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    The Fire Services Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 41) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised fire services in the United Kingdom...
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  • Fire Services Act may refer to: Fire Services Act 1947 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Fire Services Act 1951 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
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    Wales by Schedule 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. 1959: Fire Services Act 1959 This Act amended the 1947 Act; it dealt with pensions, staffing...
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    previous Fire Services Act 1947 in England and Wales, it clarifies the duties and powers of fire authorities to:- promote fire safety fight fires protect...
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    Services Act 1947 Fire Services Act 1959 Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 John Burke and Clifford Walsh (eds). "Fire Services Act, 1951"...
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    The Fire Services Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 44) is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament passed "to amend the Fire Services Act 1947, and make further...
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  • introduction of the Fire Services Act 1947 gave the fire brigade its first responsibilities for fire safety. Section 1 of the Fire Services Act defined the duties...
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    result of The Fire Brigade Act 1938. The NFS existed until 1948, when it was again split by the Fire Services Act 1947, with fire services reverting to...
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    integration difficult. The 1938 Act was replaced by the Fire Services Act 1947, which disbanded the National Fire Service and made firefighting functions...
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    The Act amended the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c.77) and Fire Services Act 1947 (c.41). Text of the Police and Fire Services (Finance) (Scotland) Act 2001...
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  • the Fire Services Act 1947 as "Cornwall County Fire Brigade", the name changed to "Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service" on 1 October 2009. The service is...
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    The Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, better known as the Taft–Hartley Act, is a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power...
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  • Service was officially formed on 1 April 1948, by the Fire Services Act 1947. It was one of the eleven fire brigades established in Scotland after World War...
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    Fire Brigade (LFB) is the fire and rescue service for London, the capital of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865...
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    1947 took over as the primary legislation dealing with fire services in Great Britain. Fire service in the United Kingdom Fire Services Act 1947 Fire...
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  • Leicestershire and Rutland Fire Brigade and the separate City of Leicester Fire Brigade were created in 1948 by the Fire Services Act 1947. In 1974 the City of...
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  • England. The City of Nottingham Fire Brigade and the Nottinghamshire Fire Brigade were created under the Fire Services Act 1947. In 1974, the two brigades...
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    resettling workers The Fire Services Act 1947 introduced a new pension scheme for firefighters, while the Electricity Act 1947 introduced better retirement...
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    most significantly the Fire Services Act 1947 and the Fire Services Act 1959 but did not repeal any Act entirely. Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, text (as passed)...
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  • Humberside Fire Brigade was formed in 1974 as a result of the Fire Services Act 1947 stating that all areas must have an official fire service; the brigade...
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  • 1948 by the Fire Services Act 1947) merged. In April 2021, Moulton Logistics Centre closed down, leaving Moulton Fire Station and the service's workshops...
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  • of a Kent fire-fighter was in 1990. The fire service was returned to local authority control on 1 April 1948 under the Fire Services Act 1947, with responsibility...
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  • Midlands Fire Service before that. The service was created in 1948 by the Fire Services Act 1947 and was originally called Warwick County Fire Brigade...
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  • Service and Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service. The service was formed on 1 April 1948 as a result of the Fire Services Act 1947. The first chief fire officer...
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  • Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of Derbyshire, England. The Fire Services Act 1947 created two...
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    this way until the Fire Services Act 1947 which handed control back of fire cover back to local authorities in 1948. When the service was established in...
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    responsibilities from 1949. As the fire authority, under the Fire Services Act 1947, the county council also retained Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, one of the...
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    several public services, through the Police Act 1946, the Fire Services Act 1947, the Civil Defence Act 1948, and the Justices of the Peace Act 1949. In addition...
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  • Service in 2013. Fife Fire and Rescue Service was formed in 1985 from Fife Fire Brigade, however its creation was a result of the Fire Services Act 1947...
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  • Peter Dunn (general) (category 1947 births)
    Emergency Services Authority he was responsible for the ACT Fire Brigade, ACT Ambulance Service, Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service. He was...
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