Leather fire bucket
Plain leather fire bucket from the CII collection.
Fire Hook
Medieval Firehook, c. 1600. Used to pull thatch from buildings to prevent the spread of fire.
The first fire insurance
Barbon Policy No. 1,403 dated 1682, from the MoL Collection (Item 49.8
Policy No. 1403, Issued by The Insurance Office, the first fire insurer in Britain, in 1682.
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“This Present Instrument or Policy of Insurance, witnesseth, That Dr Nicholas Barbon and Samuel Took, Gents, in Consideration of the Sume of ffive pounds & Nyneteen Shillings & two pence in habd paid by Sr William Twisden Barrott Optional link to further Barbon exhibits.