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Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol

Overview

The Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol was an organization dedicated to the preservation of property, primarily from the effects of fire and the efforts to extinguish it. It operated from 1871-1959. Much like the other salvage corps/insurance patrols in Cincinnati, Boston, New York, London, and many other cities, it was mostly funded by insurance companies in the City of Chicago.[1]

Fire Patrol members would utilize many tools and techniques to ensure property would remain protected in fires. Their primary and most famous tool was the tarpaulin, or salvage cover. Patrol members would gather property they couldn't remove from structures and cover it in place using salvage covers. They would cover holes in roofs or other openings made by the fire department to prevent weather damage. They would shut of sprinkler systems when appropriate, restoring them to service after a fire.[2]

The Fire Insurance Patrol would remove water from structures using various techniques still in use by fire departments. These varied from simply moving accumulated water to more elaborate means such as creating chutes to send water out of the structure or electric pumps.[3]

When possible, Fire Patrol members would restore heating systems when they were inoperable during the winter.[4]

Structure The Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol was overseen by a board made up of representatives from insurance companies with property in Chicago. It's day to day operations were run by a Captain. The first Captain of the Patrol was Benjamin B. Bullwinkle.[5]

It initially operated with a single unit, Patrol 1, placed in service on September 30, 1871.[6]

Patrol 2 was organized on August 3, 1875.

Patrol 3 was organized on July 5, 1881. It was in and out of service until May 11, 1889.[7]

Patrol 4 was organized on May 11, 1889.[8]

Patrol 5 was organized on March 5, 1892.[9]

Patrol 6 was organized on December 1, 1893.[10]

Patrol 7 was organized on August 24, 1901.[11]

Patrol 8 was organized on May 30, 1903.[12]

The ranks of the Insurance Patrol were:

Chief

Assistance Chief

Captain

Lieutenant

Patrolman 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Class

Other jobs included: Switchboard operator, fire reporter, and clerk. [13]

Disbanding of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol

The Insurance Patrol was taken out of service over the course of June 28 and 29, 1959, with patrol units being taken out of service gradually over those two days. They vehicles and equipment were sold to Lombard, Markham, Skokie, Rolling Meadows, and Villa Park.

Patrol 1 and 2s quarters was purchased by a private business.

Patrol 3 and 4s quarters was purchased by the Chicago Fire Department and is still in use as Engine 50s house.

Patrol 5s quarters was purchased by Chicago Fire Department and is currently in use as the quarters of Air Mask Services.

Patrol 7s quarters and Patrol 8s quarters are privately owned. [14]

References

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  1. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2007). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 978-0978662301.
  3. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ↑ Seafield, Keith (2--7). History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol 1871-1959 (1 ed.). K.M. Seafield and M.A. Pack. ISBN 097866230X. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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