Steve Redick found this video interview on WGN Channel 9 yesterday about a book that was released by Keith Seafield on the History of the Chicago Fire Insurance Patrol. Beginning in the 1800s, the insurance industry funded the insurance patrol to minimize damage done to building contents due to water damage from fighting the fire.
http://www.wgntv.com/videobeta/43eb6e52-6541-46b4-9eaa-28a11cf9d7e5/News/Author-Keith-Seafield
