The Great Fire of London

They do not want, "Fire in London in the 17th century is not uncommon" (Cowie, 59). Not only the fire is worried by the inhabitants of London. In 1665, although the plague had disappeared, a tragedy called black plague occurred and killed many people in the city ("During the remainder of the 17th century people continue to worry about other plagues "(Cowie, 56-57) The fire in London was a tragedy that destroyed the whole city and scared everyone living here.

By the summer of 1666, the plague occasionally occurred at moderate speed. On September 2nd and 3rd, there was a view that the fire in London destroyed the majority of London city and the fashion ended with a fire. However, it is thought that the plague has generally gotten subsided before the fire occurs. In fact, the majority of the later plague cases were found in the suburbs, and London City itself was destroyed by fire. According to the death method, a total of 68,596 people died in London in 1665. Sir Clarendon estimates that the actual death toll will be twice its actual number. In 1666, the second year, the number of deaths in other cities further declined, but the scale became smaller. Dr. Thomas Gumble, the Duke of Albemarle, estimated that the total number of deaths in this country between 1665 and 1666 plague is about 200,000, and they all estimated that for the entire epidemic I stayed in London.

After the London fire in 1666, the insurance company organized fire brigades. When these brigades became the London Metropolitan Firefighting Corps, the government was not involved until 1865. It was not until 1830 that Edinburgh in Scotland established the first modern standard for the operation of the fire department. These standards explain the expectations of an excellent fire department for the first time. After the fire occurred in Boston in 1631, the first fire control agency in the United States was established. In 1648, a firefighter was appointed to New Amsterdam (now New York) and the starting point for the first public fire station in North America was established.

Prior to the London fire in 1666, some parish of England began to organize basic firefighting activities. After the fire, Nicholas Barbon started the first fire insurance. To reduce insurance costs, Barbon also set up his own fire brigade and other companies followed it. By the early nineteenth century, the insurance building was marked with a sign indicating that it was the subject of a badge or company firefighting. Buildings not insured by a particular company are left incinerated by firefighters, unless they are adjacent. In 1833, a fire insurance company in London merged with a London firefighting company.