Science and Technology

When were the first fire inspectors appointed?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/were-first-fire-inspectors-appointed-86775.html" >When were the first fire inspectors appointed?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

In 1648, Governor Peter Stuyvesant of New Amsterdam (New York City) was the first in the New World to appoint fire inspectors with the authority to impose fines for fire code violations.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about fire fighting from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition at Encyclopedia.com.

Similar questions: What was the job of the first fire inspectors? Who appointed the first fire inspectors? Where was the first first inspectors appointed? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

File before reading; when the inspector general speaks, nobody listens....
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly ...Office of the Inspector General says...Yet the Inspector General Act...about who the inspectors general...president can fire them (and...admissions that inspectors general were being ignored...s for the first 10 years they...Commenting on inspector general ...
GUILDERLAND BUILDING INSPECTOR LOOKS BACK.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) ...Empie, who was appointed inspector in...chief building inspector in 1978. He...served as chief fire inspector. From one secretary...deputy building inspector, his office...deputies, two fire inspectors and four secretaries...days of hearings were held before ...
Yes, Virginia, there is a mine inspector: Elected position more than vestige of...
Newspaper article from: Tribune (Mesa, AZ) ...likely to take fire on the desolate...for the the first time in nearly...Martin, first elected in...founders were crafting...people and not appointed by politicians...a mining inspector to be replaced...stories of inspectors being shot...and other inspectors have ...
NASA official to stay on: The White House says President Bush will not fire the...
Newspaper article from: Daily Press (Newport News, VA) ...congressional call to fire NASA's embattled inspector general, who...fire the man he appointed to serve as...Complaints about Cobb first surfaced in...Joining Nelson were Rep. Bart Gordon...said. The data were downloaded from...allegations were referred to...
CHARTS OF GOLD; Win an award for your public service heroes.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) ...police and fire officers, social...year, for the first time, The Mirror...is visited by inspectors appointed by the scheme...English results were the highest in...One of the first things I did...t work and we were very disappointed...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.