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Commissioner announces temporary home, public display for antique fire rigs
Summary
Commissioner Veronese reported that the Palace of Fine Arts tenant offered temporary indoor storage and public viewing for 15 historic rigs beginning Oct. 1 through mid‑February; commissioners called the arrangement helpful but said a permanent home is still needed.
Commissioner Joe Aliota Veronese told the Fire Commission that staff and local partners had secured a temporary indoor home for a set of historic fire rigs that had been at risk outdoors in the Bayview.
Veronese said the tenant at the Palace of Fine Arts offered to house the rigs starting Oct. 1 and to keep them through mid‑February, with the rigs available for public viewing during business hours. "The rigs will be covered... we have a home for these things, starting on October 1, and we have a home for them through, mid‑February," Veronese said.
Veronese thanked the Palace tenant, the director of the park and recreation department and Commissioner Kat Anderson for stepping in. He said the arrangement moves the vehicles out of the rain and provides a short‑term solution but that work to find a permanent storage and display site must continue.
Commissioners applauded the temporary reprieve and directed staff to pursue longer‑term options and consider interpretive materials and historical information for the public display.
