Welcome to the Museum
As you “Walk Through the History of the Frederick County
Fire & Rescue Service”, you will find artifacts, pictures, and apparatus that
tell the story of the individual companies and the many members of the county
fire and rescue service.
What's New:
Upcoming Events
March
31, 2012 - Frederick County Bell and History Day; Fire & rescue Museum opens for
the season. Regular hours Noon - 4:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday; hours for Opening
Day, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Current News:
We
currently now have a Newsletter called the
" The Back Step" here at the Fire Museum, you
can download it here in a PDF format
by clicking here to view it. This will be a quarterly newsletter to friends and supporters of the museum.
Recent Events:
Recent News
March
10th and 24th Cleanup Day at the Fire Museum, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Closed to the
Public)
Welcome
Welcome to
the Home Page of the Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum and Preservation
Society, Inc. The museum is located at 300B South Seton Avenue in Emmitsburg, 2
blocks north of the National Emergency Training Center and the National Fire
Academy.
Our mission
is to protect, preserve and display the artifacts of the history and tradition
of the fire and rescue service of Frederick County, Maryland. With the purchase
of the first fire engine by the City of Frederick in 1764, fire protection has
been consistently provided to the citizens of our county.
As you “Walk
Through the History of the Frederick County Fire & Rescue Service”, you will
find artifacts, pictures, and apparatus that tell the story of the individual
companies and the many members of the county fire and rescue service.
Three of the
featured pieces of apparatus are the “Old Lady” a hand tub pumper originally
built in 1821 for the Mechanical Fire Company No.1 of Baltimore that served both
the United Fire Co. No. 3 in Frederick and the United Volunteer Fire Company of
Libertytown. This pumper, rebuilt in 1847 by the Rogers Company of Baltimore,
was recently restored in pumping condition and was used to pump water at the
commemoration of the 1861 Frederick County Court House Fire.
Another
featured pumper is the 1939 Ahrens-Fox piston pumper owned by the United Fire
Co. No. 3 in Frederick. This massive engine fully restored and operational and
still seen at musters.
We invite you
to share with us the tradition and history of the Frederick County, Maryland
fire and Rescue Service by visiting the museum or contacting us at
museum@frederickmdfiremuseum.org.
Hours of Operation
March 31, 2012 Opening Day Hours 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
New regular hours Saturday and Sunday Noon
- 4:00 PM
From April
to
Mailing address
Frederick
County Fire & Rescue and Preservation Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 382
Emmitsburg, Maryland
