National Fire Heritage Center

The National Fire Heritage Center exists to preserve, protect and increase the utilization of contributors to the body of knowledge of the American Fire Protection Services and Allied Disciplines through identification, acquisition preservation, conservation, and restoration. The NFHC is an IRS 501c3 non-profit organization incorporated in Emmitsburg, Maryland. It is ideally located near the outstanding resources of the United States Fire Administration and its National Fire Academy, the National Fire Data Center, and National Fire Programs, the Learning Resources Center, the Emergency Management Institute, and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. The primary purpose of the NFHC is to help save important historical written work related to Americas fire services and fire protection disciplines. This effort enhances the current initiatives of fire museums that hold 3-dimensional artifacts such as fire apparatus and equipment and fire libraries that keep written works, not ne...