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Station Focus: Henty Fire Brigade - A Brief History 1904-2018

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the station opening of...

May 15, 20236 min read

The following has been extracted from a Fire News Article written by the Museum of Fire from May 2013 in relation to the at the time new...

May 9, 20233 min read

The NSW Fire Brigades Roll of Honour The NSW Fire Brigades Roll of Honour is displayed in an engine bay of the 1887 section at Fire and...

Apr 27, 20234 min read

Howards Department Store (later renamed Mates Department Store) had a rough year in 1973, with two fires causing considerable damage....

Apr 11, 20233 min read

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the station opening of...

Mar 28, 20236 min read

In the 1980s is when the aerial ladder platform became an appliance of interest to firefighters in NSW. The implementation of the raised...

Mar 21, 20233 min read

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the history of...

Feb 14, 20236 min read

Commer first began in south London around 1904 as Commercial Cars Ltd, manufacturing a variety of vehicles with a forward control aiming...

Feb 2, 20233 min read

For this week’s blog we are taking a quick trip into the Museum’s Library to see what was making the headlines in “Fire News”, the...

Jan 24, 20235 min read

*This information is an extract from the colour-book produced by the Museum of Fire's Heritage Team to celebrate the history of Gulgong...

Jan 12, 20235 min read