Dallas Firefighter’s Museum holds fundraising festival for improvements

DALLAS – The Dallas Firefighters Museum has a long time of reminiscences, together with basic fireplace automobiles on show, images of firefighters battling blazes, and extra.

To the women and men who’ve fought fires, like Dallas Fireplace-Rescue’s Jeff Francis, the job is a calling.

“God put me on this job. I’m joyful simply once I’m serving to others and once I’m doing exhausting work. This covers each of them,” Francis stated.

Whereas there’s loads of historical past on the museum, they’re elevating cash to make it higher.

“We would like it to be a premiere fireplace museum throughout the nation that folks need to come and see,” stated Sherrie Wilson, with the Dallas Fireplace Museum.

In 1977, Wilson turned Dallas Fireplace-Rescue’s first feminine firefighter/paramedic.

“I did it for 35 years. I liked it,” she stated.

She now works for the museum.

This whole weekend, they’re internet hosting a pageant at Group Beer Firm.

“We’re celebrating 150 years of the fireplace division, 50 years of our museum, and 50 years of EMS,” Wilson defined.

Firefighters are competing in occasions, however there’s extra, and proceeds go to the museum.

They need to add to its assortment, but in addition rework after water harm from flooding in August. They consider it’s time for a makeover.

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The non-profit runs on donations, and so they stated they’ve not too long ago raised $2 million.

“We’ve acquired a giant capital marketing campaign occurring the place we’re attempting to lift $10 million,” Wilson stated.

It’s a lofty purpose, however firefighters with so many tales to inform hope it may be a spot the place future generations be taught fireplace security and historical past.