Historical information

Buildings had wooden or metal plaques in the form of an Insurance Brigades coat of arms or Firemark affixed to their exteriors denoting which insurance company had the building under its care. When the fire alarm was given many companies would rush to the scene, the mark would be inspected, and only the Brigade that owned the mark would fight the fire while the other companies would do their best to hinder the operation. Source: "Life Under The Bells" by Sally Wilde (ISBN 0 582 87023 2) published by Longman Cheshire in 1991 on the occasion of the centennial of the Board, (MFB)

Physical description

.1 Gold lettering and shield border
.2 Raised image of fireman with hose and building
.3 Supplementary information about fire marks by the donor
.4 SQUARE PLAQUE WITHRAISED BLUE BACKGROUND, THREE GOLD TIGER HEADS,
5. LARGE SQUAERE WITH CIRCLE RAISED, PICTURE WITH FIREMAN IN FROM OF CART, HOLDING AXE.

Inscriptions & markings

.1 Colonial
.2 Protector
.3 Nil
4. SALOP
5. BIRMIN GHAM