Collection and Exhibits

The Museum collection focuses mainly on the municipal fire service in three major eras: Hand Drawn (and hand powered) Apparatus from 1800 to 1900; Horse Drawn Apparatus from the 1850's to 1925; and Motorized Apparatus from 1910 to the present day.

    •    Hand-drawn Apparatus (and hand-powered apparatus) - Approximate times 1800 to 1900 
    •    Horse-drawn Apparatus - Approximate times 1850's to 1925 
    •    Motorized Apparatus - Approximate Times c. 1910 to the present day

1928 LaFrance type 145 pumper, one of four delivered to the Toronto Fire Department.
The Canadian Fire Fighters Museum collection owns Reg. No. 6293, ex-pumper No. 25

Fire Fighting History

• Before the Time of Organized Fire Brigades, and The Development of Municipal Fire Brigades
• Canadian Firefighters Over Seas – 1942 to 1945






	Collection and Exhibits The Museum collection focuses mainly on the municipal fire service in three major eras: Hand Drawn (and hand powered) Apparatus from 1800 to 1900; Horse Drawn Apparatus from the 1850's to 1925; and Motorized Apparatus from 1910 to the present day. • Hand-drawn Apparatus (and hand-powered apparatus) - Approximate times 1800 to 1900  • Horse-drawn Apparatus - Approximate times 1850's to 1925  • Motorized Apparatus - Approximate Times c. 1910 to the present day 1928 LaFrance type 145 pumper, one of four delivered to the Toronto Fire Department. The Canadian Fire Fighters Museum collection owns Reg. No. 6293, ex-pumper No. 25 Fire Fighting History • Before the Time of Organized Fire Brigades, and The Development of Municipal Fire Brigades • Canadian Firefighters Over Seas – 1942 to 1945