[1] The museum was established in 1966, originally in the basement of Fire Station 4, opening to the public in 1968.

The museum now located in the old Central Fire Station of Aurora, which was built in 1894.

It has bay windows, a decorative cornice, an "onion-dome" and was asserted to be 'a model of its kind' when it was completed.

The museum moved into the old Central Fire Station, where it remains to this day, in 1990.

The exhibits cover firefighting throughout history, including antique Fire engines from the 1850s and 1940s.