Museum of Fire

Museum of Fire Museum of Fire www.museumoffire.net Welcome to the Museum of Fire. We are a not for profit, registered charity and a true community museum.
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As Australia's leading fire museum with over 30 years of experience, we pride ourselves on quality and service. All profits raised go to educating our families to the dangers of fire and preserving the heritage of the community’s bravest. If you would like to learn more about our organisation, please visit our website https://www.museumoffire.net

It's time for another ! Can you guess which fire engine this wheel belongs to? 🚒Let us know your answers in the comment...
01/09/2026

It's time for another !

Can you guess which fire engine this wheel belongs to? 🚒

Let us know your answers in the comments!

Today is ! 📫 The Museum's collection is full of all sorts of letters and correspondence, both serious and light-hearted...
31/08/2026

Today is ! 📫

The Museum's collection is full of all sorts of letters and correspondence, both serious and light-hearted. What better way to celebrate letter writing by sharing this letter from curious students at Kogarah Public School?

Join in the fun today. Why not write your own letters to your local brigade or even to the Museum? We welcome all correspondence and love hearing your stories, whether with the brigade or the Museum!

📸 Letter to Officer in Charge of Kogarah Fire Station from Kogarah Public School, July 1977 [Museum of Fire Collection]

🐶 Dogs in Firefighting: 2026 Museum of Fire Art Competition ✨🎨 Entries for our annual children's art competition open in...
31/08/2026

🐶 Dogs in Firefighting: 2026 Museum of Fire Art Competition ✨🎨

Entries for our annual children's art competition open in just under ONE month! This is the perfect time to get started on your artistic masterpiece! 🖌

This year, we are celebrating the remarkable history of Dogs in Firefighting! From the loyal station companions to the highly trained Ignitable Liquid Detection Canine unit, these four-legged heroes have played a unique and impactful role in firefighting history. Through your artwork, we invite you to explore and express the bond between firefighters and their canine partners, highlighting courage, companionship, service, and innovation. 🐕

Don’t miss your chance to showcase your creativity at the Museum of Fire. Get creating now so you’re ready to enter when submissions open! 🙌

For more information visit our website at 🔗https://www.museumoffire.net/event-details/dogs-in-firefighting-2026-art-competition-submissions

It's here! Our latest temporary exhibition Fire as Good: Reshaping Our Relationship with Flame is now open 🔥Fire can be ...
29/08/2026

It's here! Our latest temporary exhibition Fire as Good: Reshaping Our Relationship with Flame is now open 🔥

Fire can be all-consuming and destructive, but it's also shaped the environment and almost every part of the human experience, from cooking and light to the engines and pumps that power our modern world. Come explore that dual nature for yourself.

Open now until Sunday 8 November, 9:30am–4:30pm, 7 days a week.

🔗 www.museumoffire.net

Happy 100th birthday to South Broken Hill Fire Station 🎊In August 1926, the brigade moved into their brand new fire stat...
27/08/2026

Happy 100th birthday to South Broken Hill Fire Station 🎊

In August 1926, the brigade moved into their brand new fire station which is still in operation today!

Our team at the Museum of Fire are currently researching into the history of the brigade for their centenary celebrations later in the year - do you have any interesting stories from South Broken Hill?

📸 Broken Hill South Fire Station, with 122 Garford Type 75 pumper and crew, c. 1926 [Museum of Fire Collection]

Our Heritage Team have been hard at work this week installing our latest temporary exhibition Fire as Good: Reshaping Ou...
27/08/2026

Our Heritage Team have been hard at work this week installing our latest temporary exhibition Fire as Good: Reshaping Our Relationship with Flame 🔥

Fire can be all-consuming and destructive — but it's also shaped the environment and almost every part of the human experience, from cooking and light to the engines and pumps that power our modern world. This new exhibition explores that dual nature, and the team has poured plenty of care into bringing it to life.

Catch it on display from Saturday 29 August through to Sunday 8 November — we can't wait for you to see it!

🔗 www.museumoffire.net/event-details/fire-as-good-reshaping-our-relationship-with-flame

Today is ! 🐶Whether working as accelerant detection dogs, or beloved station pets, nothing quite beats the company of m...
26/08/2026

Today is ! 🐶

Whether working as accelerant detection dogs, or beloved station pets, nothing quite beats the company of man's best friend!

Do you have any brigade dog stories? Let us know below!

📸 Andrew Torning with his dog [Museum of Fire Collection

Our latest blog is now live! 🚒Huge thanks to our incredible volunteers, whose dedication over the past year has brought ...
24/08/2026

Our latest blog is now live! 🚒

Huge thanks to our incredible volunteers, whose dedication over the past year has brought our GMC CCKW-353 Water Tanker back to life! From freeing up seized brakes and rebuilding the Hydrovac booster, to the painstaking clean-out and repair of the vehicle's steel water tank.

Read the full story of this restoration on our blog, and join us in thanking the volunteers who make this work possible.

🔗 www.museumoffire.net/single-post/restoring-the-gmc-cckw-353-water-tanker

Happy Book Week 📖 Do you still need a costume for Book Week? We have plenty of our Child's Firefighter Uniforms in stock...
23/08/2026

Happy Book Week 📖

Do you still need a costume for Book Week? We have plenty of our Child's Firefighter Uniforms in stock PLUS if you order it this week you can get any book 10% OFF!

This deal is on now until Friday 28 August so get it quick 🔗 www.museumoffire.net/product-page/childs-firefighter-uniform

*Online only.

What an incredible day out at Science in the Scrub 🚒🦖Thank you to everyone who stopped by, bought a few things, and snap...
23/08/2026

What an incredible day out at Science in the Scrub 🚒🦖

Thank you to everyone who stopped by, bought a few things, and snapped some pictures with our Dennis "Jag" D600 fire engine!

If you found us because of this event, make sure to give us a follow and visit our website to plan your visit 🔗 www.museumoffire.net

Address

1 Museum Drive
Penrith, NSW
2750

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday 9:30am - 4:30pm

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+61247313000

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