Fire museum

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Fire museums, or firefighting museums, teach about the history of fire services and show old equipment. They exist in many countries around the world. Here are some notable ones:

- Macau: Fire Services Museum in Santo António opened in 1999.
- Estonia: Estonian Firefighting Museum in Tallinn, established 1974.
- Finland (Helsinki): The Erottaja Fire Station houses the Helsinki City Rescue Department’s Fire Museum.
- Ireland: Dublin Fire Brigade Museum in the O'Brien Institute.
- Japan (Tokyo): The Yotsuya firefighting station in Shinjuku has a large museum across several floors. Floors 5 and 4 cover Tokyo firefighting history, floor 3 shows modern firefighting, and the basement has historical vehicles.
- Romania (Bucharest): Foișorul de Foc, National Museum of Firefighters, founded in 1963 in a tower built in 1892.
- Puerto Rico (Ponce): Museo Parque de Bombas, in a building from 1882, opened as a museum in 1990.
- Spain (Alcoy, Alicante Province): Firefighters Museum of Alcoy.

There are also fire museums in many other countries, including France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Canada, Australia, and the United States.