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Chevrolet-built R-1830s that were used in the B-24, C-82, PBY, and A-28. Buick also built the R-1830 during World War Two. It produced 74,198 in a government owned plant in Melrose Park, IL, west of Chicago. Chevrolet and Buick combined to provide 130,682 R-1830s, which was 75% of. Approximately 84,000 American LaFrance and BECO fire extinguishers, models P-250MA and P-275RA, are being recalled. The model numbers and serial numbers of these recalled extinguishers are printed on the cannister label and include the following. 1927 – Company received a 1919 American LaFrance, Type 75, 750gpm Triple Combination pumper, Serial # 2656, Shop # 127. August 26, 1930 – Company received a new 1930 American LaFrance, Type 212, Hose & Booster Wagon, Serial # 7233, Shop # 379. June 1, 1938 – Ladder Co. 6 moved out of the firehouse it shared with Engine Company 16.
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The Aurora Regional Fire Museum is home to over one-thousand artifacts, two thousand photographs, and countless volumes of research materials. These materials range from large apparatus to vials of horse oats to firefighter equipment and uniforms.
Objects - Apparatus - Archival Materials - Research - Donating Artifacts
Objects
Most of our three-dimensional objects include typical things a visitor could expect during their visit to the museum: fire helmets, fire badges, nozzles, axes, alarm equipment, and of course, fire apparatuses. However, visitors will be surprised to see exciting and unique items such as a 1930s ventriloquist dummy, the original pizza oven used by the Aurora firefighters to start their Saturday night pizza tradition, and a turn-of-the-century smoke mask.
Archival Materials
Our archival collection is comprised of thousands of photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, annual reports, and Aurora Fire Department log books. Additionally, the Chief’s Office archival room houses hundreds of reference books. Recently staff worked on itemizing the Aurora Fire and Water Commission Records from the 1860s-1890s, and digitizing a collection of notebooks transcribing old Aurora newspapers from the 1880s-1920s.
Click here to view the online finding aid of the logbooks here.
Researching our Collections
While space and focus permit us to exhibit only a small percentage of our artifacts, our collection and archives are available to researchers by appointment.
Please contact us to schedule a research appointment
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How to Donate Artifacts
We accept donations of materials relating to the history of firefighting in Aurora, our region, and firefighting in general. All decisions regarding potential donations are reviewed by the Museum's Collections Committee.
Please be aware that the museum may not accept every donation for various reasons. The most common reasons are:
- Out of scope, non-firefighting or out of our geographic scope
- Duplicates of items already in the collection
- Condition and size of the object
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Please contact us to meet with our staff about your materials.
Trucks and Apparatus
Old American Lafrance Fire Trucks
Scroll down on each photograph to see more information about each of our apparatus.