Project Gutenberg 2016-12-25 Public domain in the USA. 127 Halifax (N.S.). City Council. Special Committee on the Improvement of the Fire Department Report of a special committee of the City Council, on the improvement of the Fire Department and also, on the best means of obtaining an additional supply of water for fire purposes, for the city of Halifax, N.S. Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Report of a Special Committee of the City Council, on the Improvement of the Fire Department" is an official document authored in 1859, likely during the Victorian era. This report serves as a governmental publication detailing the condition and evaluation of the fire department in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and examines strategies for improving fire safety and water supply for the city. The primary focus is on addressing vulnerabilities exposed by recent fire incidents and enhancing the fire department's capacity through both manning and infrastructure improvements. The report outlines the need for an expanded and more efficient fire department, citing the current insufficiency of firemen as a critical issue, suggesting that the number should be increased from one hundred to four hundred. It discusses the potential adoption of steam fire engines and proposes a dual approach for enhancing the city's water supply—either through the purchase of the Halifax Water Company's existing works or by implementing a new scheme proposed by Edward Longard, which would draw water from Birch Cove Lakes. The report calls for urgent consultation with an experienced engineer to make informed decisions on the best methods to achieve a more robust fire safety infrastructure for Halifax. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 51.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Fire-departments -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax Water-supply -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax TH Text Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings 64411 2025-09-21T11:35:07.042256 text/html 39431 2024-10-23T01:33:02 text/html 65710 2025-09-21T11:35:09.030269 application/epub+zip 64047 2025-09-21T11:35:07.529254 application/epub+zip 64047 2025-09-21T11:35:07.283258 application/epub+zip 94400 2025-09-21T11:35:10.344234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85740 2025-09-21T11:35:08.781227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 86014 2022-09-24T13:20:21.004801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53802 2025-09-21T11:35:06.920228 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33679 2024-10-23T01:33:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16063 2025-09-21T11:35:10.464203 application/rdf+xml 8953 2025-09-21T11:35:07.341242 image/jpeg 1893 2025-09-21T11:35:07.312261 image/jpeg 57207 2025-09-21T11:35:07.052225 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog