The museum of the Hellenic Fire Corps certified as a CTIF Fire service museum during the 27th meeting of the History Commission in Greece
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The Hellenic Fire Corps and the Hellenic Fire Museum had the honour to organize this year in Greece, the 27th conference of the History Commission of Fire Services and CTIF, Museums and Documentation.
Also, it was the 31st meeting of the International Study Group for the History of Fire Service and Fire Protection in CTIF.
18 member country participated in the two meetings. 24 delegates from 15 countries participated in the History Commission meeting,
The conference was held from 9 to 12 October 2024 in Athens, Greece, with a total of 82 participants.
Representative for Greece was Lt Fire Colonel Alexandra-Ioanna Koutri, Head of the Hellenic Fire Museum.
Text by Fire Colonel Alexandra- Ioanna Koutri. (Greece). Photos by CTIF
PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE MEETING BELOW IN THIS POST
The opening ceremony of the conference took place on the evening of October 9, at the "Stavros Niarchos Foundation" Hellenic Fire Corps Training Center, in Nea Makri, Attica, in the presence of the Commander of the Fire Academy, Major Fire General Konstantinos Theofilopoulos.
During the ceremony, the Hellenic Fire Museum was awarded by the Chairmen of the History Commission,
Mr. Gerald Schimpf (Austria) and the International Study Group, Mr. Christian Fastl (Austria), as the honoured fire service museum that organizes this year's meeting.
The opening ceremony was also attended by the Vice-Presidents of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Fire and Rescue Services (CTIF Executive Committee), Mr. Luc Faes (Belgium) and Ms. Zisoula Ntasiou (Greece).
At the closing of the ceremony, the Museum of the Hellenic Fire Corps and after its application and examination of its supporting documents by the competent Committee for the Certification of Fire Service Museums and Fire Collections, received the special Certification from the International Association of Fire Services and Rescue (CTIF Museum Certification) along with the honorary plaque as a "CTIF Certified Fire Service Museum".
In particular, this honorary plaque was placed afterwards at the entrance of the museum, during the visit of all conference participants to the Hellenic Fire Museum on Friday, on October 11.
CTIF certified fire museum no 14 in the world
This CTIF Certification is of particular importance for the Hellenic Fire Museum, the only museum and unique of its kind in Greece. It ranks it among only 14 fire museums internationally that have received this specific honour from CTIF, the competent International Association for the certification of fire service museums and collections of its member states. (https://ctif.org/news/certified-museums-collections-zertifizierte-museen-und-sammlungen)
This important recognition of the Museum of the Hellenic Fire Corps means at the same time an increase in its prestige, credibility and validity as a dynamic member of the History Commission and CTIF, but above all it contributes to a wider prominence of the Hellenic Fire Corps and its work, always through its firefighting history.
