| Description | Please note that these reports and associated photographs may be sensitive and cause distress. The reports contain details of deceased and injured people. Most files include photographs and some of these show the deceased in situ. Those with images of deceased have been marked as 'restricted access'. Access will be at the discretion of staff members.
Index of categories used by the Grampian Fire Brigade for their Photographic files are given below.These are not always accurate. For example, DD1792/3/3/1 contains the FIR 00000 series, which is not included in this list. DD1792/3/3/2 includes the FIR/A series, which according to the categories would be non-fatal property files - there are many cases where these files include images of fatalaties.
AIR - Aircraft (Fixed wing)
BUI - Buildings (heritage/construction)
CHM - Chemical Incident (all types)
CYL - Cylinders involved in fire
EQP - Equipment under evaluation
FAT - Fatalities in or by fire
FIR - Fires - property (non-fatal)
HEL - Helicopters
INV - Investigation - Suspicious cause
RES - Rescue (involving line resc. team)
RTA - Road Traffic Accidents
RWY - Railway accidents
SEA - Ships / Rigs / Platforms
SPE - Special Services
TRA - Transport/Appliances
SOC - Social Events / Open Days
PER - Personnel
PR - Public Relations
Also -
Study - Study Packages
FOR - Forestry
Presentations - Presentations (of incidents)
MAG - Magazine material
F. P. - Fire Prevention
ACCID - Accidents
UNI - Uniform Improvement
TRAIN - Training
The file containing this index of categories also includes partial lists of the individual files that have been catalogued under DD1792/3/3/1-3. These lists can be found at DD1792/3/6/1. |