Produced by Bryan Ness, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) [Illustration: Jas. Braidwood] FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE EXTINCTION. BY JAMES BRAIDWOOD, FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LONDON FIRE-BRIGADE, AND ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. INCLUDING FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES, FIRE-PROOF SAFES, PUBLIC FIRE BRIGADES, PRIVATE MEANS FOR SUPPRESSING FIRES, FIRE-ENGINES, FIRE ANNIHILATORS, PORTABLE FIRE-ESCAPES, WATER SUPPLY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, MEMOIR, AND PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR. LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, 186, FLEET STREET. 1866. [_The right of Translation is reserved._] CONTENTS. MEMOIR. PAGE Introductory, Early Fires, Fire Engines, and Fire Brigades 5 Mr. Braidwood's birth and education 7 Great Fire of Edinburgh, and appointment as head of Brigade 8 Award of Silver Medal of Society of Arts, London; publication of work on Fire Engines 11 Formation of London Fire Brigade; appointment as Superintendent 13 Testimonials received upon leaving Edinburgh 14 London residence and routine of duty 16 Valuable services of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire 17 Statistics of Fires; improvement of Fire Engines 18 Introduction of ladders, hose reel, and hand pump 19 Floating Fire Engines, hand worked and steam; Land Steam Fire Engine 20 Inspection of Government Dockyards and Public Buildings; establishment of a standard hose coupling 21 Admitted an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers; award of Telford Medal; endeavours to restrain the erection of immoderate-sized warehouses 22 His opinion as to the inadequacy of London Fire Brigade; Great Tooley Street Fire 23 Death of Mr. Braidwood 24 Public funeral 25 Public and private character 28 World-wide esteem in which he was held 30 Poem--A True Hero 32 FIRE PREVENTION, INCLUDING FIREPROOF STRUCTURES--CAUSES OF FIRES. Inattention in the use of fires and lights 33 Advantages of a legal inquiry into the cause of Fires 37 Improper construction of buildings 37 Acts of Parliament for buildings in London 39