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  • 03-02-2011 3:25pm
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    sinequanon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭


    I have seen this sign (or engraving rather) on lots of older buildings around Cork and wonder what it means..does anyone know per chance??
    Thanks! ;)


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    disco biscuit
    Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭disco biscuit


    I will hazard a guess.Would it mean First Constructed?


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    moceri
    Registered Users Posts: 453 ✭✭moceri


    Fire Mark Signs
    In the early 1800s there was no organised fire brigade service, instead Insurance Companies controlled and established the first organised fire-fighting in the city. To avoid heavy losses among the risks they had insured, insurance companies established their own fire brigades. A distinctive fire mark sign bearing the insurance company details was erected on the building once a premium was paid.
    The sign served as an identifier so that if a fire occurred any insurance company Fire Brigade who responded would know if it was one of their buildings that was on fire. These signs, which can date to the early 1800s, were often prominent features that were quite decorative and distinctive, such as the example on Camden Quay.
    In later years less ornate markers, known as fire
    call signs, which bear a date and the initials
    FC, were used.


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