Fire museum explained

Fire museums, also known as firefighting museums are prevalent throughout the world.^[1]

Australia

Fire museums in Australia include:

• Coolamon Fire Museum, located in Coolamon, New South Wales^[2]
• Fire Safety Education Centre and Museum, located in Perth, Western Australia^[3]
• Fire Services Museum of Victoria, located in Melbourne, Victoria.^[4]
• Penrith Museum of Fire, located in Sydney, New South Wales.^[5]

Canada

Fire museums in Canada include:

• Canadian Fire Fighters Museum, located in Port Hope, Ontario.^[6]
• Fire Hall Museum & Education Centre, located in Cambridge, Ontario^[7]
• Fire Fighters Museum, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba^[8]
• Regional Firefighters Interpretation Center, located in Nova Scotia.^[9]
• Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia, located in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.^[10]

China

The Fire Services Museum in Santo António, Macau opened in 1999.

Denmark

Fire museums in Denmark include:

• Brandmuseet, located in Copenhagen^[11]
• Brandmuseet, located in Nykøbing Falster
• Dansk Brandværnshistorisk Museum, located in Præstø
• Frederiksværk Brandværnsmuseum, located in Frederiksværk
• Gentofte Brandmuseum, located in Gentofte^[12]
• Jysk Brandmuseum, located in Kjellerup
• Nakskov Brandmuseum, located in Nakskov
• Odsherred Brandmuseum, located in Asnæs
• Sønderho Brandmuseum, located in Sønderho

Estonia

The Estonian Firefighting Museum in Tallinn was established in 1974.^[13]

Finland

The Erottaja Fire Station in Korkeavuorenkatu, Helsinki houses the Helsinki City Rescue Department's Fire Museum.^[14]

France

Fire museums in France include:

• Musée des Sapeurs-Pompiers, located in 9th arrondissement, Lyon^[15]
• Musée des Sapeurs Pompiers de France, located in Montville, Normandy^[16]
• Musée du Sapeur-Pompier d'Alsace, located in Vieux-Ferrette, Alsace^[17]
• Musée du Camion de Pompiers, located in Savigny-lès-Beaune, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté^[18]

Ireland

The Dublin Fire Brigade has a museum in the O'Brien Institute^[19]

Japan

The Yotsuya firefighting station in Shinjuku City houses an extensive museum spread over several floors. The 5th and 4th floors cover the history of firefighting in Tokyo, whereas the 3rd floor is dedicated to modern firefighting. The basement has several historical firefighting vehicles.

Netherlands

Fire museums in the Netherlands include:

• Brandweermuseum, located in Hellevoetsluis, South Holland^[20]
• Brandweermuseum Borculo, located in Borculo, Berkelland^[21]
• Brandweermuseum Wassenaar, located in Wassenaar, South Holland^[22]
• Internationaal Brandweermuseum, located in Rijssen, Overijssel^[23]

Poland

Fire museums in Poland include:

• The Małopolska Museum of Fire Fighting, located in Alwernia
• Museum of Firefighting, located in Kotuń
• Museum of Firefighting, located in Krasnik
• Warmia and Mazury Museum of Firefighting, located in Lidzbark
• Pomeranian Land Fire Fighting Museum, located in Łasin
• Central Museum of Firefighting, located in Myslowice
• Museum of Firefighting of Olkusz Land, located in Olkusz
• Museum of Firefighting, located in Oseredek
• Museum of Firefighting, located in Przeworsk
• Museum of Fire Fighting, located in Przodkowo
• Wielkopolskie Museum of Firefighting, located in Rakoniewice
• Fire Fighting Museum, located in Szczuczyn
• Fire Fighting Museum of TSO, located in Świecie
• Fire Fighting Museum, located in Warsaw
• Fire Fighting Historical and Educational Centre of Lodz Region, located in Wolborz
• Museum of Fire, located in Żory.

Puerto Rico

Museo Parque de Bombas in Ponce, Puerto Rico, founded in 1990, is housed in a structure built in 1882.

Romania

Foișorul de Foc (named as National Museum of Firefighters) in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1963 in a fire lookout tower built in 1892.

Taiwan

Fire museums in Taiwan include:

• Fire Safety Museum of Taipei City Fire Department, located in Neihu District, Taipei City
• Hsinchu City Fire Museum, located in North District, Hsinchu City.
• Tainan City Fire Museum, located in West Central District, Tainan City

United Kingdom

Fire museums in the UK include:

England

• Essex Fire Museum, located in Grays, Essex^[24]
• Fire Brigade Museum, located in Romsey, Hampshire^[25]
• Fireground, located in Rochdale, Greater Manchester^[26]
• Kent Firefighting Museum, located in Sevenoaks, Kent^[27]
• London Fire Brigade Museum, located in Lambeth, London^[28]
• National Emergency Services Museum, located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire^[29]
• Norfolk Fire Museum, located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk^[30]
• Stalham Firehouse Museum, located in Stalham, Norfolk^[31]

Scotland

• Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage, located in Leith, Edinburgh^[32]
• Scottish Fire Brigades Heritage Trust Museum & Heritage Centre, located in Greenock, Inverclyde^[33]

Wales

• Welsh Museum of Fire, located in Neath, Neath Port Talbot

United States

Fire museums in the US include:

Arizona

• Hall of Flame Fire Museum

California

• African American Firefighter Museum
• Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial

Colorado

• Denver Firefighters Museum

Connecticut

• Connecticut Fire Museum
• Fireboat Fire Fighter Museum, Mystic Seaport, Mystic
• Mystic Seaport Museum Firehouse, Mystic Seaport, Mystic

Florida

• Jacksonville Fire Museum

Illinois

• Aurora Regional Fire Museum

Iowa

• International Fire Museum

Maine

• Hose 5 Fire Museum
• Portland Fire Museum

Maryland

• Fire Museum of Maryland

Massachusetts

• Boston Fire Museum
• Falls Fire Barn Museum
• New Bedford Fire Museum

Michigan

• Michigan Firehouse Museum
• Upper Peninsula Fire Fighters Memorial Museum

Minnesota

• Hinckley Fire Museum

New Jersey

• Hoboken Fire Department Museum
• Somerville Fire Department Museum

New York

• Buffalo Fire Historical Museum
• New York City Fire Museum

Ohio

• Fire Museum of Greater Cincinnati

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum

Oregon

• Uppertown Firefighter's Museum

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania National Fire Museum
• Reading Area Fire-Fighters Museum

South Carolina

• North Charleston Fire Museum

Tennessee

• Fire Museum of Memphis

Texas

• Austin Fire Museum
• Fire Museum of Texas
• Houston Fire Museum

See also

• List of fire stations (which includes many fire museums)

External links

• List of World Firefighter Museums
• Fire Museum Network
• Tokyo Fire Museum - Learn about Tokyo's Past through its History of Fighting Fire

Notes and References

1. Book: Conway, W. Fred. Discovering America's Fire Museums. 1993. FBH Publishers.
2. https://visitcoolamonshire.com.au/coolamon-fire-museum/ Coolamon Fire Museum
3. Web site: Fire Safety Education Centre & Museum . . 18 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141227054518/http://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/educationandheritage/fehc/Pages/default.aspx . 27 December 2014 . dead .
4. https://www.fsmv.net.au/ Fire Services Museum of Victoria
5. 01902. 12/06396. 14 October 2018.
6. http://www.firemuseumcanada.com/ Canadian Fire Fighters Museum
7. http://www.firehallmuseum.ca Fire Hall Museum
8. Web site: Winnipeg Fire Fighters Museum . The Fire Fighters Historical Society of Winnipeg . July 30, 2021.
9. Web site: Regional Firefighters Interpretation Center . 2017-02-18 . 2019-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191001114133/http://www.rficns.com/home.html . dead .
10. https://firefightersmuseum.novascotia.ca/ Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia
11. https://hbr.dk/beredskabet/brandmuseet/ Brandmuseet
12. https://gentoftebrandmuseum.dk/ Gentofte Brandmuseum
13. http://www.tuletorjemuuseum.ee/en/ajalugu/ tuletorjemuuseum
14. https://pelastustoimi.fi/helsinki/historia-ja-museot Finland Rescue Services
15. https://museepompiers.com/ Musée des Sapeurs-Pompiers
16. https://montville.fr/musee-des-sapeurs-pompiers-de-france/ Montville
17. https://www.musee-sapeur-pompier.fr/ Musée du Sapeur-Pompier
18. https://www.chateau-savigny.com/ Chateau Savigny
19. Web site: Dublin Fire Brigade Museum . 2017-02-18 . 2020-04-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200412101046/http://www.dfbexternaltraining.ie/dfb-museum/ . dead .
20. https://www.brwmh.nl/index.php/nl-nl/ Brandweermuseum
21. https://brandweermuseumborculo.nl/ Brandweermuseum Borculo
22. https://brandweermuseumwassenaar.nl/ Brandweermuseum Wassenaar
23. https://www.brandweermuseum.nl/ Internationaal Brandweermuseum
24. https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/essex-fire-museum Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
25. https://www.firebrigademuseum.com/ Fire Brigade Museum
26. https://www.fireground.org.uk/ Fireground
27. https://www.kentfirefightingmuseum.org.uk/ Kent Firefighting Museum
28. https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/ London Fire Brigade
29. https://www.visitnesm.org.uk/ National Emergency Services Museum
30. https://www.norfolkfiremuseum.org/museum Norfolk Fire Museum
31. https://www.stalhamfirehousemuseum.info/ Stalham Firehouse Museum
32. https://museumofscottishfireheritage.org/ Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage
33. https://sfbheritagetrust.org/scottish-fire-and-rescue-heritage-museum-greenock/ Scottish Fire Brigades Heritage Trust Museum & Heritage Centre