WaSMAR2810_06.xml Guide to the Seattle Fire Department Public Education and Fire Safety Records 1980-1995 Seattle Fire Department Public Education and Fire Safety Records Finding aid prepared by Linnet Blumenthal Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Seattle Municipal Archives © 2010
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2810-06 Seattle (Wash.). Fire Dept. Seattle Fire Department Public Education and Fire Safety Records 1980-1995 4.0 cubic feet 10 boxes Records from the Fire Marshal's office of the Seattle Fire Department relating to public education and fire safety. Collection materials are in English Historical Note

A Fire Department was established by City Charter in 1883. It provided for equipment purchases, but not for hiring of firefighters. Following the Great Fire of 1889, a professional fire department was created with five district fire stations and purchase of a fire boat. The first Fire Chief of the professional department was Gardner Kellogg who served 1890-1892 and 1895-1901. A Board of Fire Commissioners was established by the 1890 City Charter to prescribe rules and regulations for the Department. The Board's responsibilities included enforcing rules violations, and appointing the Fire Chief and all subordinate officers. The Board was abolished with passage of a new City Charter in 1896. The position of Fire Marshal was established in 1901 with responsibility for inspecting buildings to insure they were in compliance the ordinances related to building construction and fire protection. The Fire Marshal also inspects all fires and reports on the causes. The Department's mission is to curtail loss of life and property by fire through inspection and certification of building safety systems, public education, regulation of hazardous material storage, and fire suppression.

Records from the Fire Marshal's office of the Seattle Fire Department relating to public education and fire safety. The series contains information on public and school fire safety education such as the School and Fire-Safe Education (S. A. F. E.) program, Change Your Clock campaign, Fire Prevention Week, and a smoke detector program aimed at providing equipment for low income residents. Correspondence and memoranda related to the activities of the Public Education Supervisor, Diane Shirk, are included in the series, as are residential fire statistics from 1981-1987, and incomplete monthly, quarterly and annual budget reports for 1980-1994.

Arranged in four subseries: Correspondence, Events and Programs, Reports, and Miscellaneous. The series are described more fully below.

Records are open to the public.

[Item and date], Seattle Fire Department Public Education and Fire Safety Records, Record Series 2810-06. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Shirk, Diane Seattle (Wash.). Fire Dept. Seattle (Wash.). Fire Marshal Seattle (Wash.). Fire prevention--Washington (State)--Seattle Fire detectors--Washington (State)--Seattle Seattle Advertising and Marketing Children and Youth

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Subseries I: Correspondence

Correspondence and memoranda relating to fire safety and public education, mainly between fire chiefs and Diane Shirk, the Public Education Supervisor.

1/1 Correspondence - Public Education 1980 1/2 Correspondence - Public Education 1981 1/3 Correspondence - Public Education 1981 1/4 Correspondence - Public Education 1982 1/5 Correspondence - Public Education 1982 1/6 Memoranda - Public Education 1983 1/7 Memoranda - Public Education 1983 1/8 Memoranda - Public Education 1984 1/9 Memoranda - Public Education 1984 1/10 Correspondence - Public Education 1985 2/1 Memoranda - Public Eductaion 1985 2/2 Memoranda - Public Eductaion 1985 2/3 Correspondence - Public Education 1986 2/4 Correspondence - Public Education 1986 2/5 Memoranda - Public Education 1986 2/6 Memoranda - Public Education 1986 2/7 Correspondence - Public Education 1987 2/8 Memoranda - Public Education 1987 2/9 Memoranda - Public Education 1987 2/10 Memoranda - Public Education 1988 3/1 Correspondence - Public Education 1989 3/2 Memoranda - Public Education 1989 3/3 Memoranda - Public Education 1989 3/4 Correspondence - Public Education 1990 3/5 Correspondence - Public Education 1990 3/6 Memoranda - Public Education 1990 3/7 Memoranda - Public Education 1990 3/8 Correspondence - Public Education 1991 3/9 Memoranda - Public Education 1991 4/1 Correspondence - Public Education 1992 4/2 Correspondence - Public Education 1992 4/3 Memoranda - Public Education 1992 4/4 Memoranda - Public Education 1992 4/5 Correspondence - Public Education 1993 4/6 Memoranda - Public Education 1993 4/7 Correspondence - Public Education 1994 4/8 Correspondence - Public Education - Newspaper Clipping 1994 4/9 Memoranda - Public Education 1994 Subseries II: Events and Programs

Records relating to public education events including Fire Prevention Week, the smoke detector program, and School and Fire-Safe Education (S.A.F.E.)

 5/1 Change Your Clock Campaign 1991 5/2 Change Your Clock Campaign - Newspaper Clippings 1991 5/3 Change Your Clock Campaign - Print 1991 5/4 Change Your Clock Campaign 1992 5/5 Change Your Clock Campaign - Newspaper Clippings 1992 5/6 Change Your Clock Campaign - Print 1992 5/7 Change Your Clock Campaign 1993 5/8 Change Your Clock Campaign 1993 5/9 Change Your Clock Campaign - Newspaper Clippings 1993 5/10 Change Your Clock Campaign - Print 1993 5/11 Change Your Clock Campaign 1994 5/12 Change Your Clock Campaign - Print 1994 5/13 Engine Company Visits 1993 5/14 Engine Company Visits 1993 5/15 Engine Company Visits 1993 5/16 Engine Company Visits 1993-1994 5/17 Engine Company Visits 1994 6/1 Fire Safety - New Refugee Program 1982 6/2 Fire Prevention Week 1984 6/3 Fire Prevention Week - Newspaper Clipping 1984 6/4 Fire Prevention Week 1985 6/5 Fire Prevention Week 1986 6/6 Heating Safety Campaign 1981-1982 6/7 Holiday Safety - Tree Burn 1986 6/8 Home Heating Safety 1981-1982 6/9 "Name the Fireboat" School Contest - Chief Seattle 1984 6/10 Parades 1984-1986 6/11 Project Proposals 1985-1988 6/12 School and Fire-Safe Education Program - S. A. F. E. 1980-1981 6/13 School and Fire-Safe Education Program - S. A. F. E. 1981-1982 6/14 School and Fire-Safe Education Program - S. A. F. E. 1982-1983 6/15 School and Fire-Safe Education Program - S. A. F. E. 1984-1985 7/1 School and Fire-Safe Education Program - S. A. F. E. 1984-1985 7/2 School and Fire-Safe Education Program - S. A. F. E. 1985-1986 7/3 School and Fire-Safe Education Program - S. A. F. E. 1986-1987 7/4 School and Fire-Safe Education Program - S. A. F. E. - Insurance Company Donations 1983-1988 7/5 School and Fire-Safe Education Program - S. A. F. E. - Promotional Folders 1980-1988 7/6 Smoke Detector Inormation 1981-1983 7/7 Smoke Detector Loan Program 1982 7/8 Smoke Detector - Low Income Program 1983 7/9 Smoke Detector Public Service Announcement - Correspondence 1983 7/10 Smoke Detector Program 1985 7/11 Smoke Detector Tester 1985 7/12 Wood Heating Safety 1983 Subseries III: Reports

Budget reports filed weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually regarding expenditures for the public education program. Series is not complete.

 8/1 Monthly Reports - Public Education 1980 8/2 Quarterly Reports - Public Education 1980 8/3 Monthly Reports - Public Education 1981 8/4 Quarterly Reports and Planning - Public Education 1981 8/5 Annual Budget Report - Public Education 1981 8/6 Monthly Reports - Public Education 1982 8/7 Quarterly Reports and Planning - Public Education 1982 8/8 Annual Budget Report - Public Education 1982 8/9 Monthly Reports - Public Education 1983 8/10 Quarterly Reports and Planning - Public Education 1983 8/11 Requisitions - Public Education 1983 8/12 Annual Budget Report - Public Education 1983 8/13 Monthly Reports - Public Education 1984 8/14 Quarterly Reports - Public Education 1984 8/15 Requisitions - Public Education 1984 8/16 Annual Budget Report - Public Education 1984 8/17 Weekly Reports - Public Education 1985 8/18 Monthly Reports - Public Education 1985 8/19 Quarterly Reports and Planning - Public Education 1985 9/1 Requisitions - Public Education 1985-1987 9/2 Weekly Reports - Public Education 1986 9/3 Monthly Reports - Public Education 1986 9/4 Quarterly Reports and Planning - Public Education 1986 9/5 Monthly Reports - Public Education 1987 9/6 Quarterly Reports and Planning - Public Education 1987 9/7 Quarterly Reports - Public Education 1988 9/8 Requisitions - Public Education 1988 9/9 Annual Budget Report - Public Education 1988 9/10 Quarterly Reports - Public Education 1989 9/11 Requisitions - Public Education 1989 9/12 Expenditure - Public Education 1990 9/13 Requisitions - Public Education 1990 9/14 Annual Budget Report - Public Education 1990 9/15 Annual Budget Report - Public Education 1992 9/16 Expenditure Reports - Public Education 1993 9/17 Annual Budget Report - Public Education 1994 Subseries IV: Miscellaneous

Other records of the public education program, including residential fire statistics, emergency operations procedure correspondence, and workshop materials.

 10/1 Bravery Citation Recommendations 1984 10/2 Business Disaster Preparedness Conference Materials 1995 10/3 Citizen Advisory Committee - Fire Prevention Education 1981-1982 10/4 Emergency Operations Procedure Correspondence - High Rise and Low Rise 1993 10/5 Emergency Operations Procedure Correspondence - High Rise and Low Rise 1994 10/6 Earthquake Information Materials 1995 10/7 International Television Association Membership Request 1984 10/8 "Kids and Fire a Dangerous Combination" - Workshop Materials 1992 10/9 Public Education File Index 1986 10/10 Residential Fire Statistics 1981 10/11 Residential Fire Statistics 1982 10/12 Residential Fire Statistics 1983 10/13 Residential Fire Statistics 1984 10/14 Residential Fire Statistics 1985 10/15 Residential Fire Statistics 1986 10/16 Residential Fire Statistics 1987 10/17 University of Washington Lab Fire - Questionnaire 1985