Sunday, September 12, 2010:

Celebrate the Fire Museum’s third annual Bill and Ida Varnes Memorial Muster

The Fire Museum and the Western Reserve Fire Buffs Association will hold its third annual memorial fire engine muster on Sunday, September 12th, 2010 at Barlow Park Farm at 1965 Barlow Road (off SR 91) in Hudson, Ohio. For more information click here.

Saving History, Saving Lives!

Since 2004, more than 90 people have died in Cleveland fires. Children and the elderly suffered the majority of those deaths. Northeast Ohio suffers more from fires than any other region in the state. To address this burning need, the Western Reserve Fire Museum and Education Center was conceived.

Our capital campaign, Saving History, Saving Lives!, will provide a first-class regional fire museum and education center to dramatically increase fire safety programming and reduce the numbers of fire deaths and injuries in all of Northeast Ohio.

To learn more about “Saving History, Saving Lives!” click on “Project” above. There you’ll find information about the Fire Museum project, our board, and our capital campaign. If you want to make a donation click on “Donate” and join us in “Saving History, Saving Lives!”

Fire Museum Volunteers Polish, Polish, then Polish Some More!

Over the last couple of months volunteers have been working to finish converting the Fire Museum’s 1980 LaFrance pumper into a funeral carriage. Joining the team were a number of restoration experts and former Crawford volunteers. Their work is nearly finished. Click here to see them at work.

Fire Truck Shines in St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Volunteers, under the direction of trustee Stuart Warner, finished the Fire Museum Funeral Carriage in time for the St. Patrick’s Day parade. New and old volunteers banded together to complete the job in just a couple of months. Many of them rode in the parade sitting in the hose bed of the restored ’80 LaFrance. Click here to see more views of the parade.

Wednesday March 17, 2010:

Lee Fisher Joins Fire Museum and Firefighters for St. Patrick’s Day Parade

It was a grand honor when former Lt. Governor and now U.S Senate candidate, Lee Fisher, joined the Fire Museum, Firefighters, and the American Legion before the start of Cleveland’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Lee was welcomed aboard Engine 32, a 1925 Cleveland Fire Department fire truck and took the wheel. Click here to see photos of his visit.



Saturday March 6, 2010:

Hundreds File In for 26th Annual Firematic Flea Market

If you didn’t make it to this year’s Firematic Flea Market you missed a wonderful day. The sun was out and so were the shoppers. Along with thousands of collectibles, shoppers and vendors enjoyed great food and even better deserts. And for those looking to buy some food for the road, fire house cookies and salsa were also available. No matter their taste everyone found something to enjoy at the flea market. Click here to see photos of the event.

The Fire Museum is Making News

Monday, July 6, 2010:

Volunteer Workday and Party at the Fire Museum Draws Crowd of Vols and Press

Saturday, June 24th was a busy day at the Fire Museum with nearly 20 vols and both television and print media on hand to cover the Museum’s first Workday Party. The Cleveland Plain Dealer covered the event sending both a reporter and photographer. Click here for the PD story.


Thursday, April 29, 2010:

Apprentices from the Cement Masons Finish Sidewalks, Driveway

On Thursday a large group of apprentices from the Cement Masons Union Local 404 showed up at the Fire Museum to finish pouring cement for the sidewalks and driveway. This work is only temporary since the Ohio Department of Transportation is planning to restore the entire street when it builds the new Innerbelt Bridge. To see the apprentices at work click here.


Thank you again to the Cements Masons for their help!

Volunteers Pour It On!

August 14th the Fire Museum held its second Saturday Volunteer Workday Party. Firefighters and members of the Fire Museum worked together to scrape, patch and paint walls and ceilings in the museum basement and first floor. Above Firefighter Chris Cook patches the ceiling in the engine bay. Not pictured but working with Chris was Firefighter Phil Laboy. Click here for more on this story.

Funeral Caisson Pressed Into Service For Fallen Independence Firefighter.

Volunteers worked feverishly to get the Fire Museum Funeral Caisson running in time to take Lt. Edward Teare‘s last run. Click here for this story and photos of the funeral procession.

Hudson, Ohio Memorial Muster

A Thousand Motorcycles Rumble for Fallen Heroes and the Fire Museum

This year one thousand motorcycles with about fifteen hundred riders paid tribute to fallen firefighters and their families at the sixth annual Fallen Firefighters Memorial Ride. Click here for this story and photos of the event.