| AdminHistory | On 1 April 1948, the Fire Brigade Committee became responsible for the Ambulance Service, which took over this responsibility from the Health Committee (see BCC/1/CS), with the department renamed as the Birmingham City Fire and Ambulance Service. The sub-committee was established in March 1948, and consisted of five members of the Fire Brigades Committee and four members of the Health Committee. Its function was to regulate the staffing, administration and operation of the city ambulance service.
Construction began on a new depot for the Service in Henrietta Street almost immediately, replacing the temporary headquarters in Shadwell Street. The service liaised with the St John’s Ambulance Service, as well as other Local Authorities, regarding mutual assistance, and in April 1951, it received the transfer of the Mobile Surgical Unit to the Department. In 1953 a Survey of the Work and Development of the Birmingham Ambulance Service was published, which is interleaved in the minutes. |