John Damrell

"John Damrell was Boston's Fire Chief during the Great Fire of 1872 and later became Inspector of Buildings during the 1880's. Damrell brought a new level of professionalism and organization to firefighting and was instrumental in creating modern building codes at the national level." accessed online at https://boston1872.docema.com/Damrell_timeline.html 9/15/2021 S.McKenna