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Mission
Statement ...
"To
establish a Museum of National importance and status
relating to Fire Brigades, Firefighting and the dangers from
fire:
- Educate
- To
perpetuate the best traditions of the Fire Service in its
activity in educating people about the dangers of fire
and to kindle interest in Fire Brigades and the work that
they do by developing a 'hands on' approach to
learning.
- Collect
- To
acquire and maintain for public display and examination
vehicles, documents and artiefacts of historical
importance and memorabilia relating to specific fires and
disasters and to record their connection to the
developement of fire safety
legislation.
- Preserve
- To
collect together historical and present day technical and
design information relating to fire detection, fire
suppression and firefighting and in particular to record
important technical developements in the practices of
firefighting both in fire engineeringand the operational
capabilities of
firefighters.
- Record
and Entertain
- To
present the history of firefighting and the National
Collection in such a way as to encourage members of the
public to attend and learn about fire safety while being
both educated and entertained by a joint visual and
'live' approach.
- Instruct
- To
instruct and demonstrate to the public and firefighters
in a practical fashion the evolution and developement of
the science of fire prevention and firefighting, while at
the same time ensuring that theindepth information is
available to more serious students dealing with these
themes.
- Inform
- To
act as a National Information Centre for disseminating
information about and to the many local museums and
Preservation Groups which relate in whole or part to
fire, fire engines and Fire
Brigades"
© The Fire Services National Museum Trust