Fire insurance--British Columbia

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  • LCSH. Previously Insurance, Fire

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Fire Insurance Commission (1910)

  • GR-1220
  • Series
  • 1910

This series contains records related to the Fire Insurance Commission of 1910. The commissioners, R.S. Lennie of Nelson, Day Hort MacDowell of Victoria and A.B. Erskine of Vancouver, were appointed to inquire generally into the business of fire insurance as carried on in the province of British Columbia. The records consist of typescript volumes of evidence taken at the Vancouver sittings (March 1910), Victoria sittings (March 1910), Nelson sittings (April 1910) and the evidence and argument at the final sittings at Victoria (June 1910). Also included is the report of the commissioners in which they stress the need for the provincial government to create an insurance department and to issue proper regulations.

British Columbia. Fire Insurance Commission [1910]

General office files of the Fire Commissioner

  • GR-3572
  • Series
  • 1922-2000; predominant 1970-2000

The series consists of administrative and operational records that document and support the functions and activities of the Office of the Fire Commissioner (OFC) in improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability of municipal fire services in British Columbia. The Office of the Fire Commissioner is the senior fire services advisory authority in British Columbia and is responsible for administering the Fire Services Act and the BC Fire Code. The OFC is located in Victoria, and there are five regional offices: Vancouver Island (Victoria); Lower Mainland (Victoria); South East (Nelson); Thompson Okanagan (Kamloops); and Northern (Prince George). The records in this series come primarily from the OFC, however many also come from the regional offices.

The subject matter of the records includes: the training, certification, and recognition of firefighters; participation in national and provincial firefighter associations and conferences; emergency and disaster planning; hazard identification, regulation and enforcement; the standardization and safety testing of firefighting equipment and material; and fire protection surveys of municipal fire departments. Additionally, there are some records relating to building plan approvals and reviews (GR-3568), fire investigations (GR-3575), fire safety appeals (GR-3576), and fire safety inspections (GR-3577), however most of these records can be found in the aforementioned GR series descriptions.

The series is comprised of both operational and administrative records. The archivist has maintained the original order of these records, which includes interfiling of operational and administrative records. Generally, the administrative records relate to committees and councils, participation in national and international associations, standards, legislation and regulations (the BC Fire Code and Fire Services Act in particular), and the production of the newsletter, “Infiremation.”

The operational records fall under the classifications defined in the Operational Records Classification System (ORCS) for the Office of the Fire Commissioner (schedule 116756). These are listed below, with the corresponding number from a previous ORCS provided in parentheses. It is often the previous ORCS number which has been used as a file code, and can help the user quickly identify the general nature of the file. When relevant, the GR series has also been provided in parentheses.

  • 80000 (10000) Office of the Fire Commissioner - General
  • 80050 (unknown) Fire Service Information System
  • 80100 (11000) Fire safety appeals (GR-3576)
  • 80200 (12000) Fire service award
  • 80300 (13000) Fire investigations (GR-3575)
  • 80400 (14000) Fire safety inspection (GR-3577)
  • 80500 (15000) Fire fighting equipment
  • 80600 Hazardous material – general: Compressed gases (16000) and Flammable and combustible liquids (17000)
  • 80800 (18000) Solid fuel burning appliances and equipment
  • 80900 (unknown) Equipment testing approval
  • 81000 (20000) Fire protection surveys
  • 81100 (21000) Building plan approvals (GR-3568)

This series is comprised of several different accessions. In some cases, a single accession is comprised of both operational records and administrative records, arranged chronologically. However, in some cases, an accession may be comprised of a single type of record (e.g. fire protection surveys). As a result, the series itself is not arranged in any particular way, but the container numbers in the left-hand column, as well as the file code number may provide some insight to the arrangement and organization of records. Original order of the records has been maintained.

British Columbia. Office of the Fire Commissioner

London and Canadian Fire Insurance Company records

The London and Canadian Fire Insurance Company (LCFIC) was incorporated by statute in British Columbia in 1890 as a general fire insurance business. Most of the original investors were shareholders or officials of the British Columbia Land and Investment Agency. The head office of LCFIC was located in Victoria with agencies in various British Columbia centres such as Vancouver, Nanaimo and Vernon. Because of its limited resources the company entered into a number of reinsurance treaties mainly with English and Scottish insurance companies. The LCFIC became inactive in 1898, was wound up in 1905 and liquidated in 1906. Most policies were replaced by Phoenix Assurance Company policies between 1898 and about 1900. Fonds consists of correspondence, financial records, insurance policies, registers and records of reinsurance treaties. For related records see MS-2880, British Columbia Land and Investment Agency fonds, series 23, 25-26, 84-91.

A metal seal embosser for the London and Canadian Fire Insurance Company was transferred to the BC Archives from the City of Victoria Archives in 2021. This is housed in container number 002340-2784.

London and Canadian Fire Insurance Company

Minute book

Minute book from meetings of Board of Directors and general meetings, including balance sheets, lists of shareholders, and general information regarding the company operations. It also shows the impact on the company of a major fire in Fernie in 1908.

British Canadian Fire Insurance Co.