1807.] 
all the firemen from their flations. -This, 
however, is now alimoft impracticable ; tor 
firemen who are very diltant trom confla- 
grations, muit not leave their itation, ex- 
cept by order of their refpective fuperiors. 
On the arrival of the firemen neareft to 
any houfe on fire, their chief endeavours 
to afcertain, ANN er he will want further 
affiftance. If he does, and ny other divi- 
fions of firemen have arrived, he fends 
for them, by immediately giving notice 
of he fire to the infpectorof police in, 
the adjoining diftriét. The Tatter, op re- 
ceiving this netice, is bound,to repay un- 
mediately to the {pot, having delta De 
attendance of a det tachment of troo 
to keep order 
the citizens. When the foldiers arrive 
they are diltributed into feparate parties ; > 
Account of the Company of Firemen ai Paris. 
and fecure the propert of 
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horfes of the rubbifh-carters; or by thofe. 
of any carter or waggoner that is met 
with in the ftreet. ‘Vhe latter : are, on DO 
account, permitted to refufe their hortes 
to the director of the firemen. All wa- 
ter-carners, too, keeping carts, arc, on 
requilition, obliged to pices their catks, 
filled with water, to the place of confla- 
gration, aud to replenith them at the next 
refervoir as often as may be judged ne- 
ceflary. A water-carrier, ne, atler re- 
quilition, thould retufe to dnve to the 
place of danger, would be lable to lole, 
his licenfe to vend wa ters a very im par 
tant lofs to him, as the vood- will of fueh 
a bulinets may be dif poled of for twelve 
hundred francs and upwards. ‘The mo- 
ment that the rubbifh-carters, waggoners, 
Or, water-cairiers, arrive,at the place of 
fome help to extinguith the flames, others. danger, they are placed under the orders 
carry buckets or ‘demolifh. the walls of 
rooms, if neceffity require it, and fome 
are employed in guarding the effeéts fans ” 
ved, or in fuperintending thofe. who 
lane the buckets to one another. ‘At 
of thofe invelted with authority and are 
gopitantly attended by a foldier. 
‘After the fire, the owner of thefe horfes, 
in consequence of a certificate from. the 
director of the firemen, reccives for eve- 
night, the chief of the company of fire-, ry hour in the day feven fols for each 
men thould likewife be prefent at every 
fire, but generally he does not arrive till” 
he is apprifed that the d: anger 1s Immi- 
nent. 
From every barrack in Paris, 
which is farnifhed with from 50 to 60 
buckets, a fergeant with twelve armed 
and twelve unarmed men, without wait- 
ing for orders, repairs, on the firft alarm | 
of fire, to the {pot with buckets.” Nine 
others are di lp: itched to. carry informa- 
tion to the diliant barracks. Befides, 
every guard-room in Paris turnithes its 
quota ef men, 
When a fire breaks out in any other 
place than the chimney, or when the 
flames of a chimney menace to extend 
themfelves to the reit of the building, the 
commander of the next military pott dif- 
patches meflengers to the minilter and 
prefect of police and to the etat-major, in 
order to inform them of the apprehended 
danger ; when it is incumbent upon them, 
without delay, to attend, and to bring 
along with them the hydraulic engineer 
and the arc thitect of the city of Paris. 
The coimmiliary ot police and the di- 
rector of the firemen iffue orders to the 
fentinels ; they alfo direct the infpeétors 
of the wells and refervoirs, to open them 
iminediatel y ; and to give free accefs to 
every water-carr ier or other citizen, who 
prefents a card figned by the eoramailt ary 
of police. Certain large tubs, always 
filled with water for fupplyi ng tlre fire-en- 
gines, are conveyed to the tpot by the 
each of 
horfe, and in the ‘night ten fols. The 
water-caiiers, however, have no claim 
to this remuneration ; in place of which, 
they, on producing a card, fiamped and 
figned by the Comuniffary es Police, are 
entitled to eight ceutimes for every two 
buckets of the firft caf which they have 
conveyed from the quarter where they ply. 
The reit of their attendance is paid by 
the Lour, in proportion to the horles em- 
ployed. 
‘The buckets of the next Tokar es are 
always, under efcort of one or two fol- 
diers, couveyed to the fpot and delivered 
to the Cormuutiary of Police, who imme-: 
diately appoints the neceflary number of 
infpectors over them. Thefe are refponfi~ 
ble for the buckets, and take care to pre- 
vent their being carried beyond the ciy- 
cle formed by the troops on daty. 
All wax and tallow chandlers, living, 
near any houfe on fire, are obliged, on 
receiving notice, to keep theirthens open, 
in order, agree: ably to a written order of 
the C ‘ommifiary ot Belice or the director 
of the firemen, to furnith the fambeaux 
and fire-pans, that may be wanted for 
the purpoie of atfordins fuihicient light to 
thoie who are engaged in {ubduing the 
fiames. Thefe requiites are paid for by 
the prefecture of nies All architeéts, 
bre ayers, carpenters, tilers, and other 
mechanics and workmen, whom the com- 
miffary of Police thinks proper to fum- 
mon, are Co: npelled to appear immedi- 
ately, with the implements ot their re- 
spective 
