Captain Frank Wallace of the Glynn County Fire Department shows off a foam inductor at the department's Fire Prevention Week display at Colonial Mall. (Michael Hall/The Brunswick News)

Glynn County Fire Department Capt. Frank Wallace likes to looking at all of the collectibles on display at the county's Fire Prevention Week exhibit at Glynn Place Mall.

But he has a favorite.

It's a Glynco Naval Air Technical Training Center patch from the 1970s.

The base once operated in the same spot where his fire station now stands at the Brunswick-Golden Isles airport.

"It was a bidding war to get that patch on eBay," he said with a chuckle on Monday. "Even though it was technically a naval base at the time, it was still a part of our history."

For the past 18 years, the Glynn Place Mall has allowed the county fire department to set up a display to mark National Fire Prevention Month during October.

This year, the fire department has rented a room directly in the center of the mall, adjacent to the food court.

Inside are pictures and memorabilia from different private collections.

There are various patches, photographs, old equipment pieces and other knick-knacks.

Some are antiques and valuable, said Wallace.

There are also pictures of county firefighters hanging on the wall throughout, showing them fighting flames and dousing smoky buildings.

At the center of the room is a table filled with pamphlets and small souvenirs.

Chris Childress, 21, walked inside the room and looked wide-eyed at the various displays on Monday.

"This is awesome," he said as he looked at figurines inside a glass case. "I really like how everything is set-up."

Near the front of the room is a table where paramedics will be giving free blood pressure tests.

There will also be live entertainment throughout the week, including a puppet and clown show and live fire displays in the parking lot of the mall on Saturday.

The exhibit will be open all week from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. On Saturday, the display opens at 10 a.m., and the Glynn County volunteer firefighters will put on fire fighting demonstrations outside starting at 1 p.m.

Wallace said he hopes to see large crowds peruse the exhibits throughout the week.

"We hope people will come and look around, and if they have any questions about fire safety, we will be more than happy to answer them," he said.