Talk:Fire insurance mark

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In Australasia[edit]

In the first three decades of the 20th century an Alfred Chitty made an extensive study of firemarks in Australasia. See http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4012262 Silent Billy (talk) 12:02, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I got a scanned copy of Chitty's second book on fire marks from the NLA. It is incomplete. It is clear from that text that he sometimes confused Agency Signs issued by insurers to agents for advertising which were in use right up to the middle (and later) of the 20th Century with Fire Marks. However he does give enough examples (including photos) of use of fire marks to demonstrate the credibility of their use in Australian cities. In regard to the calico signs he quotes a letter he received describing their use. Silent Billy (talk) 03:02, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

refusals[edit]

A recent report published disputes prior references that popularized the outright refusal to fight fires without insurance:

Sillitoe, Paul J. "Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn?". www.tomscott.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

— xaosflux ^Talk 03:04, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tagged Fire_department#1600s_and_1700s. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:06, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]