Small collection of files collated by Phoenix Fire Office, including correspondence between the technical officers of the Office (Musgrave Heaphy and his successor S. G. Castle Russell) and Phoenix Fire Office clients such as London theatres and various electrical supply companies; press cuttings relating to fires caused by electrical installations; and papers related to the electrical fire at the Arding and Hobbs department store, Wandsworth.
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Admin. history/Biography
Phoenix Fire Office, later known as Phoenix Assurance was a fire insurance company founded in 1680. Phoenix Assurance was acquired by Sun Alliance & London in 1984.
Musgrave Heaphy (1843-1910) was a civil engineer, electrical engineer and a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. He was appointed technical officer of the Phoenix Fire Office, and on the introduction of electric lighting he prepared a careful report on the subject, followed soon after by the first edition of the well-known Phoenix Fire Office Rules, which were the first code of wiring rules for the prevention of fire risks in electric lighting.
