MANFREDONIA - The Historical Museum of Firefighters and the Italian Red Cross captured the attention of over one million viewers on Raiuno during the episode of "C'è tempo per..." which aired in recent days on Rai channels. There were two live connections from the Museum with journalist Paolo Notari during the broadcast, hosted in the studio by Beppe Convertini and Anna Falchi.
In recent months, due to the various interesting events organized, the fame and spectacular nature of the museum had been featured multiple times on Rai, thus prompting Paolo Notari, who had already visited the museum in the past, to return with his cameras to this extraordinary and unique cultural container in the world.
Sharing the enthusiasm from the Museum were Michele Guerra, owner and creator of Europe's largest museum dedicated to firefighters and the Red Cross, and his friend and mentor Antonio Michele Ruggiero, who only a few months ago predicted the television success of the important Sipontine cultural venue.
"Look what former firefighter Michele Guerra has managed to do," commented Notari, showing the cameras what has become over time an important historical and cultural landmark for the city of Manfredonia. Guerra's life has been spent recovering materials and vehicles from all over Europe, ultimately creating, with commitment, ingenuity, and stubbornness, this invaluable heritage that many are slowly learning to appreciate far beyond regional borders.
The Historical Museum of Firefighters and the Italian Red Cross covers an area of 2,500 square meters, and among the more than 3,000 exhibits, including trucks, boats, and highly detailed reconstructions of historical fires, one can feel the courage and extraordinary passion in the work carried out by the Fire Brigade. "My love for firefighters and everything related to them was born through my work," explains Guerra, owner of a well-established company that has been involved in workplace safety for over 30 years. The permanent exhibition is an integral part of the "safety and training citadel" created by Guerra in the D46 industrial zone, south of the city along the highway leading to Foggia. "Paolo Notari called the director of Rai to tell him how wonderful the museum was, saying that in 32 years of doing this job, he had never seen anything like it."
