Guide for Firemen to plan strategy for tackling fire

Six page foolscap document relating to the textile and Jute mills and storage warehouses which was used by firemen (terminology now firefighters). The document relates to the working Dundee Mills and was prepared by the Angus Area Fire Brigade in the 1960's . As a jute fire could be a hazardous and lengthy operation it was imperative that it was dealt with as quickly as possible and attending crews had as much information as possible.

The information includes the process carried out at the mill, location of sprinkler system and main valves, the location and size of nearby fire hydrants and internal hydrants.

The mills are: Baxter Bro's Dens Works ; Baxter Bro's Lower Dens Works; Cards Ashton Works; Dundee Brattice; East Port Works; WM Ferguson Dudhope Works; WM Halley Wallace Craigie Works; Hardie Baltic Works; J.T. Inglis Riverside Works; Jute Industries Heathfield works; Jute Industries Tay Carpet Works; Jute Industries Walton Works; Wm Lawson Tay Rope Works; Low and Bonar Eagle Jue Mills; T. L. Miller Hillside Works; H&A Scott Tayfield Works; H&A Scott South Grove Mill; JAS Scott Dura Works; S.C.W.S. Taybank Works; South Mills; Park Mills; West Dudhope Works; South Anchor Works; Meadow Mill; Bower Mill; Victoria Road Callendering; Queen Victoria Works; H. Knuck Whitehall works; Garden Works; Forebank Dye Works; WM Scott; Cragie Yard Warehouses; Seafield Works; Seabaes Mill; Hillbank Hackle Works.