SPAAMFAA and the Hall of Flame have partnered up to offer the membership a unique opportunity to visit beautiful sunny Phoenix in the winter of 2023. The SPAAMFAA convention will center around the efforts the Hall of Flame fire museum has been building for over 60 years. What started with a Christmas present in 1955, has grown into the world's largest fire museum. The museum is 70,000 square feet, with over 130 pieces of apparatus.
The convention will be Thursday February 2nd - Saturday February 4th, 2023. The National board will meet for the business meeting Thursday, the membership meeting will be Friday night, and the banquet will be Saturday night. This will leave ample time to admire the apparatus and learn from the interactive exhibits that the museum has to offer.
There has been a block of rooms at the Residence Inn Tempe downtown. The hotel is located close to the light rail that will drop you off four tenths of a mile from the museum. There are plenty of restaurants, and attractions nearby if you choose not to rent a car. Phoenix has an abundance of tourist destinations for you and your family to enjoy.
The Hall of Flame, and SPAAMFAA will team up to offer a convention tee shirt, and challenge coin. The preordered shirt will have the date, and the fire museum artwork. The coin will be the Hall of Flame Ahrens Fox design on one side, and the Hall of Flame logo on the other with the convention dates. There will be a limited number of shirts available for purchase without the date at the Hall of Flame gift shop. There will be a limited number of challenge coins for purchase also. If you want to guarantee the dated convention merchandise, you will have to pre order with your convention registration.
