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==Provision prior to 1894==
From the 1700s insurance companies provided private fire brigades in major urban areas, funded by premiums paid by their policyholders. Fire-fighters would only tackle a fire when it affected their own insured customers. In the Victorian era thinking changed and Volunteer Fire Brigades were set up in urban areas, prompted by several notable incidents, including the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861_Tooley_Street_fire Tooley Street fire] in London in 1861. Chester already had a volunteer fire brigade established in the mid-1800s and they were called on to deal with any major incidents in Hoole. The Local Board of Health governed all matters regarding risk to life and two major fires, one in 1868 at the [[Flookersbrook]] Tannery and the other in 1876 at William Philips, a cheese maker on [[Hoole Road]], both involving thatched roofs and a turnout from the Chester Volunteer Fire Brigade (CVFB), seem to have spurred the Board to consider fire-fighting provision in the area.
In August 1874 in a lengthy discussion on "The protection of property from fire" Superintendent Noblett, of CVFB, provided advice and led to the purchase of a hose for £81 and a realisation that as there were only 2 hydrants, some properties, such as Hoole House and Hoole Lodge, would not be reached.
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