Essex Fire Museum

The creation of the Essex Fire Museum has required energy, dedication, true commitment and vision. These same principles will now be applied to its future development.

The loyal group of supporters – who have had to beg, steal and borrow, call in favours and work tirelessly to create this lasting monument to the Service – will now be embraced by more formal business management arrangements that will support the museum’s use as an active educational and community centre.
Formal operating procedures will need to be introduced and, if it is as successful as it is hoped, the museum may indeed need to move its location to cater for growth.

With increasing responsibilities for community safety activities, Essex has moved headlong into reaching out to the neighbourhoods it serves. The museum is expected to play a key role in the Service’s educational work with schools in the area, where it is anticipated it will be used not simply as a repository of artifacts but as a living, breathing historical experience.

As the Essex Fire Museum evolves, it is anticipated that through the use of innovative technology, the centre can become an inter-active learning environment and a first-class amenity for the area.

A constitution for the Essex Fire Museum will be created to include administrative and financial procedures. Educational content, access arrangements, an acquisition and disposals policy will all be agreed.

As a Fire Service, Essex is keen to learn from the experience and expertise of other professionals working in the heritage field and in this regard the museum plans to develop its involvement and links with various historical networks.

It is also planned to establish a Friends of Essex Fire Museum group and to develop an informative and user-friendly website.

Click here to view some footage from smoke signals involving the opening of the Museum
Click here to view footage from MP Andrew Mackinlay's visit to the Museum.

Contact details

Roger Pickett, Assistant Curator
Essex Fire Museum
Grays Fire Station
Hogg Lane
Grays
Essex
RM17 5QS
Telephone: 01375 379167

Barrie Davis, Education Manager
Senior Divisional Officer Paul Bowers
Safer Communities Directorate
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
Kelvedon Park
Rivenhall
Witham
Essex
CM8 3HB

Telephone: 01376 576000 
Visit our website:www.essex-fire.gov.uk

Download Documents

• museum leaflet 219KB