Hertfordshire Fire Museum

Fire Station
Lower High Street
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 2AG
England

Website

www.watfordmuseum.org.uk/firemuseum

E-mail

firemuseum@watfordmuseum.org.uk

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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The museum is based in a purpose-built building at the new Fire Station, Lower High Street, Watford, opened in November 2009.
We have a substantial collection of various items of fire service equipment, uniform and documents, old and new, along with a large and varied photographic display of fire appliances, fire/incident scenes and local fire history.

We are always on the lookout for Fire Brigade memorabilia that deserves a good home and is perhaps currently gathering dust in a shed or attic.

Venue Type:

Museum, Archive

 Opening hours

Wed 9.30-11.30am (maintenance days with very limited viewing).

There is also a series of Open Days on Saturdays, when the museum will be open between 13.00-16.00: please contact us for more information.

 Admission charges

Free admission, but donations are welcome as the Museum is run on a voluntary basis by ex-firefighters.

 General services and facilities
  • Guided tours
  • Toilets
 Disability access
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Research and adult learning
  • Library
  • Research facilities for academics
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Fire Station
Lower High Street
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 2AG
England

Website

www.watfordmuseum.org.uk/firemuseum

E-mail

firemuseum@watfordmuseum.org.uk

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

In addition to the larger items listed below, there is also a substantial collection of various items of fire service equipment/uniform/documents (old and new), with a large and varied photographic display of fire appliances, fire/incident scenes and local fire history.

Collection details

Social History, Land Transport, Archives

Key artists and exhibits

  • 1850s manual hand pump from Barley near Royston
  • 1863 manual hand pump from the Tring Park Estate
  • 1896 Shand-Mason horse-drawn steam fire pump, ex-London Fire Brigade
  • 1900s Hose Cart - on loan from Watford Museum
  • 1937 Leyland open-bodied Pump Escape, based at St Albans until the 1960s
  • 1942 Dennis No.2 Trailer Pump, from Berkhamstead
  • WW2 Scammell wheelbarrow pump
  • Fire service uniforms and equipment
  • Merryweather 50ft (15m) steel escape ladder from a 1984 Dennis Water Tender Escape

Fire Station
Lower High Street
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 2AG
England

Website

www.watfordmuseum.org.uk/firemuseum

E-mail

firemuseum@watfordmuseum.org.uk

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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