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Pre Order “Fires to Remember - - the History
of the Washington DC Fire Department” by May 31st
“Fires to Remember - - the History of the Washington DC Fire
Department” book produced by the staff of the DCF&EMS Museum, is in
the final printing phase, with delivery now promised by “mid-June,”
according to the book’s seller, M. T. Publishing of Evansville,
IN.
A limited press run of 1,000 copies have been promised, with just over
300 already pre-sold, ensuring that “Fires to Remember” will quickly
become a collector’s item. However, M. T. Publishing has just
extended the pre-publication prices to a new May 31st deadline for fire
and EMS personnel and their families.
To place your order, contact the Museum staff at 202-673-1709 for an
order form, or send your check or money order direct to M. T.
Publishing Company, Inc., P.O. Box 6802, Evansville, IN,
47719-6802. Pre-publication prices for the deluxe edition are
$39.95 each, or $74.95 each for the deluxe edition bound in genuine
leather. Please add $6.50 for postage and handling, unless you
direct that your copy be sent to the Museum and held there for your
personal pickup.
It should be noted that the “Fires to Remember” book will contain new
historic information that has not been in other DCFD history
books. For further information, you may contact Walter Gold,
Executive Director of the DCF&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.
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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
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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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