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John Knupple was the first Curator of the Firefighters Museum and served from June 1, 1970, until December 31, 1971. In January 1972, Sam Oruch, an active firefighter for the Oklahoma City Fire Department, became the part-time curator; after Oruch retired as a full-time firefighter, he was hired full-time to care for the museum.
The building is now home to The Loft, a wedding and events venue as well as Gallery 5, an arts center, and was the former home of the Virginia Fire & Police Museum, which covered Virginia fire and police history with collections include antique fire apparatus, historic photos, and artifacts dating from 1790 to the present.
WHAT: For Swansea's 31st Annual Public Safety Day, the fun is set to begin with a Parade of Apparatus starting at 12:30 p.m. from Fire Station 1, 137 Main St., and ending at Fire Station 2, 50 New ...
The Pennsylvania National Fire Museum is a museum devoted to fire fighter heritage in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States.The museum has a collection of artifacts from the hand-drawn equipment, vintage fire apparatus, pictures, and information about the history of fire fighting in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States.
1927 Ahrens-Fox fire engine 1939 Ahrens-Fox engine. The Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company was an Ohio-based fire truck manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by John P Ahrens and Charles H Fox and built its first motorized fire engine in 1911. By the end of the following year production of horse-drawn fire apparatus ceased completely. Since ...
The Old Pompano Fire Station, located at 219 NE 4th Avenue, Pompano Beach, Florida, is a museum operated by the Pompano Beach Historical Society.It is housed in the city's first fire station, and contains two antique fire engines, together with photographs and artifacts relating to the history of firefighting in Pompano Beach.
[6] [11] By 2005, the museum had acquired over 15 fire trucks, [8] and by 2007 its collection had grown to more than 20 trucks. [7] In 2021, the Michigan Firehouse Museum acquired a 1927 American LaFrance truck formerly used by the Ann Arbor Fire Department. [12] The museum is home to the largest collection of fire truck bells in the United ...
The Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation was an American manufacturer of trucks and fire apparatus founded by Addison Ward LaFrance in 1916 in Elmira Heights, NY. [1] The company ceased operations in 1979. LaFrance was a relative of Truckson LaFrance, the founder of the similarly named fire apparatus manufacturer American LaFrance.