The National Historical Fire Foundation (better known as the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting) is a museum dedicated to the historical preservation of

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equipment used through the years around the world. The museum's artifacts were originally the private collection of George F. Getz Jr., who opened the original Hall of Flame in

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in 1961. The collection relocated to Phoenix in 1974, and has since grown into the world's largest historical firefighting museum. The museum has five large exhibit galleries, a video theater, and the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes, which commemorates U.S. firefighters who have died in the line of duty or have been decorated for acts of heroism. The equipment is grouped as: Gallery One: Hand & Horse Drawn (1725–1908); Gallery Two: Motorized Apparatus (1897–1951); Gallery Three: Motorized Apparatus (1918–1968); Gallery Four: Motorized Apparatus (1919–1950) and a smaller gallery devoted to Wildland Firefighting. It also has a large collection of fire department arm patches, early fire insurance marks, fire helmets, art objects and other types of graphics, as well as a children's play area. A number of the collection's vehicles are taken out of the Museum by volunteer operators to participate in Phoenix-area parades and other events. It is in

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at 6101 East Van Buren St across from the

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and adjacent to the

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. The name is a

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on "

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Gallery

File:Flame SW01.jpg, Hook and Ladder vehicles File:Flame SW03.jpg, Command Center File:Flame SW02.jpg, Pumping vehicle - 19th century File:Flame SW04.jpg, Fire department badges display File:Flame SW05.jpg, Hartford Fire Insurance plaque File:Flame SW06.jpg, Early fire-fighting vehicles

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