by Museum Admin | Dec 10, 2019
Museum member and volunteer Jeff Trevas recently donated his nicely restored one of a kind New England Truck Company hose truck once used by the fire department of Worcester, Massachusetts. NETCO, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, built commercial trucks between 1914 and... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 10, 2019
“Jumbo” 1000 gpm Rotary Pumper. Ex-Gila Bend AZ FD. Originally used in Globe, AZ. 1890-1920, Robinson In October of 1998 the Hall of Flame received a rare Robinson fire engine on loan from the town of Gila Bend, Arizona. The rig was purchased from the St.... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
The Fire Chief of the Owensville, Indiana Volunteers used this 900 pound runabout as his official vehicle until about 1920. Local legend has it that he was passed while on his way to a fire by a young boy on a bicycle who wanted to see the fire. The little car, with... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
Ford / Howe Model T Pumper. 1918. The Howe Fire Apparatus Company adapted its fire pump and booster tank to a Ford Model T chassis for several hundred of these modest little pumpers for the U.S. Army in World War I. This one went as surplus in 1920 to the... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
Kissel / Seagrave Ladder Truck. 1920. Although it specialized in sporty automobiles, the Kissel Motor Car Company of Hartford, Wisconsin also built an extensive line of trucks, including fire apparatus. It built this ladder truck for the fire department of its home...