Description: Created in the early 1990s, the Victoria Fire Department Historical Society preserves more than 140 years of history. A fully functional 1899 steam pumper, photographs, documents, artifacts, and fire apparatus make up it's collection.
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The Victoria Fire Department Historical Society was created in the early 1990s, as a component of the VFD, to preserve the more than 150 year history of the Victoria Fire Department.
Officially a component of the Department, the Historical Society membership includes both serving and retired Victoria firefighters as well as interested members of the community. We are, in a very real sense, a product of the successful restoration of the Department's 1899 steam pumper, the " Charles E. Redfern " to full operation.
A large and varied collection of photographs, documents, artifacts, and fire apparatus was collected over this period and responsibility for its care rests with the Society. It is a valuable historic resource for Victoria history as well.