Research: Military: They Also Served
They Also Served --- Series Descriptions
Committee on Fire Defense
A4271. Correspondence, Bulletins and Minutes, 1941-1944.
1 cu. ft.
The New York State Committee on Fire Defense organized a statewide administrative framework to mobilize quickly and efficiently the firemen, fire equipment and fire fighting resources of the State in times of war emergency. The proposal for statewide emergency fire mobilization and mutual aid was intended to provide fire departments a blueprint for wartime emergency mobilization by, for and of local fire services. It provided for standardization of fire department connection threads, a statewide communication system, and mutual aid arrangements for adjacent sections of neighboring states. The plan established a reception depot for fire equipment which came to the State and its localities from the federal government and other sources, and also established definite principles of command at the scene of fires. In addition, the plan optimized cooperation between local fire authorities and industrial fire brigades. The Committee organized its efforts together with War Council Offices of War Training, Civilian Protection and Civilian Defense.
The files contain general planning correspondence; correspondence with the Firemen's Association of the State of New York; minutes; bulletins from the directors of the Office of Civilian Protection; press releases from the committee secretary; and lists of allocations of fire equipment.
