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The economic impact of the fire created an urgent need to establish better firefighting protocols and a more structured response. The Confederate Parliament in 1841 drafted a memo to the Carnish Crown, identifying that fire and emergency services in Arcerion has to be improved. The monarchy internalized the report, and in 1845 provided guidance and permission for the creation of a school to train firefighters, based in Kurst. The Royal Arcerion Firefighting Institute was constructed and trained several generations of volunteer firefighters, prior to the Royal Decree establishing the FIre Service two years later. | The economic impact of the fire created an urgent need to establish better firefighting protocols and a more structured response. The Confederate Parliament in 1841 drafted a memo to the Carnish Crown, identifying that fire and emergency services in Arcerion has to be improved. The monarchy internalized the report, and in 1845 provided guidance and permission for the creation of a school to train firefighters, based in Kurst. The Royal Arcerion Firefighting Institute was constructed and trained several generations of volunteer firefighters, prior to the Royal Decree establishing the FIre Service two years later. | ||
=== Early History (1847-1900) === | === Early History (1847-1900) === | ||
The Royal Decree issued by the Carnish Crown in 1847, upon the advice of the Crown-Governer of Arcerion and the Confederate Parliament established the provision for a 1,000-strong firefighting service, which was to be bestowed with the 'Royal' title and provide services to Kurst, Kinnaird, and Chester-on-Moore. It would also incorporate the Royal Lifesaving Service, a small boat and sea rescue volunteer organization that had been operating since the earliest settlements in Arcerion. The amalgamation of these two services was formalized in the summer of 1847, and several hundred volunteer firefighters were hired as full-time firemen to serve in the new uniformed service. | The Royal Decree issued by the Carnish Crown in 1847, upon the advice of the Crown-Governer of Arcerion and the Confederate Parliament established the provision for a 1,000-strong firefighting service, which was to be bestowed with the 'Royal' title and provide services to Kurst, Kinnaird, and Chester-on-Moore. It would also incorporate the Royal Lifesaving Service, a small boat and sea rescue volunteer organization that had been operating since the earliest settlements in Arcerion. The amalgamation of these two services was formalized in the summer of 1847, and several hundred volunteer firefighters were hired as full-time firemen to serve in the new uniformed service. | ||
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Investments into the Royal Arcerion Firefighting Institute also included the graduation of more recruits, and by the mid 1890s the Carnish Crown authorized an increase in the number of full-time firefighters to 4,000 - enough to satisfy the requirements of the growing Cronan colony. The rapid industrialization of Easthampton and Chester-on-Moore also required the first Fire Inspectors, a role for senior firemen to inspect buildings to ensure there was no unnecessary risk or increased chance of fire from negligent workplace practices. | Investments into the Royal Arcerion Firefighting Institute also included the graduation of more recruits, and by the mid 1890s the Carnish Crown authorized an increase in the number of full-time firefighters to 4,000 - enough to satisfy the requirements of the growing Cronan colony. The rapid industrialization of Easthampton and Chester-on-Moore also required the first Fire Inspectors, a role for senior firemen to inspect buildings to ensure there was no unnecessary risk or increased chance of fire from negligent workplace practices. | ||
=== Turn of the Century Firefighting (1900-1948) === | |||
By the turn of the century, the Royal Arcerion Fire Service had over two-dozen departments spread amongst five different cities and countless smaller towns and villages. Arcerion became the first Occidental nation to introduce motorized fire trucks, with Engine No.1 (now a museum piece at Frederickson Collegiate) being fielded by the Chester-on-Moore Fire Department in 1906. The technological increases in firefighting also required an increase in the amount of work done with city planners as Arcer towns became more urbanized and had more inhabitants. Fire Codes were drafted and recommended by the Fire Service to the Confederate Parliament, which ratified them in 1903. Fire hydrants became available in Kurst in 1908, which required a major overhaul of the existing water and plumbing infrastructure for the city. | |||
During this period, the influential Fire Commissioner Edward Sutherland pioneered the creation of an integrated telephone-reporting system, and by 1910 every city block in major Arcer cities (save for Easthampton) had a dedicated fire notification phone for the purpose of notifying a switchboard operator of an emergency. During this time, the first mountain rescue team was established in Easthampton to facilitate assistance for an increased number of Occidental tourists travelling to visit the city and trek in the Aileach Mountain Range. Sutherland also oversaw another increase in the manning for the Fire Service, which by now required 15,000 firemen to staff all of its various departments. Sutherland also implemented a formalized progression and compensation system, which structured the ranks within the Fire Service, and received approval from the Treasury Office to create the Fireman's Pension Fund, which after 20 years of service offered a pension. One of the first civilian services to offer this, as at the time the Army's pension was still based on a payout of land deed, livestock, and farming equipment to assist with the settlement of Northlea Governorate. | |||
=== Divestment and Decay (1948-1967) === | === Divestment and Decay (1948-1967) === | ||
With the conclusion of the Second Great War, many firefighters who had gone off to fight in [[The Cape]], or other Arcer expeditionary operations in [[Levantia]] or the Carnish Civil War returned either wounded, unwilling to resume firefighting duties, were killed in action, or were wounded and physically unable to return to duty. During this time, the vast amount of younger firemen had received a Parliamentary Furlough in order to man the [[Structure of the Arcer Army|Reserve Brigades]] of the [[Arcer Army]]. This meant that a large number of departments had to leverage veteran firefighters too old for military service, or call-up part time firemen to ensure the Fire Halls and departments were still at an acceptable level of manning. | |||
=== Modernization and Expansion (1967-2000) === | === Modernization and Expansion (1967-2000) === | ||
Frederickson was the revolutionary, dragged the RAFS out of irrelevancy (died 1999ish) | Frederickson was the revolutionary, dragged the RAFS out of irrelevancy (died 1999ish) | ||