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Station Focus: Eden (1971-2019)
*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the opening of the new...

Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Oct 11, 20213 min read
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Station Focus: No. 399 Narrabri (1918-2018)
*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the opening of the...

Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Sep 20, 20213 min read
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Special Edition History Week Blog! From the Ground Up - Sydney's Earliest Fire Protection
The 1820s in Sydney Before we begin an exploration of Sydney’s fire protection in the 1820s, let’s set the scene. The year was 1821, 200...

Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Sep 11, 20217 min read
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History Week Feature Blog: The Link between the NSW Fire Brigade and the Military
By Guest Writer Ian Grimwood This blog is a modified extract from Ian’s recent History Week presentation. To view the recording please...

Guest Author
Sep 7, 20218 min read
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Now and Then (Featuring 1991)
What are we up to now and what was happening then? It is very timely to be writing this blog as we near the end of another month in...

CEO
Aug 30, 20214 min read
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Station Focus: No. 484 Wallsend (1888-2018)
*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the opening of the new...

Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Aug 23, 20215 min read
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Going for Gold at the First World Police and Fire Games, 1985
In the lead up to this year’s Olympic Games, we are excited to be able to share some fantastic fire-related content with you. So, you...

Museum of Fire Curatorial Team
Jul 19, 20213 min read
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How did the Museum of Fire end up in a Powerhouse in Penrith?
-Story by Bill Rowlings OAM It was all the doing of the first female to take on a senior role in fire brigade management in NSW. In 1982,...

Guest Author
Jun 16, 20213 min read
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Station Focus: No. 202 Abermain (1909 -2017)
*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the opening of the new...

Museum of Fire Heritage Team
May 4, 20212 min read
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The Great Windsor Fire of 1874
With most of the Museum's team at the Sydney Royal Easter Show we haven't got a big blog for you this week but we thought we'd take a...

Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Apr 8, 20213 min read
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