The Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum will once again host a "Mini-Muster" of antique fire apparatus at Rose Hill Manor on Saturday, August 15, 2026 in conjunction with the Francis Scott Key Antique Car Club vehicle show. This is the 41st annual event for the Francis Scott Key Antique Car Club.

Contact Steve Hurst at 301-305-3617 or email him at shurstatr15@yahoo.com to register your antique ... (Full Story & Photos)

The officers and members of the Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum want to express our sincere appreciation to the Jefferson Volunteer Fire Company for a donation of $500 and the Lewistown District Volunteer Fire Department for a donation of $200. Both of these fire companies have units on display at the museum. Jefferson has a 1909 Badger hand drawn chemical engine and Lewistown has a 1952 Willys ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum will be closed Labor Day Weekend to allow our volunteers time with their families. The museum will be open the weekend of September 12. The museum will close for the winter months on September 27. ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum welcomed nearly 100 visitors during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend. The museum was open on Friday and extended hours Saturday as well as after the memorial service to allow family members, members of the fire service and others attending the memorial to visit the museum and learn of the colorful history of the fire and rescue service in ... (Full Story)

The Frederick County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association voted to donate $1000 to the Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum at the March meeting in Jefferson to help support the ongoing expenses of the museum. The museum completed a $20,000 replacement of the entire HVAC system. The museum does not receive county funding and depends on donations from the county volunteer fire and rescue companies ... (Full Story & Photos)

Thanks to the Delaplaine Foundation for grant funding to improve the north side of the museum building. Barrick Garden Center has installed pavers around the handicapped parking area installed and river rock along the rest of the parking area to enhance the handicapped area and eliminate the unimproved area along the north parking area. ... (Full Story & Photos)

The "Old Lady" was the hit of the day, and proved she can still pump, at the SPAMFFA Muster in York. PA. The "Old Lady", the circa 1848 hand tub pumper that was used by both the United Fire Company and Libertytown and her beau "Romeo", the 1893 hose carriage of the Independent Hose Company No. 1 as well as the 1876 Junior Silsby hose reel were on display at the muster thanks to the dedication of museum ... (Full Story & Photos)

The 1764 "coffee mill" hand pumper "Grandfather" is believed to be the first engine purchased in Frederick with funds from the 1760 raffle that was held specifically to build a "market" and purchase a fire engine. According to the records of the Independent Hose Company, the engine was purchased in 1764, some 54 years before the Independent Hose Company was organized. The engine was probably used ... (Full Story & Photos)