Museum Spotlight | The Original First Due

Museum Spotlight | The Original First Due

Seen here is the original design of the First Due helmet, created by Ray Russell and Ronny Coleman back in 1969.

 

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This is one of the many helmets featured in our fire museum. Feel free to stop by and visit us if you are ever in Riverside, CA!

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Museum Spotlight | Frequency Movie Helmet

Museum Spotlight | Frequency Movie Helmet

We have many helmets on display that were featured in film and television! This helmet is a TL-1, the predecessor to our popular TL-2 Traditional Leather Helmet, and was featured in the 2000 sci-fi film, Frequency.

Read more about the history of this helmet. 

This is one of the many helmets featured in our fire museum. Feel free to stop by and visit us if you are ever in Riverside, CA!

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Museum Spotlight | Shaun Russell's Helmet

Museum Spotlight | Shaun Russell's Helmet

This helmet belongs to Shaun Russell, son of our Founder Ray Russell and one of our production technicians. Shaun first started the explorer program in 1992 with the RivCo post 413 after being inspired by his father and grandfather.

Read more about the history of this helmet. 

This is one of the many helmets featured in our fire museum. Feel free to stop by and visit us if you are ever in Riverside, CA!

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Museum Spotlight | Ray Russell's 1995 First Due

Museum Spotlight | Ray Russell's 1995 First Due

This was the helmet that our founder, Ray Russell, used in service during his time as Assistant Chief and Senior Instructor for fire control 3.

Read more about the history of this helmet. 

This is one of the many helmets featured in our fire museum. Feel free to stop by and visit us if you are ever in Riverside, CA!

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The Great Fire of 1910

The Great Fire of 1910

The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the Big Blowup) was a wildfire in the western United States that burned three million acres in North Idaho and Western Montana, with extensions into Eastern Washington and Southeast British Columbia, in the summer of 1910. The fire burned over two days on the weekend of August 20–21,

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1937 Blackwater Fire

1937 Blackwater Fire

Today in 1937, the fourth deadliest wildfire in the nation's history, the Blackwater Creek fire was started by a lightning strike in the pine-filled Shoshone National Forest. The fire smoldered and crept through the ground fuels for two days before it was spotted by the owners of a local hunting camp. Initially, the smoke was rising vertically from the area of Blackwater Creek, however as the rangers and CCC enrollees neared the fire the smoke and flame grew in intensity.

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1975 Philadelphia Gulf Refinery Fire

1975 Philadelphia Gulf Refinery Fire

Today in 1975, one of the biggest oil refineries in the country - Gulf Oil Co. in Philadelphia - ignited in a fiery explosion. Hydrocarbon vapors escaped from a tank and accumulated near the boiler house causing it to explode.

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