The Fire Brigades Act 1938 (in force until 1941, repealed 1947) was the primary legislation for
Great Britain
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, excluding London, that placed responsibility for the provision of a fire brigade onto the
local authority
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, and away from the insurance companies.
The Act was passed following a report by the Departmental Committee on Fire Brigade Services 1935, which was also known as the Riverdale Committee in reference to its chairman, Lord Riverdale.
The Act was only in force for a short time before in 1941 all local authority fire services in Great Britain were transferred to the
National Fire Service
The National Fire Service (NFS) was the single fire service created in Great Britain in 1941 during the Second World War; a separate National Fire Service (Northern Ireland) was created in 1942.
The NFS was created in August 1941 by the amalga ...
. After
World War II
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new legislation was passed and the
Fire Services Act 1947
The Fire Services Act 1947 was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised fire services in the United Kingdom. It disbanded the National Fire Service and returned the responsibility for running fire services to local authorities ...
took over as the primary legislation dealing with fire services in Great Britain.
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Fire service in the United Kingdom
The fire services in the United Kingdom operate under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
Emergency cover is provided by over fifty agencies. These are officially known as a ...
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Fire Services Act 1947
The Fire Services Act 1947 was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised fire services in the United Kingdom. It disbanded the National Fire Service and returned the responsibility for running fire services to local authorities ...
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Fire Services Act 1951
The Fire Services Act 1951 ( 14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 27) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which extended only to Great Britain.
The Act amended parts of the Fire Services Act 1947 which dealt with the Firemen's Pension Scheme; it d ...
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Fire Services Act 1959
The Fire Services Act 1959 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament passed "to amend the Fire Services Act 1947, and make further provision as to the pensions of persons transferring to or from the fire service and as to members of fire brigades ...
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Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c 21), sometimes abbreviated as FRSA 2004, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It came into effect on 1 October 2004. It only applies to Great Britain and most provisions apply only in Engl ...