Skip to main content

Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle (Wash.). Fire Marshal

 Organization

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Fire Chief's Intradepartmental Memoranda

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2801-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence and memoranda from the Fire Chief relating to personnel actions including reprimands, promotions, hiring and firing. Also includes memoranda to other departments and Fire Marshal's notices of fire code violations.

Dates: 1895-1917

Fire Marshal's Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 2810-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, notices, and inspection reports regarding fire hazards, fire code violations, fire escapes, and other safety devices at Seattle homes and businesses. Includes orders to correct violations. This is almost exclusively the correspondence of Gardner Kellogg.

Dates: 1902-1912

Fire Marshal's Monthly Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-B3
Abstract

Monthly reports of the Seattle Fire Marshall, 1901-1961; reports include statistics on monetary losses, types of alarms, numbers and causes of fires, and inspection records.

Dates: 1901-1961

Fire Incident Cards

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 2810-10
Abstract

Index cards kept by the Seattle Fire Marshal to track various types of fire incidents.

Dates: 1963-1977

Building Code Revision Records

 Series
Identifier: 2810-07
Abstract

Records from the Fire Marshal's Office related to the update and revision of Seattle’s high rise building codes.

Dates: 1977-1983

Fire Department Public Education and Fire Safety Records

 Series
Identifier: 2810-06
Abstract

Records from the Fire Marshall's office of the Seattle Fire Department relating to public education and fire safety.

Dates: 1980-1995

Fire Code Violation Cards

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2810-09
Abstract

Index cards recording fire code violations found by the fire marshal in Seattle.

Dates: 1919-1968

Fire Marshal Subject Files

 Series — Box 9
Identifier: 2810-08
Abstract

Records from the Office of the Fire Marshal.

Dates: 1951-1993; 1964-1979

Fire Department Stable, Laundry, Chicken, Fireworks, and Sign Permit Index

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 2811-07
Scope and Contents note

Two indexes. Fireworks and signs permit index for 1906 includes name of grantee and permit number. Index for stable, laundry and chicken permits for 1908-1911 includes grantee, date, and permit type.

Dates: 1906-1911