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Terms and Conditions for Booking the Party

Parties are held on the 2nd floor. As your guests arrive, we send them to the 2nd floor which is only available to those attending your party.

A moving stair chair is available for those children or adults who have difficulty with stairs.

We recommend the family hosting the party to arrive 30-45 minutes ahead of their party time to set up their room. The party host will be available 30-45 minutes ahead of your party time for set up.

The 2nd floor has a large room with plenty of space for games, group activities and seating for 70 at tables. The capacity for the 2nd floor rooms are a total of 70 adults and children. We have all the chairs and tables you will need. 

We also have 4 children’s tables and chairs that seat 24.

The table sizes are (children’s) 24X48 and the regular tables are 30X96 and 30X72.

You plan and conduct your own party games.

Children and guests will return to the 1st floor (apparatus floor) and see the displays. When the children and adults are on the 1st floor, we will involve the children in “running” a hose line to a make-believe fire. Also, parents will be able to place their child on a “sliding pole” just like firefighters.

We give every child their own fire helmet as a gift.

We allocate 2 hours for all parties. This time period has proven to be more than adequate.
We provide a host who will help you with any assistance needed or related to our facility.

Food: The 2nd floor kitchen has a refrigerator / freezer which is available for your use.
You are required to bring your own food and party supplies. No alcohol/wine etc, is allowed. You will have use of a kitchen but limited to refrigerators for storing cake and drinks and sink for any clean‐up. We have available Ice for beverages.

Use of the stoves is not permitted. Past parties have enjoyed pizza delivered from one of the local pizza restaurants in South Boston.  

L st. diner (617)-268-1155 - lstreetdinerandpizzeria.com

Land of Pizza (617)-269-4442 - landofpizzasouthie.com  

Sal’s of Southie (617)-268-5800 - salsofsouthie.com 

They will deliver to our fire house at 344 Congress St., South Boston. They may need a day to two notice. (*We are not paid to inform you of these locations, we do so as we have had luck in the past) We also have a Bluetooth speaker you can sync your device to.

Clean‐up: We expect Birthday party participants to make best efforts for clean‐up. We will provide trash barrels/ bags and kitchen has towels for table-top cleanup. We will sweep and empty the barrels.

Climate controlled: We have Air Conditioners (window units) on the second floor when needed. Heat is also available during the winter months.

Parking: We will give you a temporary permit allowing you to park your family vehicle behind the museum. When you arrive, see your host or hostess in the museum and secure the permit before you park your car. Farnsworth st is a tow zone unless you have the parking permit.
We can only give you one permit. Your guests can park at either a parking meter, or the parking garage located behind the museum @ 17 Farnsworth st. We suggest the parking garage.  We are not liable for towed cars that do not follow procedure. For your guests, there is plenty of off-street meter parking, local parking garage and open pay parking lots in the area. Most lots are $13 ‐ $14 dollars.

 The base fee for the party is $395.00 for up to 10 kids.

10-15 Kids: $420.00

15-20 Kids: $480.00

20-25 Kids: $520.00

You are NOT to exceed our capacity of 70 people.  A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required to reserve your date and time at the time of confirmation, as it is on a first come basis. The balance of ($295-$420) to the Boston Fire Museum / Boston Sparks Assoc is due on the Saturday one week prior to your party. The party cannot be confirmed until the balance is paid. Please keep in mind that we have to give our host 7 days’ notice for a party. You will be invoiced the remaining amount two weeks prior to your party date.

If you are forced to cancel or postpone your party due to weather or illness, we will issue a
refund or you can book another date.

Any other reason to cancel requires a 2 week notice to receive a refund/reschedule.

We rely on donations and grants to keep alive our operations and free museum. We thank you for your support!!

THE DEPOSIT IS NON-REFUNDABLE

What’s included

Your child’s birthday will be split between Museum time and private function room time. The museum portion will be shared with the public as we are Boston’s Free Fire Museum.  Function room on the second floor will be private to you and your party guests only.

First floor Museum:

Bring your camera!! Children can take a turn sitting in one of our Fire apparatus equipment on the first floor public museum! Kids will use a hose and fire nozzle to shoot real water. *Weather Permitting

Second floor private Function Room

One large abutting room with connecting Kitchen and Bathroom

The large room can be used to set up self‐serve food stations as we can provide fold out tables. The room is open and large enough for some play time.   As a Parent, please feel free to bring in toys from home in a big plastic bin or a game you know the kids will play. You can section off parts of the floor and use it for different activities. In the past we have seen areas with paper/coloring stations and pin the tail on the Dalmatian games. There is a Bluetooth speaker to sync your music to.   We give every child their own plastic fire Helmet as a gift! 

Some Final Conditions and the Fine Print

**Special Needs Access (2nd floor): This very old 1891 historic building does NOT have elevator access to our second-floor private function rooms however, we do have an electric handicap chair lift for use.

We will try our best to accommodate all participants as a Firehouse Birthday can bring a lifetime memory to a small child on their special day. Please consider this when making a Birthday Party reservation for the children and parental guests.

Beverages:  All alcoholic beverages are prohibited. All other beverages brought into the Boston Fire Museum must be within sealed containers.

Glass containers of any type are prohibited.

Pinatas: Piñatas are not permitted unless they are the pull string Pinatas as they are dangerous when children swing the stick. Also, we do not allow
glitter as it is difficult to clean from the tables and floor. Bounce Houses are not permitted due to insurance regulations.

Cancellations: The Boston Fire Museum reserves the right to cancel or reschedule a party due to an emergency or unforeseen circumstances.

IMPORTANT – WE DO NOT MAKE “PENCIL” RESERVATIONS. WHEN YOU TELL US VIA EMAIL THAT YOU WISH TO BOOK A CERTAIN DATE AND TIME IT IS NOT A CONFIRMATION. WE DO NOT CONFIRM A RESERVATION BY ANY OTHER MEANS THAN EMAIL/WEBSITE
Please let me know if there are any questions I failed to answer. If you decide to schedule the museum for your party, please confirm the date and time as soon as possible on our website as the bookings are on a first come basis. If you have any further questions please email: birthdayparty@bostonfiremuseum.com

We look forward to hosting your birthday party. We know the children will have a great time.
Regards,

Boston Fire Museum