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This site was updated on 05/19/2022


Recent Changes to the Web Site or Association

05/19 - New entry Added To Classified Page
03/12 - Events Calendar Updated


Next Meeting
April 9, 2022

Palm Coast Fire Station 25
1250 Belle Terre Pkwy
Palm Coast, FL
BOD meeting at 11am
Lunch at Noon
General Meeting at 1:00pm
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2022 SPAAMFAA National Winter Convention

Florida Antique Bucket Brigade hosted the 2022 SPAAMFAA National winter convention in Kissimmee the week of Feb 23-26th. We had a great turnout of guests, vendors, and apparatus for our show. The weather was great which all our friends from up north appreciated.

We had about 240 guests registered: 29 vendors inside and outside and about 35 pieces for our show on Saturday. Pictured is the 1893 Holloway Hose Carriage from Frederick, Maryland which won Best of Show.  George Mills from Raleigh, NC and a member of the ODHFS in Virginia took home the award for Best Appearing American La France.  The longest distance for a piece trailered was from Metamora, Michigan and longest distance driven was from Tom Hooker from Marshville, NC

Great tours were enjoyed by a lot of our guests which were to the Tampa FD and Hillsborough FR; Lake Ridge Winery; Cape Canaveral FD Training site and to the Daytona 500 Experience.  Speakers for the convention were Doug Klink; Bernie Punte; Tommy Herman; Bill Blunden and Ted Elder.

We would like to thank all of the guests, vendors and apparatus owners that visited with us that last week in February and hope to see many of you in Woburn, Mass for the Summer convention meeting, being held June 22-25th, 2022.


FABB Apparatus Collector Cards Available, 17 cards per set.
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FABB Newsletter

The Leaky Bucket is the official publication of the Florida Antique Bucket Brigade and is published quarterly. It is sent to each member of the Association. Viewers and members can submit pictures, articles, ads (reviewed, of course) to the editor of the Leaky Bucket, at leakybucket@fabbfire.org.


WELCOME

The Organization
The Florida Antique Bucket Brigade or FABB as we call it, is a statewide group of firefighting Apparatus, tradition and history enthusiasts who love to get together and talk fire apparatus. Not only do we talk but many members own their own fire apparatus spanning in era from the early hand drawn days to fire apparatus that could still serve a small fire department today . We restore these items to parade, show, pump, and compete in many types of public activities each year. They have even appeared in major motion pictures. But our favorite activity is the Fire Muster which has become a celebration of firefighting, it's apparatus, history and tradition.

Collecting
Many of our members collect fire memorabilia, model fire apparatus, extinguishers, badges, patches, firefighting photography, and just about anything connected with firefighting. Anyone who is interested in firefighting apparatus and history may join us. We also have Florida fire departments and museums owning historically significant apparatus as members, but you do not have to own apparatus to join. Our members come from all walks of life.

SPAAMFAA
The Florida Antique Bucket Brigade is one of many regional chapters of "The Society for the Preservation and Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in America," or SPAAMFAA, which is an educational and historical society founded in 1958. FABB, which was organized and chartered in 1977, brings activities represented by SPAAMFAA to the state and local level.

Museums
We also promote local fire history and fire museums by displaying historically significant club owned fire antiques. FABB is a registered non-profit organization.
We are here to enjoy our hobby and help others appreciate it.

Join us.
Take a moment to Email us your name and address for an application or print the
application form now, fill it out and send it in. Help us preserve and enjoy the history, tradition and hardware of American Firefighting. The application is in Adobe Acrobat format. If Acrobat Reader is not installed in your computer you can get a free copy of it by clicking here.

 

For questions, comments etc. about FABB?  email: bromig@fabbfire.com

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