It can safely be assumed that the town was
developing its plans for hostilities.
Clearly the Captain will have been consulted and have establish
what the brigade must be prepared for.
This I suspect is the occasion when he will have briefed his firemen.
No doubt he will have probed to see if he could have expected to
have to recruit new staff as a result of enlistments.
The Crew
CPt F Beale
FM J Davis
Fm J Bull
Fm W Blake
Fm V Alexander
Fm C Jerome
Fm H Noyce
Fm C Simkins
Fm B Irwin
Fm H Archer