Kansas City Fire Historical Society

On this date in 1928 Frank G. Balzarini died in the Line of Duty. He wa a driver for the Chief of Station 2. His vehicle collided with a Taxi cab at 10th and Main. He died enroute to the hospital of internal injuries.

Building exhibits at the Musuem. This is the old Watch Office. As you walk through the musuem, this area will be the entry. It will house our oldest artifacts and photos. The musuem is set up as you proceed upstairs you will journey from 1868 to modern day.

Hey all. The musuem has a few board positions open. We ask for small time commitment. Maybe 2-3 hours week on projects, and a once a month board meeting. We especially need someone to help with social media and communications. We also need help with work on our building on maintenance and building exhibits. Of course any mechanics are welcome. We will also need help in the future with manning the musuem when it’s open. We are asking for active or retired first responders only. Contact Paul Ferguson if interested. 8168852086, thanks for your interest.

Please come out and join in the Dedication or the new marker for the beginning of the KCFD!

Good afternoon everyone. Last week I posted about the oldest KCFD Fire Station still in operation. A few asked about other old fire Stations still in operation. I failed to mention that of course all of this Information comes from Ray Elder and his painstaking research. Here is is, the top 10 oldest in service KCFD Fire Stations Station 6 8-30-1956 Station 25 3-25-1957 Station 34 1-21-1958 Station 37 5-21-1958... Station 8 7-10-1958 Station 38 10-1959 Station 33 1-1-1960 Station 45 11-11-1963 Station 42 5-25-1965 Station 43 10-5-1965 See more

With your help the KC Fire Historical Society purchased this Leather Helmet from a private collection in Pennsylvania. It is a running Fireman Finial from Hose 6.

With Halloween in mind. I’ve heard a story that the current Fire Musuem is haunted. Does anyone have any stories about it being haunted? I’ll post the one I’ve heard tonight or tomorrow.

Hey all. I have some questions about this magazine. So, it looks like it was published by our union. Is that correct? Are their still records at the Hall? ... I would be very interested in some of the photos. The musuem is trying to compile a complete collection. Do you have issues at home . We have a partial collection, but don’t really know when it started or ended. If you have copies, please contact Paul Ferguson at 8168852086 if you are willing to donate. Thanks, Paul Ferguson See more

A big thank you to Conrad Fire Equipment. Last week they donated the below pictured items. Among them a First Generation ISI Thermal imaging camera. Thanks to Sal Monteleone and Rick Kinman for always supporting the musuem!

Hey all. It’s that time of the year again. The KC Fire Historical Society needs your help. If you contribute to United Way. We are agency number 1011. We a...sk that you donate money to us. This is our main funding revenue. With your donations we have restored two our our fire trucks and have acquired several others. We have also acquired many smaller artifacts. We hope to add to our collection and start restorations on my our our apparatus. We continue to renovate Station 28 as well. We thank you for your past support. We look to hosting several events with the pandemic is over. Here are just a few photos of our progress. See more

Another great day for the Musuem. Thanks to T10 B shift. Especially Russ Hombs and Aaron Schmidt. They came across this gem. Then gave it to the musuem. Has a date of 1972. Who knows something about the KCFD Water Squad? Also, anyone know who Phil H could be? Cool stuff...

This week we purchased a 1984 American Lafrance Century Series Interstate pumper from an Individual in Arkansas. It served as KCFD Pumper 32. It looks to be in pretty good shape and we have big plans for it. Stay tuned. It is safely back in KC. It’s your support that enabled us to return this rig home. We are excited to get started on restoring this rig!

Hey all, we are currently bidding on an online auction for a communications console from a company called Daugherty. The console is located in Iowa. We are aware is this auction and are attempting to purchase. Please refrain from bidding on it. We would like to return this to KC...

Please pause to remember Chief of the department Harvey L. Baldwin. He died in the line of duty of a heart attack while commanding a fire. 3-21-1953

It was not our musuem that was robbed. The musuem was the Kansas State Firefighters Musuem in Kansas. I would ask that everyone watch out for artifacts being sold on the internet.

All of the bourbon bottles should be delivered. If you don’t have yours, contact whoever you bought the ticket from. Thanks for your donation to the musuem!

Raffle Winners! While you are all winners in our eyes, here are the prize winners Conrad Leather Helmet Melissa Malone Conrad Leather Boots ... Sal Catalano Red house Helmet Shield Elizabeth Bechtold Cigar Bundle Matt Serfass Hawg Jaw Giftcards Jimmy Baker Lexy Vaders Gorge Poligrot KC Powerwashing Dan Palmer Garage Door Service Ryan McBride Snagger Tool Dan Heizman Lockridge wood sign Eric Germann Old Forester Whisky Eric Rose Pillows Stephen Sparks Richard Davis Pat Mcmahon Cliff mabe Coleman Stove Jason Goebel Old time Frames Fire prints Steve Bell Joe mingrone Mike Drake Carmene Giftcard Sterling Witt 100 E2 gift cards James Cooley Scott Linard Repeal the 18th giftcards Anthony Inzenga Patty Robinson Nicholas White Matt Tustison Chris Nichols Cody Coble Vince Siese Craig Lay Shannon Foster Chris Sommers Help us help you! Call Paul Ferguson at 8168852086 to claim prizes. I have the giftcards at Station 8 today. Come on by!

Great turn out tonight. I’m exhausted everyone. I’ll Post all the raffle winners tomorrow!