Museum of RAF Firefighting Volunteers and Veterans Rally Together to Secure the Sole Surviving 1945 Fordson WOT 1 “45 Monitor” – But We Need Your Help! The Museum of RAF Firefighting are proud to announce that the volunteers and Veterans of the museum have rallied...

Whilst some of the country are undoubtedly nursing some monstrous hangovers from last nights Scotland vs England Derby in the Euros, a small part of the Fire Museum team lined up at Scunthorpe to take on the latest round of tasks that had been identified since last...

We are delighted to be in the position to announce it is the Museum's intention to attend a few select shows during the Summer in and around Lincolnshire. Although we are in storage it still imperative to keep the name of the museum out in the public domain and we...

This weekend's work started off with the unexpected delivery of pictures, magazines, national service pin and patches from the Gosnall family after Albert's recent passing. The museum were very grateful to receive the items which were forwarded on and they have been...

This weekend marks 70 years since the first flight across the North Pole in a single engine aircraft by Capt. Charles Blair (USAF). The plane in question was the venerable P51 Mustang which flew the 3,375 miles from Bardavoss, Norway to Fairbanks, Alaska in 10 hours...

This November a team of fundraisers are looking to put on a great event at the Irish Centre in Leeds. It looks to be a great chance to get together with mates, raise a few glasses whilst listening to live music and support two great causes - The Brain Tumour Trust and...

The Museum of RAF Firefighting recently received a much needed cash injection of nearly £700 from the numerous donations that our generous supporters had given to the museum via PayPal Giving Fund. By using PayPal Giving Fund, all of the money donated to us lands...

With the Boss ordered off duty this week by O.C Home Affairs for family celebrations, the rest of us gathered at the 3 different locations to continue the museum’s work. As expected, there was a marked increase in productivity and tea breaks were at an all-time low!...

Did you know you can support the Museum of RAF Firefighting from the comfort of your own home, simply by making purchases on Amazon Smile? The museum recieves a 0.5% donation from Amazon for every purchase made on the site at no extra cost to the buyer! All you need...

Did you know you can support the Museum of RAF Firefighting from the comfort of your chair just through shopping on Amazon Smile! That's right - you literally can support the museum, and treat your significant other.... or yourself, by ordering your usual Amazon...

In recent months the Museum of RAF Firefighting has utilised zoom to host meetings amongst its members to keep everyone updated with progress of the move and other museum news. This has now expanded into "The Crashline," a montly zoom call exclusively for MOD...

Eighty years ago today, Frank Whittle’s Gloucester E roared into the skies at RAF College Cranwell in a quest to prove that jet power would out-perform the propeller driven planes of the time - a view that RAF top brass or the Air Ministry did not share. Like...

With the monumental task of moving the museum into storage finally behind us, the team are now moving to the next phase of consolidating, cataloguing, and preserving the collection should the chance to re-open present itself. Whilst this looks like a simple task, in...

I’m afraid that due to circumstances beyond our control, our plans to set up a new Museum on the outskirts of Alford have fallen through and as such, the Museum, is once again, searching for a new home. Clearly this is very disappointing for everyone but it is what it...

The museum on line shop is now up and running. At the moment we only have limited stock available on line. Keep checking as more tems get listed.

We are always so grateful and slightly humbled when we receive help from serving military personnel. Given that the majority of museum volunteers are ex-service, it is always a pleasure to reconnect with today's Armed Forces Servicemen and Women. 3 RAF Personnel...

A masive thanks to our friends at Scunthorpe Powder Coating who recently completed the shot blasting and Powder Coating of 5 X 25lb Dry Powder Fire Extinguishers. Another local company has reproduced the transfers to complete the restoration of what were very tied...