NRS-15432 | Fire record books [Armidale Fire Station]

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These volumes record the Armidale Station fire brigade unit’s attendance at fires, fire alarm callouts, chemical spills (later classed as hazardous incidents), road accidents, and training exercises. The emergency scene details include the date and time of an emergency call, the caller, fire location, building occupier, business (if applicable), building construction, the supposed cause of the fire, method of extinguishment, and resulting damage. From 1980 onwards the time spent by the fire unit at the scene is noted in terms of the time "in" and "out" with a total time also recorded.