Agency overview | |
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Established | 1859 |
Dissolved | 1959 |
Employees | 61 (circa 1911) |
Facilities and equipment | |
Stations | 3 |
Trucks | 3 |
The Boston Protective Department was a salvage corps created by insurance companies in Boston, Massachusetts. The department was first organized in 1859[1] and granted a charter by the Massachusetts legislature in 1874. The department disbanded in 1959. Like many salvage corps, the employees were not employed by the city.[2]
During the department's heyday, it had 3 stations, usually old firehouses.[2] In 1911, the department had 61 employees, which consisted of a superintendent, three captains, six lieutenants, 33 permanent men and 18 auxiliaries.[1]