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Location
Visitor tip
Plan to interact directly with firefighters for the best experience - they provide enthusiastic personal tours of the museum and fire station, answer detailed questions, and often give children complimentary toy fire helmets. Arrive during times when firefighters are available to lead tours.
Visitor tip
Don't miss the rare steam engine fire truck - it's one of only two remaining in the entire country, making it a genuinely unique exhibit worth seeing. Ask the firefighter guides about its history and significance.
Visitor tip
This museum is ideal for young children (ages 4+) interested in firefighting. Kids get personalized attention from real firefighters, receive gifts, and the hands-on fire apparatus tours create memorable educational experiences that inspire ongoing interest in the fire service.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Antique Fire Engine Museum
- Highlights
- Rare steam engine fire truck (one of only two in the U.S.), guided tours by firefighters
- Experience
- Interactive tours with knowledgeable firefighters and fire service history
What visitors say
Firemen gave us the whole tour of the museum and ladder trucks with a very enthusiastic energy. Loved talking to him about everything local, historic and the school programs that they do are inspiring
The Firefighters we met where awesome. Gave us a tour of the whole station great people great department.
My son had so much fun talking with "a REAL firefighter," which he has said numerous time was so special. We learned about the old fire engine - and a new one, and the firefighter gave my son a little fire helmet that he's been wearing…
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Did You Know?
- The museum houses one of only two steam engine fire trucks remaining in the entire United States, with the other located in Arizona
- The museum is located in the same building as the active local fire department, allowing visitors to tour both the museum exhibits and the operational fire station with firefighter guides
- Firefighters personally conduct educational tours of the fire apparatus and station, providing hands-on learning experiences and distributing toy fire helmets to child visitors
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