The Frederick County Fire Museum to Open Later This Month

FIRE MUSEUM

to Open Later This Summer

New wayfaring exhibit in front of the etched mural.

By Chip Jewell

The Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum located at 300B South Seton Ave. in Emmitsburg is hoping to re-open to the after July 1. The museum will feature new displays such as an impressive 8-foot-long panoramic picture of all the fire apparatus in the city of Frederick in 1932 as the painting by Sherry Kemp donated by the Junior Fire Company of the 1910 American LaFrance steamer responding from the Junior fire house.

The new wayfaring sign describing the William Cochran glass etching “Volunteer” has recently been added next to the

etching to provide the visitor an excellent pictorial of how the etching finally came to be in Emmitsburg and the difficult worked faced by Emmitsburg Glass Company to both dismantle and reinstall the glass.

New signage providing the visitor with a look back in history to the origin of the “Old Lady” hand tub pumper and recent information of the metal tank that was believed owned by the Washington Hose Company in Frederick have been added to provide an even greater depth history.

Plans are being made to reopen the museum to the public after July 1 that will feature a book signing by Chip Jewell, the museum president and author of the new book History of Fire Companies in Frederick County, Maryland. The Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum looks forward to once again providing visitors with a look back in the history of our Frederick County fire and rescue companies.

Etched glass mural. The Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum. Go to https://frederickmdfiremuseum.org for more information & hours.