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Next Meeting
October 1, 2022
Hillsborough County FR Hqs, 9450 E. Columbus Dr, Tampa, FL 33619
11:00am - BOD Meeting
Noon - Lunch
1:00pm - General Membership Meeting
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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.
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
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.
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