The use of the Commercial Chassis – Commer Fire Engines in NSW
Commer first began in south London around 1904 as Commercial Cars Ltd, manufacturing a variety of vehicles with a forward control aiming...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Aug 15, 20223 min read
Collection Highlight: 'Saved' by Charles Vigour
Have you noticed the banners hanging in the Museum, showing a fireman saving a young girl? This painting is called ‘Saved’ by Charles...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Jul 18, 20225 min read
A Fire Engine Meets a Luxury Car Maker – the Dennis Rolls-Royce
The name Rolls-Royce tends to conjure up images of prestige and luxury and has certainly been synonymous with these terms since the turn...
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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
May 11, 20222 min read
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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Heritage Manager
Mar 22, 20224 min read
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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Museum of Fire Heritage Team
Feb 8, 20224 min read
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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Museum of Fire Curatorial Team
Sep 14, 20216 min read
#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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Curator
Aug 10, 20213 min read
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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MOF Team
Aug 3, 20214 min read
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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Museum of Fire Curatorial Team
Mar 29, 20214 min read
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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