Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Fire and Emergency Services Museum (120 Nineteenth Street North, Brandon)

This museum, associated with the Fire Hall No. 1 of Brandon Fire and Emergency Services on Nineteenth Street North in Brandon, was established in 2010.

A 4,400-pound copper and tin Coronation Bell at the entrance to the facility, designed by local architect Arthur Thomas Timewell and cast at the Meneely Bell Foundry at New York, was donated to the Brandon Fire Department in 1902. It was named in honour of the coronation of King Edward VII. The bell was removed from the original fire hall in 1911 and placed in the Central Fire Hall. It was removed from there on 30 April 1971 due to structural stress on the bell tower.

The museum's collections include a restored 1929 Bickle fire truck, photographs, scrapbooks, equipment, and a tablet listing the names of firefighters killed during the First World War.

Coronation Bell at the Brandon Fire and Emergency Services Museum (March 2021) Source: George Penner Vintage fire truck at the Brandon Fire and Emergency Services Museum (March 2021) Source: George Penner First World War commemorative tablet at the Brandon Fire and Emergency Services Museum (June 2025) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.85295, W99.96440 denoted by symbol on the map above

First World War Casualties

Name	Occupation	Service	Rank	Birth Date	Death Date
Thomas Calder [Armoury]	Fireman	45th Battalion, Canadian Infantry	Private	30 May 1885	24 February 1916
William Dingwall [Armoury, Orange Lodge]	Fireman	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Lance Corporal	9 April 1890	7 April 1917
Thomas Dunnett [Armoury]	Fireman	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	14 February 1887	5 June 1916
William Esslemont [Armoury]	Fireman	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Company Sergeant Major	20 March 1894	9 April 1917
Donald McDonald [Armoury]	Fireman	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	22 March 1888	28 September 1916
Wilfred Lloyd Wisner [Armoury, Lenore, Oak Lake]	Fireman	1st Canadian Mounted Rifles	Private	16 December 1894	15 September 1916

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Central Fire Hall (637 Princess Avenue, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Fire Hall No. 2 / McTavish School / Brandon Technical School (603 Eleventh Street, Brandon)

Memorable Manitobans: Arthur Thomas Timewell (1841-1906)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fire Fighters Museum of Winnipeg / Fire Hall No. 3 (56 Maple Street, Winnipeg)

Sources:

Archives Committee, Brandon Fire and Emergency Services.

This page was prepared by Darryl Toews, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 June 2025

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