Identity area
Reference code
AU WA S2763
Title
FILES - GENERAL
Date(s)
- 1954-01-01 - (Creation)
- 1916-01-01 - 1992-12-31 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Series
Medium
Format
Files
Status
Context area
Name of creator
AU WA A1120 - BUSH FIRES BOARD OF WA
(1954-01-01 -)
Administrative history
The Bush Fires Board of WA was established in 1954 to foster and encourage the formation and organisation of volunteer bush fire brigades throughout WA, with the assistance of local government. The Bush Fires Board acts in an advisory capacity on standards of training, fire fighting equipment and methods of prevention, control and suppression.
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This comprises the main file series of the Bush Fires Board. The files primarily document liaison between the Bush Fires Board and local shires. These files include Warden's reports which record the level at which local shires meet the provisions of fire prevention, as well as fire protection plans for different shires.
The file series also document changes to the Bush Fires Act, Board minutes and agendas, Ministerial responses and policy and rulings regarding fire hazards.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Numerical
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing access (legacy)
Open access