Departments
Divisions
Finance
Fire protection - subject files
General
Index [to administration file series]
Internal
Meetings
Operational
Organizations
Personnel
Working files

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services

Fire Department employee absentee journals

Series consists of registers giving details of absences of individual firemen. For entries between 1925 and 1950, the information is arranged chronologically. For entries between 1951 and 1961, the information is arranged alphabetically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services

Fire Department films

Series consists of films of the Vancouver Fire Department showing firefighters on the scene at car crashes, fighting Vancouver fires, doing fire prevention work, and performing demonstrations of their equipment. Warning: Some of these films contain graphic images.

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services

Fire Department photographs

Series consists of photographs and negatives of staff members, equipment, activities, and offices of the Vancouver Fire Department.

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services

Fire Department stores Branch subject files

Series consists of purchase requisitions, delivery slips, equipment specifications, and tender copies and related correspondence received by Stores Branch of the Administrative Division for supplies and services. Arrangement alphabetically by subject.

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services

Fire record journals

Series consists of a listing of fires, giving alarm box, date, time, location of fire, building type, owner, cause, amount of loss, and insurance. Records are arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services

Fire reports to the Chief of Fire Department

Series consists of reports of all fire alarms answered by Vancouver Fire Department firehalls. The reports record the date, time, and form of alarm, the location and probable cause of the fire, the personnel who responded, the equipment used, the duration of time worked, the distance travelled, and the damage sustained. The records are arranged chronologically by date of alarm.

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services

Firehall Log Books

Series consists of log books from Vancouver’s fire-halls. The log books give details on rescue calls, fire-hall activities, and fire-hall personnel.

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services

Inhalator alarms journal

Series consists of the record of inhalator alarms, which relate to the rescue and safety function of the Fire Department. Recorded, in the form of a case by case chronology, are the source of alarm, the ill or injured individuals' names, addresses, diagnoses, treatments, and names of police and fire personnel attending. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver (B.C.). Fire and Rescue Services