Fire museum

Fire museums, also known as firefighting museums are prevalent throughout the world.

Ireland

The Fire Service Trust in Ireland also has a large collection of vehicles and equipment which it plans to exhibit in its museum

The Fire Service Trust was set up in 1999 in Athy, County Kildare to carry on the work of its founding members since they started preserving Irish Fire Service Heritage in 1974 under the umbrella of the Irish Fire Service Preservation Group. The Trust is supported by the majority of the County Fire Services, and is working towards a National Fire Museum. It is a Member of the Fire Museums Network, The Irish Vintage Society, The Irish Museums network, has corporate links to museums in the UK, Europe and America. It has its principle workshops and base in Athy, Co. Kildare, with storage in Carlow and Mullingar. It houses 56 appliances of national importance, and the Irish Fire Service national photographic collection, which covers 12,000 images. The exhibits range from hose carts and early horse drawn appliances through trailer pumps, prewar and post war machines, and up to the 1990s vehicles we are all so familiar with. It runs the website www.fire-service-trust.com which has on display 7,000 images of Irish Firefighting history.

Hall of Flame Fire Museum

The National Historical Fire Foundation (Hall of Flame) is a museum dedicated to the historical preservation of fire fighting equipment used through the years around the world.

The museum has five exhibit bays and the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes gallery. The equipment is grouped as: Hand & Horse Drawn (1725–1908); Motorized Apparatus (1897–1948); Motorized Apparatus (1918–1968); Motorized Apparatus (1919–1950) and Wildland Firefighting. They also have a large collection of Fire Department arm patches.

They are located in Phoenix, Arizona at 6101 East Van Buren St across from the Phoenix Zoo and adjacent to the Phoenix Municipal Stadium.

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Coordinates: 33°26′51″N 111°57′12″W / 33.447385°N 111.95336°W / 33.447385; -111.95336