A History of Fire Fighting in New York
New York City Fire Museum
278 Spring Street
(between Varick and Hudson Streets)
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 691-1303
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Mon: 10 am – 5 pmTues – Sat: 10 am – 5 pm
Sun: 10 am – 4 pm
Among the museum's holdings are painted leather buckets, helmets, parade hats and belts, lanterns and tools, pre-Civil War hand pumped fire engines, horse drawn vehicles and early motorized apparatus.
One of the earliest fire engines in the collection is the "Farnam" style engine built in New York around 1790. Tools such as the Halligan forcible entry tool and the Jaws of Life shown here help to inform one as to what it it is like to be a firefighter.
The first floor houses a permanent exhibit and memorial to the 343 members of the FDNY (Fire Department of New York) who lost their lives in service on September 11, 2001.
- Directions: Subway: 1 to Houston Street; C, E to Spring Street
Bus: M10, M21 to Spring Street
About this Organization
New York City Fire MuseumLocated in a renovated 1904 Beaux-Arts firehouse in SoHo, the New York City Fire Museum displays the richest collection of fire memorabilia in the United States.
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