Seattle Municipal Archives
PO Box 94728
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: 206/233-7807
Email: archives@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
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