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- 5 days ago
- 2 min
A Brief History of the Station Siren
This week, we’re taking a closer look at a fire station staple: the station siren. Promptly alerting firefighters to an incident can make...
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- Mar 22
- 4 min
A Tale of Three Cities: Penrith, Fujieda and Hakusan
The Museum has all sorts of fascinating objects from all around the world in the collection. Each has its own story shaped by where it...
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- Feb 8
- 4 min
The International ACCO C1600
In the lead up to the Museum’s ‘International’-themed Heritage Day this Sunday, we thought it an opportune time to take a look at an...
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- Sep 14, 2021
- 6 min
#Ask A Curator Day 2021
It is #AskACuratorDay tomorrow (Wednesday 15 September 2021) and to celebrate we are hosting a week-long curatorial takeover! Did you...
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- Aug 10, 2021
- 3 min
De-Installing an En-Gauging Exhibition
Greetings to the avid readers of our weekly blog, I hope you are all faring well during this lockdown period (if you’re based in NSW,...
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- Aug 3, 2021
- 4 min
Working from Home - Lockdown 2021
An Update from our CEO Belinda When our team scheduled a CEO update for this week, we were anticipating a mammoth blog filled with...
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- Mar 29, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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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