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The National Fire Heritage Center

The National Fire Heritage Center, located in Emmitsburg, Maryland near the National Fire Academy Campus

The National Fire Heritage Center exists to preserve and protect the history of the American Fire Protection Services and allied disciplines through identification, acquisition, restoration, and conservation of historic information.
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The National Fire Heritage Center is committed to the preservation of ideas including: the legacy of written and original works by individual contributors within the profession; the published history and literature of the American Fire Service Industry; as well as conservation of oral histories.

Watch an introductory video below from Chief Ronny J. Coleman, one of the founders and a long-time Chairman of the group. Click on the symbol just prior to the word vimeo in the lower right hand corner to see full screen.

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NFHC Executive Director Wayne Powell in the center.
The original reports of responding mutual aid companies to the World Trade Center disaster in 2001.
One of a series of poster collages made by Maureen Forster, volunteering for the NFHC.
The view of the front of the building that is shared with the Frederick's County Fire Rescue Museum.
One of a series of poster collages made by Maureen Forster, volunteering for the NFHC.
One of a series of poster collages made by Maureen Forster, volunteering for the NFHC.
One of a series of poster collages made by Maureen Forster, volunteering for the NFHC.
An old lifesaving net is displayed in the museum.
One of a series of poster collages made by Maureen Forster, volunteering for the NFHC.
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