03/06/2023
Norfolk Fire Museum will be helping to support this event at Attleborough Fire Station next Saturday. Looks to be good event
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Norfolk Fire Museum's collection is now housed near Long Stratton after many years at the old RAF Co
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Norfolk Fire Museum grew out of the old Norfolk Fire Service Historical and Preservation Society and still has very close links with Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service. It is though, a charity and all work is carried out by volunteers. The basis of the collection at present is Local Authority Fire Brigades. This is now being extended to celebrate all fire fighting in Norfolk and we would appreciate rec
eiving any artifacts or information relating to RAF, MOD or Works Fire Brigades that operated in Norfolk. We have now obtained a lease on a unit in Market Gates Shopping Centre in Gt Yarmouth and are busy setting up displays with a view to opening early in 2021.
Operating as usual
30/05/2023
Museum volunteers were out over the weekend at the Strumpshaw Steam Rally. Several thousand people visited the show over the the 3 days with our display and car fire being as popular. We will continue to post events where we will be attending including our own fire engine rally in July at Bressingham. Join us will be Marshall from Paw Patrol and Pontypandy's very own hero next door, Fireman Sam
29/05/2023
Our Great Yarmouth museum will be open Wednesday Thursday and Saturday this week.
Come and see the progress we are making on the 1775 manual fire engine one of our newest exhibits.
26/05/2023
Last night (25/5/2023) Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service held an exercise at Wi******er Tower in Norwich to test their crews in response to a high rise incident. One of the appliances attending was the aerial ladder platform from Earlham. A bit of a contrast from the museum turntable ladder seen parked in almost the same location 44 years ago.
Please remember to ensure you have a working smoke alarm and keep your escape routes clear.
24/05/2023
Yesterday we made the long journey down to Swindon to pick up another addition to the collection with our friends Bressingham Steam & Gardens. We will be at STRUMPSHAW STEAM RALLY this weekend, come see it ;)
22/05/2023
Our museum at Gt Yarmouth will only be open on Wednesday this week as our volunteers will have appliances out at Strumpshaw Steam rally over the bank holiday weekend. Come and see us there and have a go at putting out our car fire.
17/05/2023
We have started to kit out the Green Goddess and once is all on we can have a good cleaning and painting session ready for some trips out.
11/05/2023
Today we took the Green Goddess to Harvey’s of Bunwell for a brake test and it passed with flying colours.
11/05/2023
When you have a Salvage Tender you don’t expect it’s first call to be you own shed.
08/05/2023
We moved this fire engine in the museum on Saturday. It was built in 1775 so is the oldest exhibit there.
Due to holidays the museum will not be open Wednesday this week but will reopen next Saturday.
07/05/2023
Our website has now been updated with events we are hoping to attend this season (subject to volunteer availability). Please pop by and say hello to the team if you are at any. More events will be added as and when we are booked in.
https://www.norfolkfiremuseum.org/events
01/05/2023
The museum at Great Yarmouth will be open Wednesday and Saturday this week. 10AM to 3PM.
26/04/2023
Huge steam gala with guest locomotives running in Norfolk this weekend
Huge steam gala with guest locomotives running in Norfolk this weekend
Bressingham Steam Gala returns to Bressingham Steam and Gardens in Norfolk over the early May bank holiday 2023 with train rides and guest…
25/04/2023
Gt Yarmouth museum will be open Wednesday (26th) and Saturday (29th) this week
20/04/2023
As the last post we did on the Duxford rally was quite popular, here are some images form our collection of other rallies that were held at Duxford
14/04/2023
Fire engine rally at Duxford in 1987. Some of our members attended this, and other large rallies that followed, with appliances that we still have in the collection including an aerial appliance which was used to take this image. Wonder how many of those appliances pictured are still around?
09/04/2023
Back to March 1976 and an exercise at Kings Lynn Docks which was filmed at the time. Please feel free to comment any information or names.
Hope everyone has a safe Easter and remember to test your smoke alarms.
05/04/2023
Volunteers have been out today to collect one of our ATV's to return to workshops for regular maintenance before taking part in events later this year.
04/04/2023
The museum at Gt Yarmouth will be open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday this week and next week for the school holidays.
01/04/2023
Today marks the 75th anniversary of local authorities taking control of the fire service following the disestablishment of the National Fire Service. This saw for the first time the establishment of a county fire service although The City of Norwich and Brough of Great Yarmouth remained those fire brigades still being operated. This saw Norfolk being covered by three fire brigades which remained in place until 1974.
Photo shows the number of calls being received by the Norfolk Fire Service for the year 1 April 1948-31 March 1949
27/03/2023
Gt Yarmouth museum is open Wednesday and Saturday this week, we are planning to extend the days during the school holidays, these will be published as soon as the volunteer rota is finished.
26/03/2023
Couple of crew photos from Kings Lynn thought to be around 1988. Please feel free to add any information in the comments below.
20/03/2023
Gt Yarmouth museum will be open Wednesday and Saturday this week.
16/03/2023
* Resilience Volunteers Needed *
Following on from last summer and working closely with Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service during the heatwave and wild fires of 2022 we have realised how useful some of our own equipment could be to the wider community in general. With the threat of global warming and ever changing weather patterns the museum have been working with Special Access Disaster Response UK and Norfolk Fire & Rescue on a resilience support plan. Here are a few photos from a fantastic meeting with Norfolk Fire and rescue at Long Stratton fire station showing a display of some of the equipment we hold. We are now looking for community resilience support volunteers to help out in times of need. If this is something you might like to get involved in or would like more details then please contact us.
https://www.norfolkfiremuseum.org/contact
11/03/2023
Members of the dive unit taking part in an exercise on a cold January day in 1987. Whilst only an exercise the dangers of deep, cold water are still there requiring full concentration from the crews. please do not venture out onto frozen ponds and in an emergency call 999
07/03/2023
Today's images from the museum archive shows a line up of firemen from Kings Lynn and policeman standing outside Donaldson's on Norfolk Street.
The second image we have no information on. Could be the station cat joining the photo!
06/03/2023
This week the museum at Gt Yarmouth will be open on Wednesday and Saturday 10AM to 3PM
01/03/2023
This week Gt Yarmouth museum will be open on Friday and Saturday. 10AM to 3PM
26/02/2023
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25/02/2023
From the front cover of Alarm magazine, 1987
21/02/2023
Anyone recognise themselves? Names welcomed!
20/02/2023
After our busy week for half term we will only be open on Saturday 25th this week.
18/02/2023
Couple of mages of a farm fire on Aylsham's ground in the 1980's. No further details have been recorded.
12/02/2023
As the schools are on half term holiday this week we will be opening our museum in Market Gates Gt Yarmouth on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
We are open from 10 to 3 each day.
Come along and see us.
12/02/2023
As the schools are on half term holiday this week we will be opening our museum in Market Gates Gt Yarmouth on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
We are open from 10 to 3 each day.
Come along and see us.
07/02/2023
The museum at Gt Yarmouth will only be open on Saturday 11th this week.
We should be back to Fridays and Saturdays from next week.
02/02/2023
Remembering the 1953 Floods
Remembering the 1953 Floods
Remembering the 1953 floods at Heacham and Snettisham in Norfolk, uk.
31/01/2023
Photos from Heritage Snapper's post
26/01/2023
Chief Fire Officer Hogg seen unveiling a memorial to Captain Robert Pipe of the Harleston Fire Brigade. This took place at Harleston Fire Station in 1987 along with a display of ephemera. Captain Pipe was seriously injured whilst fighting a fire at Syleham Mill and passed away from his injuries a week later on 31 May 1928.
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Royal Norfolk Show Setup 2022
Sneak preview of the team setting up with our great friends Bressingham Steam & Gardens at the Royal Norfolk Show. We are sharing stand 270, come say hello! The car fire will be there along with our new fire engine colouring book!
L168RVG
Over the passed few weeks we have been supporting Bressingham Steam and Gardens when we can with the car fire using the on site appliance L168 RVG and have raised some funds which we help to keep us going. This last weekend they invited us down for they last event of the year Halloween which turned out wet and very windy. The weather was not good and the bottom field was very wet which was bad news as our members caravan was stuck in the mud and gave us a excuse to record the first call for L168 RVG a special service by arrangement. If you are interested in getting stuck in the mud or helping in any other way please PM us.
Dennis A250NNG
One of our members was shown this drone footage of our Dennis with the question "is this anything to do with you" and they replied yes followed by can we film some more, yes you can Duncan and Steve look forward to seeing you.
Another hard day at the workshop.
Into the workshop for a bit of TLC
Unloading
Coming Home
Fire engine
Kings Lynn
Weeting 2019
Turnout
Seagrave
29 March 2019
Got a job
On the run
Turnout!
Water on!
Weeting Rally 2018
Weeting Rally 2018
Seagrave
Little Fire Engine
Car Fire
FWP Drill
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Hi do any of you guys know of a Dennis ss135 Cab for sale , I'm Looking to restore our Dennis Delta 1983 haulage truck . Any info would be greatly Appreciated .
Sebastian Rose-Clook
Taken a few years ago
It’s that time of year when I get to thank you all for your continued support by following the page and getting involved. Sadly another year that has seen many of the big events canceled but I really would like to thank Norfolk Fire Museum and Bressingham Steam & Gardens for letting me join you this year and for keeping me relatively sane ;) Fingers firmly crossed for next year, sure I'm not alone there. Again a big thank you! hope you all have a lovely Christmas and wishing you all a happy and healthy new year. Hope to see you all next year, its been too long 📸🥰🍻
Kev (Heritage Snapper)
Kev (Heritage Snapper)
Snaps from a round 460 odd mile road trip with Norfolk Fire Museum to pick up another vehicle to add to it's extensive collection yesterday (Monday). It was an early start, 5am, heading up to Ingleton Village in North Yorkshire but we did manage to get back to Coltishall just as the sun was setting. Most of the snaps are taken on the move, but you get an idea of the beauty of that part of the world 😉📸
Great day out at your open day today and really enjoyed getting to ride in this beauty 😁
Look forward to your next open day
Look forward to your next open day
Brought our son along to the open day today and spoke to a gent in the display room you have.
We were talking about the helmets you have on display and I mentioned we had picked up a helmet for our son at a local car boot.
Here are some pictures of the helmet. It looks to have been signed by quite a few people.
Unfortunately the letters on the front Crest have been painted over.
The date embossed on the helmet is 1990.
We were talking about the helmets you have on display and I mentioned we had picked up a helmet for our son at a local car boot.
Here are some pictures of the helmet. It looks to have been signed by quite a few people.
Unfortunately the letters on the front Crest have been painted over.
The date embossed on the helmet is 1990.
Great visit today
This Sunday ! Norfolk Fire Museum
Last minute wedding changes created every brides dream beach wedding! A very unique and amazing experience to capture this magical day. [This really can be done in the UK!]
Frank Johnstone The Florist Workshop Libertywroxham Circle of Life East Anglia Norfolk Fire Museum Magic Memories
Frank Johnstone The Florist Workshop Libertywroxham Circle of Life East Anglia Norfolk Fire Museum Magic Memories
Woosh! And another week steams by merrily here at Bressingham. This time last week we were welcoming our very special LEGO engine and this week we’re welcoming a veritable fleet of wonderful miniature engines for our Steam in Miniature Weekend on 7th and 8th August.
These fantastic working scale models of steam locomotion will be on show here at Bressingham this Saturday and Sunday and range from the large and decorative engines used by fairground showmen and the travelling fairs to the more humble road rollers used to maintain the highways and by-ways. Scales range from 2 1/2 inches to the foot to the larger models of approximately half the size of the originals.
These are truly amazing models with many hundreds of hours work put into them and are every bit as amazing are the real size machines that Bressingham holds in its collection, including the fleet of Narrow Gauge locomotives which will be in steam over the weekend. Our friends at Norfolk Fire Museum are here too!
For a little taster of last year’s event to whet your appetite see here https://youtu.be/X29TEjVJcEc And book your tickets now to join us here https://bressingham.merlintickets.co.uk/product/ADSIM
It's going to be a great weekend!
These fantastic working scale models of steam locomotion will be on show here at Bressingham this Saturday and Sunday and range from the large and decorative engines used by fairground showmen and the travelling fairs to the more humble road rollers used to maintain the highways and by-ways. Scales range from 2 1/2 inches to the foot to the larger models of approximately half the size of the originals.
These are truly amazing models with many hundreds of hours work put into them and are every bit as amazing are the real size machines that Bressingham holds in its collection, including the fleet of Narrow Gauge locomotives which will be in steam over the weekend. Our friends at Norfolk Fire Museum are here too!
For a little taster of last year’s event to whet your appetite see here https://youtu.be/X29TEjVJcEc And book your tickets now to join us here https://bressingham.merlintickets.co.uk/product/ADSIM
It's going to be a great weekend!
Any info on the Job in Winterton ?