Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service fire brigades. The Peel commissioners did so in 1884, followed by Port Erin in 1903 and Laxey in 1920. Some larger settlements, such as Ramsey and Douglas, had entered into local arrangements with the military or with the privately owned insurance company fire brigades, for local fire cover. The outbreak of war brought calls for a unified fire brigade. In February 1940 the Local Government (Fires) Act was implemented, establishing a single Isle of Man Fire Brigade, with seven fire areas - Douglas, Laxey, Ramsey, Kirk Michael, Peel, Port Erin and Castletown. These fire areas are the same today. The
St. Mary, Star of the Sea (Baltimore, Maryland) Port Covington on the south end of the peninsula became a big source of population influx. The two communities established parishes to serve their rapidly growing numbers. The parish of St. Mary, Star of the Sea was founded in 1868 to serve the local Irish Catholic community by Father Peter McCoy, Pastor of St. Lawrence Church, now Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church (Baltimore), in Locust Point. The new Irish Catholic parish was founded a few blocks away from the German Catholic parish of the Holy Cross that was build just a few years prior. The first stage of