Slovene Fire Fighters Museum, Metlika

The Slovene Fire Fighters Museum in Metlika was opened in 1969 in conjunction with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of fire-fighting in Slovenia. At that time one hundred years had passed since the first fire department in Slovenia was established in Metlika. The Slovene Fire Fighters' Museum acquired exhibition space on the ground floor of Metlika Castle. The Fire Fighters Exhibition Pavilion was built in the grounds of Metlika Castle and opened in 1984, providing exhibition space for old fire engines collected from various parts of Slovenia. In addition to the Slovene Fire Fighters Museum in Metlika, smaller fire fighters collections are presented in Muta, Sevnica, Tržič and Žalec. On display are various fire fighters' documents, awards, photographs, helmets, medals, fire-fighters' horns, axes, officers' swords, fire fighters' flags, and other items. Models of the oldest fire engines can also be seen, including the kind used in the 15th and 16th centuries. Visitors' attention is also drawn to the 1795 fire regulations for towns and markets in Carniola, which outlined town and market organisation for the prevention of fires and measures to be taken when fires did happen to break out. The Fire Fighters' Pavilion houses the oldest fire engine, from Grahovo near Cerknica, bearing the date 1836. Among the other items on display, the Celjska or Žalska steam fire engine, manufactured in Vienna in 1908, is also of particular interest.

Slovene Fire Fighters Museum, Metlika

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