The Aurora Regional Fire Museum is launching a program, Essential Stories: Firefighting in a Pandemic, to collect, preserve and present stories relating to COVID-19. The museum will create an exhibit and virtual record highlighting the ways in which firefighters in our community responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a museum devoted to the history of firefighting, it is crucial for us to collect the stories of history that is happening right now in order to preserve them for future generations of firefighters and for our community as a whole.

We will be collecting anecdotes from current firefighters through the survey linked below. Responders will also be asked to submit a picture of themselves and a picture of them in their PPE. The survey will be available from August 27th to September 30th. We are hoping to collect at least 30 responses in order to cover a range of experiences. Additionally, responders will be able to indicate if they would be interested in taking part in a video interview to be included in the virtual exhibit. The exhibit will open the first week of November with a concurrent opening of the virtual portion of the exhibit.

If there are any questions please feel free to reach out to Rachel at stories@auroraregionalfiremuseum.org

The survey can be found here: https://forms.gle/Q7km2NkcYxD82Kke6