Crook County Fire and Rescue's fire museum wasn't exactly a brand new facility in late January when the agency held a ribbon-cutting and dedication for it.
The building was purchased about four years ago, and fire and rescue leaders began filling it with items about a year and a half ago. It has been open to the public on an intermittent basis ever since.
But agency leaders and Mike Wright, CCFR's volunteer assistant chief and the museum's unofficial curator, wanted to dedicate the facility officially and, in the process, honor local firefighters past and present.
"The dedication was basically honoring past volunteers and the fire department now," he said.
Wright says that a plaque affixed to a wall of the museum essentially summarizes what the dedication and ribbon-cutting are all about.
"To be a volunteer firefighter is one of the most selfless acts one can accomplish," it states.