Black and white photograph of the fire station on Queen Street with two motorized fire trucks in front of the building : 1942 Ford and 1924 International [by the American LaFrance Fire Engine Company]. The third fire hall was built in 1910 and the fire department moved from the Court House to...

  1800s,   The black leather buckets, each with "N.F.D." [Niagara Fire Department] and numbers "15" and "20" painted in white. The bucket is narrower at the bottom (17 cm diameter ) and wider at the top (24 cm diameter). "Old fire bucket found in the stone house built by Monroe. Monroe rang the fire bell...

  1836,   Oval shaped fire insurance plaque made of iron with a few small rust spots. It displays two hands shaking above a date 1836, and "Niagara Dist. Mutual Fire Insurance Co." around the centre. "By the 1830's, three Niagara insurance companies had each hired six to eight firefighters. Insured...

  May, 2001,   Framed print with text describing the history of Niagara Fire Department. It is displayed on the wall of the Fire Hall Museum in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Text: "In 1816, the Niagara Volunteer Fire Department recruited its first volunteers. These same firemen also built the first fire hall in Niagara...

    Wooden plaque with names of honorary members of Niagara-on-the-Lake Fire Department (from 1912 to 2003) engraved on metal tags and three-dimensional firefighter's image at the bottom. H.L. ANDERSON 1912, R.W.M. TAYLOR 1912, J.H.BROWN 1914, J.H. BROWN 1914, J.H. BURNS 1914, J.A. BLACK 1914, J.G....

    Wooden plaque with names of honorary members of Niagara-on-the-Lake Fire Department (between 2003 and 2011) engraved on metal tags with room left for more names. It has a casted metal image of firefighters working together on the job with engraving "The Bravest". Names on the plaque: S....

    Black leather fire helmet with metal firefighter finial. It consists of eight sections of hardened leather with brim narrow on sides and a large rear tail. Front shield with initials: NFD - Niagara Fire Department. Probably late 1800s. Height with finial: 24 cm and without: 18 cm.

    Cast iron fire alarm box in red. Produced in Canada by Northern Electric Company Limited. Instruction on the box reads: "For fire: break the glass open the door pull hook down once and let go" In 1895, the Bell Telephone of Canada was required to spin off its manufacturing arm to build phones...

    Antique brass/copper fire hose nozzles. Show a sign of use at the top.

  2009,   The colour photographs of the members of Niagara-on-the-Lake Fire Department (District 1) in 2009. Between the rows, in the centre : a photograph of three fire trucks outside of new fire hall on 2 Anderson Lane and two patches of Niagara On The Lake Fire and emergency Services. Top row, left to...

  1974,   The colour photographs of the members of Niagara-on-the-Lake Fire Department in 1974, framed for a wall display. At the bottom: a photograph of the fire hall on King Street, and four pictures of fire trucks belonging to NFD. Top row, left to right: Warner, E. 1962; Awde, H. Ass't Chief 1938;...

  1959,   Black and white photographs of the members of Fire Department in Niagara-on-the-Lake in 1959 arranged in four rows; at the bottom of this composition three photographs of NFD fire trucks. Top row, from left to right: N. Haines - Lieutenant A Company 1948; D. Reid - Captain B Coy [Company] 1929;...

  Garrett, Doug, How it all came about, "How it all came about," Niagara Advance (Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada), 27 Jul 1972  An article on a decision of fire fighters to build an annex to the Fire Hall on King Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake and create the Fire Museum for housing an old fire fighting equipment. A photograph of fire brigade with a description: "Men of the Niagara Fire Fighting Services, a voluntary...

  1910,   Black and white photographs of Niagara Fire Department members in 1910, together with four photos of firemen and their fire fighting equipment: ladder wagon, horse-drawn carts. The last photos were taken outside the fire hall (then located in the Court House) and the post office. The fifth picture...

    Black and white photograph of the old fire station on 10 Queen Street with an ambulance (Chevrolet) in front of the building. The photo was taken from the other side of the street. The fire hall is located between two stores: Jim Connolly's store at corner King and Queen Streets (on left) and...

  1990,   Group photograph of the fire chiefs in Niagara region in 1990. The picture was taken in the front of the fire hall on King Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake. REGIONAL NIAGARA FIRE CHIEFS 1990: Back Row L-R: Larry Jane-Thorold, Tom Cartwright-Fort Erie, Joe Fitzgibbon-St. Catharines, Gerry...

  1996,   The colour photographs of the members of Niagara Fire Department (District 1) in 1996, arranged in five rows and framed for a wall display. In the centre - a photograph of the fire hall on King Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Top row , left to right: D. Cumpson 1983; M. Vriens 1984 Captain; R....

    Handheld brass/copper 2 1/2 quart fire extinguisher produced by Stop-Fire, Inc., New Brunswick, N.J. with "Redi-grip" and pistol grip pump handle. Model AC-24, originally filled with Carbontetrachloride pressurized with dry air or nitrogen. Probably made in the 1950's.

  circa 1930s,   "INDIAN patented" backpack fire pump produced by "D. B. Smith & Company. Utica, N.Y., U.S.A." (text on cap). Brass pump with 5 gallon pump, rubber tube, brass strainer and cover, designed to be worn on back with adjustable canvas straps. Back is stamped "air cooled patented tank". Indian Fire...

  1800s,   Hand-drawn, wooden bucket cart with two wheels and a storage box for carrying buckets. "This cart was used in early 1800 to carry the leather buckets to the fire scene. These buckets were the backbone of the early fire brigades." N.F.D.