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- Mar 29
- 4 min
And Pigs Might Fly: The Tale of the 1939 Dennis Ace Pumper (ME 260)
What’s in a name? Well, quite a bit if you’re known as the ‘flying pig’... The Ace chassis was first manufactured in 1933 by the vehicle...
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- Mar 15
- 3 min
Sustaining the Firies – The Mobile ‘Canteen’ (1942 Ford 21W)
Did you know? The Women’s Fire Auxiliary (WFA), established in the 1940s, was primarily formed to aid the NSW Fire Brigade on the home...
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- Jan 19
- 3 min
A Short History of the Hand Drawn Hose Reel
Prior to the advent of the modern motorised appliances used by Fire and Rescue NSW today (FRNSW), brigades responded to fire calls with...
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- Dec 8, 2020
- 3 min
Orange Fire Brigade re-home their well loved Billiard Table
As Fire and Rescue NSW’s (FRNSW) official heritage partner, the Museum of Fire is often approached to assist in uncovering the origins...
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- Nov 24, 2020
- 3 min
The Academy's Brave Garford
The first thing visitors to the Fire and Rescue NSW Emergency Services Academy at Orchard Hills see upon arrival is a Garford Hale Type...
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- Nov 10, 2020
- 4 min
Where there is smoke, there's fire...
The Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus ‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire’ may just be a mere adage to most, but the danger of smoke...
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- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
History Week Special Feature: The Most Recent Addition to the Museum's Collection
History Week continues at the Museum this week and into the weekend. If you haven't already checked out what is on offer then please...
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- Aug 11, 2020
- 2 min
‘RPAS01 BEAR’ Touches Down at the Museum of Fire
Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), commonly known as drones, are not often associated with the Fire Brigade however they serve an...
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- Jul 21, 2020
- 2 min
Curator's Blog #1 - Her Majesty's Theatre Wall Phone
Welcome to the first post in our new Curator’s Blog series! As a curator I oversee the display and care of the Museum’s collections,...
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