FENIMORE ART MUSEUM WILL PRESENT

LECTURE ON NYC FIRE HISTORY JULY 18

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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The Fenimore Art Museum will present a lecture, “New York City’s Volunteer Fire Department: Folk Art and Fires,” Wednesday, July 18, from 7 to 9 pm.

In this presentation, John Jay College Fire Science Professor Glenn Corbett takes the audience on a journey to Nineteenth Century New York City, exploring its flamboyant firemen and the famous fires that they fought. Corbett describes the firefighters’ elaborate equipment and highlights the landmark blazes that changed the landscape of Manhattan. He will also be signing his book, Historic Fires of New York City, which discusses the historic fires that have occurred since the beginning of the metropolis.

Corbett is an assistant professor of fire science at John Jay College of criminal justice as well as an assistant chief of the Waldwick Fire Department in New Jersey. He serves as technical editor of Fire Engineering, a 128-year-old fire service journal.

The Fenimore Art Museum is at 5798 State Highway 80, Lake Road. For information, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org or 888-547-1450.