The history of origin, creation and development of fire volunteering in the Russian Empire is considered. Activity of the Main council of United Russian fire society and Technical committee of Society is studied. It is shown how there was a transition from the United Russian fire society to Imperial Russian fire society, their purposes and a task are described. The special attention is paid to creation of free children's fire brigades.
United Russian fire society. Imperial Russian fire society, volunteer firefighters organizations, private fire crew, Technical committee
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