British Fire Prevention Committee
1897 Committee established
1898/9 Formed the first permanent fire testing station in Europe; the committee conducted a series of tests of many different types of flammable object, including non-proprietary materials, the cost of testing of these being born by the members of the committee.[1]
1899 Registered with limited liability without the word "Limited".[2]
1905 The Committee had to move its testing station from its original position; the new site was provided by the Central Electric Supply Co and was within easy reach of Baker-street Railway Station, i.e. an easy cab drive from Charing Cross making it possible for members of the committee (i.e. "busy men") to conduct the tests there.
1907 Tests of containers for inflammable liquids were conducted by the Safety Non-Explosive Reservoir Co at the BFPC's Regent's Park testing station[3]
1908 Some member of the committee, led by Edwin O. Sachs, promoted the formation of the Concrete Institute
1909 Testing of fire-resistant doors at the testing station; the chairman of the committee was Edwin O. Sachs; Major O'Meara, chief engineer of the GPO, represented the council of the committee[4]
1914 Tests at the Regent's Park testing station of types of liquids and chemicals used in fire extinguishers, under Mr D. W. Wood chairman of the Extinguishers' Research Sub-Committee[5]
1919 The founder and chairman of the committee, Mr Edwin O. Sachs died.
Sometime after 1918, the Committee was dissolved.