Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The two major kinds of Common Council resolutions and reports related to the Fire Department generated by the Committee on Fire are petitions (1856-1917) and Fire Department files (1862-1918). Common Council petitions, defined as petitions by the general public, are divided into three categories: general petitions, petitions for building permits and petitions to build gas and oil tanks. General petitions (1856; 1864; 1871-1875; 1888-1912) include volunteer groups petitioning the Common...