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A Brief History of Helmets
Helmets have always been an ideal form of protection used across many different industries from war to construction, and most importantly...

Curator
Feb 254 min read
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On the Fire Front – the Development of the Fire Command Vehicle
Command vehicles, also known as Fire Control vehicles or Incident Command vehicles, serve a unique purpose within the fleet of...

Curator
Dec 3, 20244 min read
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New and Noteworthy Exhibit Update
We are excited to bring you our most recent update to our New and Noteworthy exhibit. To showcase the vast collection we have at the...

Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Oct 10, 20244 min read
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The First Firefighter Olympian from NSW
The Olympics has everyone excited, and we were very enthusiastic to share this story that was recently brought to our attention. The...
CEO
Aug 3, 20243 min read
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Four Years of Sharing Stories - the Four-Year Anniversary of the Museum's Blog
As has become customary on the anniversary of our blog first being published, we take this opportunity to look back at the last twelve...
CEO
Jul 9, 20245 min read
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The Dennis F1 'Scout Car'
By the 1930s the automobile market witnessed a shift with ‘small’ trucks being desired and possessing more power. Dennis, a prominent...
Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Jan 16, 20243 min read
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The History of the Wheeled Escape Ladder
The earliest use of ladders for firefighting appears to have been for the accessing and removing of thatched roofs of buildings, with...
Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Oct 4, 20233 min read
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New and Noteworthy Exhibit
We are excited to bring you one of our most recent exhibits New and Noteworthy. To showcase the vast collection we have at the Museum of...
Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Aug 14, 20234 min read
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Something Old, Something New - 10 Years Later Looking Back on the CO2 Tender
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...
Museum of Fire Heritage Team
May 9, 20233 min read
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The Proto-men and The Development of Breathing Apparatus
Up until the 1920s the use of breathing apparatus was limited by the distance dictated by the length of tubing attached to a bellows...
Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Mar 10, 20233 min read
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