Third edition. viii, 124pp, xvi. In red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on front panel. Decorated endpapers. 8vo. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt letting on upper panel. Cloth a little pushed and rubbed at corners and ends of a sunned spine. Previous owner's stamp and inscription opposite title page. Slightly shaken.
A history of the evolution of fire brigades with further chapters on statutory provisions, constitutions, special powers, out of district fires and charges, water supplies and notes on the Report of the Royal Commission on Fire Brigades and Fire Prevention and the Position of Insurance Offices regarding Fire Protection and Fire Extinction.
