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Halifax (N.S.). City Council. Special Committee on the Improvement of the Fire Department
A mid-19th-century Halifax city committee left behind a vivid snapshot of urban problem-solving, looking closely at firefighting, water supply, and public safety in a growing port city. This official report offers a practical, on-the-ground view of how municipal leaders approached risk and infrastructure.
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Report of a special committee of the City Council, on the improvement of the Fire Department and also, on the best means of obtaining an additional supply of water for fire purposes, for the city of Halifax, N.S.
by Halifax (N.S.). City Council. Special Committee on the Improvement of the Fire Department
About the author
This author credit refers not to a single person but to a special committee of Halifax City Council in Nova Scotia. The committee is listed as the corporate author of a report on improving the city’s fire department and securing more water for fire protection.
Available catalog and ebook records identify the group as the creator of Report of a Special Committee of the City Council, on the Improvement of the Fire Department, a municipal publication from Halifax. Because the surviving records focus on the document itself rather than the individual members, reliable biographical details about the people on the committee are limited.
For readers, the value of this author entry is historical: it represents a civic body writing at a time when fire response, water access, and urban planning were closely tied together in everyday city life.