Reviews of San Antonio Fire Museum (Museum)

Nader Abdallah

Amazing experience and a wonderful staff. Tour guides were retired firefighters who clearly have a passion for this and love to share their insight, experience and information on the their time and the history of the San Antonio fire department. The fact that the museum is in the old fire station 1 made the experience all the better.

Franklin Edwards

Amazing employees and so much knowledge and dedication to such a powerful career.

Doug Williams

There is a lot of history here,and there are fun things for the kids. The staff consists of local fire fighters and some from around the country. It was nice catching up with old friends.

James Collins

Great place. Fun time.

Mandy Phillips

You have to visit! It was OUTSTANDING. The men and women working inside answered every single question that each of us had (there were 12 in our group) and gave us an amazing tour.

Richard Ozuna

Love it. I have never had the opportunity to see the old next to the new when it comes to firefighting. This small museum is downtown and well worth the short walk. The history of the San Antonio Fire Department is deep and the docents love what they do. Ask a lot of questions or just enjoy. It is well worth your while. They let us in for free. They said "You are free today." I purchased merchandise and gave a donation on my way out. It is a must visit on your trip to San Antonio. It is a stones throw (literally) from the Alamo.

Keith Peacock

This is one of the best fire museum's in the State of Texas. These dedicated San Antonio firefighters have put together an amazing display of the San Antonio F.D. history!! I promise you will love it, from the horse drawn to motorized fire apparatus. You will find some truly amazing fire history is this fire museum.

Fernando Pivaral

Had a wonderful time with fellow friends and teachers learning about the past of fire fighters

Eduardo Casas

This museum has tour guides staffed by current and retired San Antonio Firefighters. Now with the new children's section, everyone can truly enjoy the museum!

raymond ehlers

Lots of great history about the San Antonio fire Departments. A must see if you are a fire buff.

Rebecca Schibler

Great little museum with a lot of displays with informative signs. Small gift shop at the front. Open kid-friendly space in the back with toys, books, and costumes for play. Wish there was parking!

Dave Van Putten

Awesome museum. One of the best we've been to. The guys there are very helpful and informative giving personal tours. A not miss museum!

Rodgers Theken

We really loved see all the old fire equipment and the history. This is a great museum if your interested in learning about the fire fighting history of the area.

Stephanie Gonzales

My nephew loved this place and it was cost effective. Only downside was the parking. They are so knowledgeable and sweet, these guys care about teaching and my nephew was no exception.

Jessie Furstenfeld

Very Fun And Informative. Has A Play Place For Kids TowaTow The End.

Simon Leon

Highly recommend a visit to the museum. We had a personal tour guide showing us all the equipment and telling us stories. The staff are mostly retired service personnel. A lot of stuff to see.

Maya Queen

Such a quaint place, run by volunteers ex-firefighters and their wives. Adorable!

SherylS Stephenson

This is a wonderful museum, especially if you're a firefighter! There is so much history in this place as well as old equipment, very educational. It's ran by volunteers, that are beyond helpful. We visited during the week, so we had a personal escort, Walter. He's full of knowledge and very humble. We really enjoyed ourselves. There are activities for children to keep them entertained. As of our visit it was free, but they will start charging a small fee Feb 1st. Make sure you leave $$ for a donation.

miguel ugalde

Muy agradable el museo ideal para niños

Lynnette Roccazzella

We learned a lot and loved the experience. I especially liked that the kids were able to try on the gear and pretend.

Sarah Michael

Super cool place!!! This should be on the top 10 to visit while in San Antonio!! The kids had fun and actually learned some things!

Raja Sekar

The is a small museum to know about San Antonio fire fighting vehicles and their fire fighting history within the city. There are sovernier too available at this place.

Emmanuel Valdez

Excelente lugar para ver el equipo de los bomberos de varias décadas y el personal que trabaja ahí son excelentes Guías y nos gustó mucho sus anécdotas. Se los recomiendo.

Mike T

Really great place. Staff very friendly and very knowledgeable about the industry.

Vanessa Venegas

Great experience for my 3 year old daughter.

Jason Campbell

Best fire museum in we have ever seen. Great price and displays!

Garrett Nash

Great experience, Walt was a pleasure to talk to and meet.

Raj X1

Hidden gem. Underrated. Kids love it. Reitrd firefighters run this place and they are amazing. They get kids involved in activities.

Nathaniel Babcock

Free attraction after noon on the first Tuesday of the month.

Keith Wilcox

Very nice tour guides. Lots of information

Micky Stanton

Great bunch of firefighters. Awesome history, must see.

Trina Green

Happened upon it by accident. Greeted by them like family. They made an effort to show us everything and anything with enthusiasm. What an asset to San Antonio for awareness of our fire fighters and show tourists our friendly nature. Thank you!

Shawna Hartman

This place is fabulous! We scheduled a field trip here for our homeschool co-op group and our tour guide, Fireman Dan, was so impressive! He held the children's attenion the entire time and had the parents laughing as well. The kids watched a puppet show on fire safety and were able to climb through an ambulance, try on firefighter gear, and run an old fire alarm. Everyone had a blast!

Samuel Herz

Muy amables.Muy lindo el museo

Julia Miller

We went a couple weeks ago and we saw Santa. My boys 4 and 7 absolutely loved it. Our tour guide was awesome and very knowledgeable. Definitely going again great photo ops.

Patrick Farrens

Great museum.

Michael Noark

Great guides and lots of history. My kids and I learned a lot.

Erika Fraire

Highly recommended.

Scott Hartman

The coolest place to visit if you're into fire service history especially in this historic town! I highly recommend spending a few hours here.

Nicholas Van Delist

Great interesting place for kids and adults.

Shannon Smith

Wonderful, thoughtful, and helpful volunteers gave our girl scout troop the best tour! Knowledgeable and patient, they answered questions, shared experiences, and let us all try on gear. Amazing history captured and displayed, I'm definitely adding this to our list of places to take visitors.

Jennifer Rodriguez

Great place and kid friendly.

Enrique Sanchez

Great time with the kids and family very educational and some nice hands on fun. Supported by volunteer and donations and only a short walk from Alamo and other downtown attractions make for an awesome addition for a family outing

Orion Wills

Great place to take your kids! My two year old was absolutely floored seeing multiple fire trucks up close (and a couple that he could climb on). Best thing of all is that it is FREE!

G. Keller

Great little museum, lots of history about the San Antonio firefighters and their beginnings. Good information, great pictures. The sections on specialties (arson, hazard, etc...) Are tiny but informative. There's even a section on women firefighters. The volunteers that run it are retired firefighters. They were working on making the entire museum air conditioned when I stopped by.

One Guy

Great little place! My 2 year old loved it. Very educational and great staff who love doing it.

Mike Back

Awesome history...

Roy Paniagua

A TREMENDOUS amount of Histoy from San Antonio's Wonderful Fire Department. Old Fire Trucks, and an Amazing collection of Past Fire Fighters Suits and Ambulance Trucks. It's a MUST SEE place when in Downtown San Antonio.

eric crump

Really neat place with AWESOME history and very Cool volunteers! Great for adults and children!

Giles Gonnsen

Right downtown, just behind the Alamo, and lots of cool history if you are interested in firefighting. Easy to miss, though, and on the very edge of downtown, so you're unlikely to stumble upon this place unless you're deliberately looking for it.

Ryan Schmidt

Great experience. My kids loved it, wife loved it, & I loved it.

CJ

Interesting place to stop at, worth checking out.

Corinne S.

Great exhibit and history of SA fire. With our 2 firefighters touring the museum, they really liked the comprehensive amount of equipment shown and the history. They had 2 nicely refurbished fire trucks on display as well! Great for kids! We had a blast taking pictures with the cutouts in the back room! Very friendly staff!

C Smith- Winz

4 Kids played for an hour...spent $17... well worth it

Mark Russo

A nice little Museum. The Firefighters are very friendly and informative. I really enjoyed it.

nicholas tolbert

Wonderful experience, the curators here are retired firefighters! The real life experiences they are willing to share are a plus when you visit. The price for entry is very reasonable and the amount of history is fairly extensive. There are two sides to the museum, one side is mostly historical artifacts and the backside has some exhibits for the children to interact with. Overall a great way to spend an hour or more.

David Mullins

Great walk through of a part of San Antonio history

Amanda Carullo

If you've got a Fire Fighter, they will love this!!

Matthew Chovanec

Of all the things I really appreciated about this great, small museum was the responsible and honest way it treated the history of black firefighters as being a “low point” in the city’s history. The museum doesn’t shy away from or sugar coat this racist history, but instead acknowledges it and celebrates local black achievement. You’d be hard pressed to find such honorable approaches like this in any museum.

Scott Pensa

Great place to visit. Great for kids and adults.

Mary Rodriguez

So much fun, learned lots... very helpful gentleman thanks for showing the kiddos around and informing them on interesting facts.

Nathanael Walters

The guides are retired first responders and have great stories to share.

Christopher Evans

Great, quick, and reasonably priced museum. Awesome staff and a good 90 minutes of fire fighting history.

Tsavo Tiro

Best fire ever

Lionel Lopez

This historic fire museum is situated in downtown San Antonio. The fire station was in use until 2011. The museum first opened in 2013. There are plenty of exhibits that explain the history of the history of the fire department. There is even a children's section that has activities. The cost to enter is minimal. The gift shop is conveniently located at the main entrance. I highly recommend this museum to those in the fire service or those interested in the history.

Judy Fernandez

My son had a wonderful time

Eric Johnson

Awesome place with a lot of old apparatus. Mostly retired fire fighters staffing the retired station.

Mary Nuttall

Very fun! Kids had a great time!

Yvonne Davila

Wonderful friendly volunteer staff, always something new on display. Child & family friendly.

Lou G

What a blast! My 2 year old and 5 year old had a wonderful time. The staff was friendly and sweet. They treated you like family and answered all questions we asked. We will be back!

J A N A E

Very fun :) great for kids. Very informative, in a fun way.

j s

Excellent!!! The staff are mostly retired Fire Fighters, and are amazing with showing you everything and explaining it all...several were stationed at that exact fire station! Cannot recommend it enough!

Imfreir

Interesting, somewhat historic, not worth the price

James Worcester

Stopped in visit today, Tim & Joel were very knowledgeable adout the history of SAFD as well as San Antonio itself. Great little museum & gift shop.

Oksana Antikhovich

Небольшой, но очень интересный музей. Ребенку понравилось. Особенно примерка одежды пожарного.))

Rick Salinas

My wife and I and our kids had a great experience! The friendliest staff and we loved all the great memorabilia! Thank you for a great tour from a fireman and his family! Highly recommend for people of all ages!

Chris Beitzel

This is a great museum to visit.

Shawna Quaglio

Great party venue, and tons of interesting artifacts

Carlos Funes

Cool place to be

Lisa Soderberg

Very informative; historical and extremely friendly retired fireman volunteers!!!

Arlene Mercado

This museum is awesome! It is an old firehouse converted into a museum with interactive exhibits. The staff are friendly and proud to share their stories and history. There is a small play area for kids at the end with books, puzzles, toys, etc. A must see in San Antonio.

Marc St-Pierre

A place worth visiting. Good historical displays. Had a hard time getting a local guide. I had already been through most of the exhibits on my own before someone offered help.

MIGUEL ANGEL GONZALEZ LOPEZ

Admirable el trabajo de los jubilados por ma tener su legado vivo. Tienen piezas impresionantes sobre su historia y la cientan con mucha pasión. Grandes vivencias. Te puedes tomar fotos en la ambulancia y en el carro de bombero del final vestido completamente con el uniforme oficial de bombero. Es un recorrido de no mas de 3hrs.

Andrew Tarpley

Awesome very knowledgeable staff

sergio ortega

Great fun place and piece of San Antonio history!!

s. greer

Brought my kids and my cousin, a captain in the Houston fire dept, and his family. Spent about an hour. Cool stuff, place was busy on a Saturday morning. No private tour for us, but plenty to look at and great conversation and stories (stuff his wife and kids didn't know even)from my cousin he shared a lot of his knowledge. I left with a deeper respect for firefighters. Cousin said the museum was way better than Houston's.

George Clark

Well run and maintained, with some great knowledgeable personnel

Robert Kern

Have quite a few displays on different rescue requirements for the fire department several antique trucks and other fire fighting requirement. They have a good display for kids also

Julie Davis

Really cool place. We had a great time. There are things to do and see for everyone in the family.

Matthew Bailey

Awesome experience for the kids and a great look at the history of the San Antonio fire service.

Sarah warner

My husband brought our sons aged 11 and 8 to this museum while we were on holiday from Ireland. Both boys had such a good time there thanks to their very nice guide Frank. They talked about Frank and the museum the entire weekend .., thank you so much for making my boys feel very much at home and for taking the time to show and explain everything to them. They have told all their friends about Frank (who they both think is awesome) and we couldn't recommend this museum more highly for kids and adults too.. An afternoon well spent you won't be disappointed ..

Kailey Owens

It Was amazing experience. To see all the amazing old fire trucks and equipment they used! Definitely recommend if you like fire stuff to go.

Juana Ashford

Beautiful showcase of all the different machinery used. Great prices in gift shop. Will definitely go back again.

Bruno Coutinho

The staff is composed of genuinely dedicated firefighter retirees, which makes for a really great experience for museum visitors. They really know their stuff! We were greeted by a really friendly host/guide who gave us a brief background on the museum history and the SAFD as a whole. The exhibits are very interesting and well put together, and the museum is tidy and very well kept. I was told they have fire safety events for kids to learn the dangers of playing with fire. I would recommend this museum for people of any age.

Nicholas Jelenic III

Very knowledgeable staff, interesting museum!

Noe Elizondo Jr.

This place rocks. A must stop for our family. My nephew knows thia place like the back of his hand.

Yah boy steve

Amazing place, everyone was friendly and there was so much history to look at

Jama Baltrip

Very exciting and informative.

Tracy Rousseau

So fun and great time

Stephanie Avilez

Came here with the kids a few years back! It was a great little stop!

Jeremy H

This place is absolutely amazing. My dad was a fireman and there's so much stuff here I recognize and can explain to my kids. I loved that one of the people there showed us around at first and then gave us time to look around. I think my kids could have spent hours just putting on the fire fighter gear and pretending to put out fires.

Roger Clark

This museum was very interesting the men and woman were very friendly and that made our trip more enjoyable.

Gwen Mannor

Wonderfully authentic and kind retired firemen to show you around.

Premier Aquatic Coatings

Small but well-put together museum located in a former fire house. It's run by volunteer retired firefighters who know everything about the history of San Antonio's fire department. Many old trucks and other items on display. Worth a visit if you like history and\or firefighting!

Mandy H

What a wonderful place! Super affordable, and my kids absolutely loved it! You're started off with a volunteer firefighter tour that tells you about some of their items, then they let you explore on your own. My kids loved dressing up at firemen pretended to put out fires. So glad we stopped here, it's amazing!

Carlos Sosa

Me gustó mucho como en forma muy didáctica , bomberos con experiencia, enseñaron a todos, especialmente a los niños , los cuidados y peligros especialmente en el hogar con respecto a los incendios y/ o accidentes que generen quemaduras !!

Scott Thomas

Very interesting look back at firefighting. Good displays. Good depth of items. Super nice people. Well priced.

Chris Schuster

Excellent way to experience some of the fire and ems history of San Antonio

Ben Fisk

Great little museum that has a lot to offer. it is free, which is nice, the staff is amazing and knowledgeable. I think that all of them are retired SAFD. all of the old fire trucks run and are used in parades, and their is even a great children's play area.

Ivan ortega

(Translated by Google) For those of us who work with fire, it is a beautiful place. (Original) Para quienes trabajamos con fuego es un bello lugar.

alan rodriguez

Excellent place!

Nathan Smith

Really cool place. Really affordable.

Tommy Davenport

Visiting from Celeste Volunteer Fire Dept. : I had a great time with the crew. Very nice and educated group of guys. I thoroughly enjoyed experiencing the history, the apparatus, and the commradery. The museum is educational and set up for kids as well as adult viewing pleasure. Thank you Gentlemen for your many years of fire service and experiences.

Paul Anderson

A great tribute to the fire fighters in San Antonio. Good equipment to see. Lots of history. Volunteer staff are all retired members of SAFD. Short walk from Alamo.

Walt S

Nice museum, the staff was friendly and very knowledgeable. There were only two guests so we each received a short personal tour. For kids there was a hands on section in the second room. The cost was $5 for adults.

Rudy Gomez

This place is so cool and staff really nice

Bex Lawther

$5 adult entry fee, run by volunteers who are super friendly. Some great restored appliances, worth the visit. Kid friendly, interactive and educational.

Edna Munoz

Awesome volunteers. Great place to visit. Thank you Texas fire departments!!!

Myriam hernandez

Fun little museum great for the kids and great price!

Jon Tenca

An incredible experience, will definitely be back again. The friendly staff offered a ton of valuable knowledge, could have talked to them forever. Hopefully the city puts an elevator in and they get to use the second floor soon, they have a ton more stuff they want to show!

Aris D.

Nice little museum. Friendly staff. Very informative plus close to my hotel which is a walking distance.

Kyle Stephens

Cool museum with friendly staff and plenty of information. The tour was given by a friendly older gentlemen who had worked in San Antonio fire departments for some time, and he had plenty of interesting stories and tidbits of information to share. Is not too far from the river walk or the Alamo.

Misty Massey

Good little museum. The volunteers are obviously very passionate about it. Lots of good exhibits and worth the entry fee. Would recommend.

Miguel Plazola

The retired fire fighters that run the place are the greatest and most gracious people I have ever met.

Shasta Garrison

Gentlemen working were so friendly and welcoming. Very cool place.

Julio Martinez

(Translated by Google) Excellent place (Original) excelente lugar

Naomi Chamberlain

This museum is amazing. The day we went it was manned by 2 wonderful & knowledgeable retired firemen. It's got different areas set up for adult and even kid learning. They have put so much time and work into it..it's just amazing what these people who donate their lives to protect others are now doing for the community. Visit this museum. Pay your respects and honor these silent heros. Thank you, for each of you are a gift.

Thomas Hughes

Kids loved it. The entrance fee is reasonable. If you or your children love fire engines you will enjoy it. The retired fire fighter volunteers are very knowledgable!

Luke Evans

The best place to visit in San Antonio!

LAUREN Lewis

Lovely staff! Lovely collection! Great experience! Would go back again

Nita Olguin

Very interesting

Judy Garza

Very Nice Museum. Everyone is so nice! I loved looking at all the stuff and reading all the story's of past firemen and women.

Farrukh Khan

Nice, laid back guides. Affordable ($2/person). Family friendly. Good selection of old fire fighting technology, including an engine from 1800s! Kids can climb into, or don on several types of equipment.

sergio ibarra

Amazing!. Such kind of quick learnimg during the visit could save lifes having more visitors. The personnel at the Museum is very kind and friendly. This stop when visiting the city, is really a must!

Kellie Langham

Friendly staff and very knowledgeable. . Will definitely visit again!

Georgann Ramirez

Great teaching for children

Jennifer Joling

We took our grandson here when we were visiting him in San Antonio. My husband is a firefighter and wanted our grandson to see the trucks and meet the fireman that run this Museum. Our experience was so much more than what we could have ever imagined. The fireman and volunteers that run this Museum are wonderful people and gave us a very nice tour. Our grandson enjoyed it, our daughters enjoyed it, and my husband and I were thoroughly entertained and enjoyed it as well. This is a very worthwhile stop in the city of San Antonio and I would highly recommend it to anybody!

Desiree Slusher

What a great fire museum! So much information and so many trucks! They even have one you can climb on and fire gear you can try on. My husband is a firefighter and even he learned some things about the history of firefighting. I didn't know that some fire trucks throughout history were a neon yellow-green! Or that the San Antonio FD has had many father-daughter pairs!

Jessie D

Amazing guided tour ... the people here are so friendly. Definitely worth the $$$

Tonja Cumbaa

Part of history

Jax Weaver

Great price. Staff gave us a tour and was very knowledgeable. It was fun and kids learned a lot.

Jennifer Galban

We had the pleasure of being guided by Bob today, he was knowledgeable and answered all of our questions. The museum has many items, photos, real trucks, badges, etc for you to browse through. Best part was taking a family photo in the provided fire gear and being able to hand crank the siren on an antique truck. If you are a FIRE PERSON, this is a MUST DO!!

James Ohl

If you a firefighter must check place out If you not still good place to see the history of the department

Honey Earnest

Lots to see and experience my son loved it

Arnoldo Arevalo

Nice history very friendly firefighters with plenty of information.

cameron h

Great place, especially for kids. Passionate staff/volunteers. They have historically significant fire engines and a new area added on that is now kid friendly. The kid friendly area is set up for birthday parties, there's an ambulance and a fire truck that there kids can run around on too. The parking is tricky. If you go down the street to the Bonham you'll find the best deal.

Roger Garza

Great place to visit. They have some really nice memorabilia to see.

Patrick Kuhaneck

Real neat place