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Order
“Fires to Remember - - the History
of the Washington DC Fire Department”
The FFA book "Fires to Remember - - the
History of the Washington DC
Fire Department" has now been delivered
to those who ordered them at
the pre-published prices. If you have
ordered the book and have not
received it, contact the publisher. For
those who have not yet ordered
a book and would like one, you can order
through the publisher via
phone at 1-888-263-4702 or on-line at www.mtpublishing.com.
The current price is $44.95 for the
deluxe hardbound cover with dust
jack or $79.95 for the genuine bonded
leather edition plus $6.50
shipping and handling for the first book
and $4.00 for each additional
book.
For further information, contact the
museum staff at 202-673-1709 or
Walter Gold, Executive Director DC Fire
& EMS Museum at
202-439-1936.
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Fire &
EMS Chief Dennis Rubin officially
opened the DC Fire & EMS
Museum
to the general public on January
19, 2010, during a brief ribbon
cutting ceremony at the museum,
located on the top floor of Engine
Co.
3 at 439 New Jersey Avenue NW.
The museum, operated by the
Friendship Fire Association (FFA),
the
volunteer branch of the DC Fire
& EMS Department, houses the
history of the department, dating
back to the late 1700’s.
Hundreds of fire-fighting items
and related books, papers and
pictures
are displayed in the 4,000-square
foot museum. The collection
includes a hand-made fire bucket
once owned by Georgetown resident
Francis Scott Key, the author of
the Star Spangled Banner.
The
museum now plans to be open six
hours a
day, Tuesday through
Saturday. Call 202-673-1709
for group
appointments or information.
Until
now, the museum was not open to
the
general public, mainly because it
lacked a city-required
handicapped-accessible
elevator. Recently, a small
group of DC
community leaders raised $36,000
to purchase the elevator, which
the
Department then custom-fit into
the old hose tower of the historic
firehouse, built in 1916,
Representatives
from he major donors, Giant Food,
Pepco, PNC Bank, Boston Properties
and the Bernice & Bill Gold
Charitable Trust, joined Chief
Rubin in the ribbon-cutting
ceremony.
1/20/10
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The Friendship Fire Association
celebrated a major step forward in the
development of its museum with
the formal inauguration of an elevator at
Engine 3’s quarters Tuesday
evening, January 22.
The
elevator,
which will whisk people from the apparatus
floor at the station up to
the 3rd floor museum, will help allow FFA to
achieve its goal of
providing public access to the facility.
A
ribbon cutting
ceremony was performed to christen the
elevator. Fire Chief Dennis
Rubin joined forces with FFA President Walter
Gold and long time FFA
member Hal Bruno in cutting the ribbon,
followed by Hal taking the
first official ride upstairs.
The
dedication
also included a plaque mounted on the wall
adjacent to the elevator,
honoring the corporate donors who helped to
make the project a
financial reality. They include Pepco, Giant
Food, and PNC Bank.
Also in
attendance
were a number of DC FEMS officials who played
a key role in helping to
make the project a reality.
It is
the
intention of FFA to establish regular museum
visiting hours. Watch here
for further details. Photos by
Chris
Oliphant.
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"Capital
Blazes
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Wesley
Gerald
Photo
Page
This link
honors Wesley Gerald, who
before his passing was a loyal member of the
Friendship Fire
Association, and his photos often graced the
pages of FFA’s newsletter,
“The Wagon Pipe.”
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FFA IN ACTION
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