Mike Legeros

Registration is open for our third annual antique fire apparatus muster on Saturday, September 12, 2026. It’s part of our second-Saturday monthly museum opening. Event hours are 10 to 2.

Last year, we had 353 visitors and eleven pieces of rolling stock. Want to bring your truck? Please complete this registration form. See also the rules for participants.

Both fire and rescue vehicles are invited!

See photos from the 2024 event and 2025 event.

More Information

Contact raleighfiremuseum@gmail.com for questions.

This Saturday, July 11, 2026, is the second Saturday of the month and the Raleigh Fire Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Please note, there will be no working fire hose due to water restrictions.

We’re located at 105 Keeter Center Drive, just south of downtown. Admission is free. Restrooms are available. Please park on the street.

Some announcements. For our July second-Saturday fire museum opening (Jul 11) (and later), no hose prop will be included due to water restrictions.

Also, our August monthly opening has been moved to the third Saturday of the month (Aug 15), to coincide with the South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo. We will also debut new fire truck challenge coins for 2026 -and- new future firefighter work shirts for kids, both for sale.

Finally, our September second-Saturday opening (Sep 12) will include our annual antique fire apparatus muster. Registration information is incoming if you have a truck to bring. Watch this space!

The Raleigh Fire Museum has digitized another batch of old photos and old documents about the history of the Raleigh Fire Department. The digitization was done in partnership with the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.

The newly digitized materials include everything from people photos to scene shots, from SOPs to assorted reports, from bid documents to apparatus blueprints, from funeral programs to fleet lists. The materials date from the 1940s to the 2020s.

Also, please send a message if you have additional information to add to any of these resources, including credits for photos that are missing. We’re working to backfill that information. Thank you!

View our digital materials on digitalnc.org.

Though we are unexpectedly CLOSED today, Saturday, June 13, due to the high heat conditions, please visit our many online exhibits. Here’s a starter list:

• Learning Aids Page
• Guide to Raleigh Fire Apparatus
• Historical Photos of the Old Service Trucks
• Historical Photos of Raleigh Fire Stations
• See More Photos on Our Flickr Site
• Longest-Serving Members
• Remembering the Raleigh Fireman’s Club
• Video History of Fire Station 6 (seven minutes)
• Video Slideshow – Celebrating the Legacy of Fire Station 3 (nine minutes)
• Watch More Videos on Our YouTube Channel

Update on June 12, 2026. Our fire museum will be closed on Saturday, June 13, due to high heat conditions. We apologize for any inconvenience. We will be open again on Saturday, July 11.

Summer has arrived. Cool off at our fire museum this Saturday, June 13, 2026, at our regular second-Saturday monthly opening. Our working fire hose will help!

Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location is 105 Keeter Center Drive at the fire training center.

Free admission. Restrooms are available. Please park on the street