I went back downtown to see the Fire Brigade Museum that I happened upon yesterday (closed Mondays). I arrived a bit before it opened so I went down to the harbor to check out the Merlion Statue
The story of the Merlion can be found here.
On to the Fire Brigade Museum... or Civil Defence Force to use the proper terminology. All emergency services in Singapore are handled by the Singapore Civil Defence Force or SCDF... Fire, Rescue, EMS, HAZMAT, USAR, etc. Kind of a one-stop shopping. (check out thier cool wallpapers here)
The museum is attached to the Central Fire Station near the Central Buisness District. The first floor is dedicated to the history of the Fire Brigade (as it was originally called), and the second floor is about the modern SCDF, as well as a great fire prevention education area for the kids.
I have now been to Fire Brigade museums in the U.S., England, Scotland, and Singapore. While each country has it's own way of doing things, the pride and dedication to the fire service is exactly the same everywhere I go.
The rest of the photos from the museum are here.
Now I think I will go figure out what to see tomorrow.
Those were some cool wallpapers for the computer. The fire station also looked like it had some great architecture.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see how the equipment has evolved to meet local needs in various parts of the world, even though the early stuff is pretty much the same. When I was in Denmark, they had an aerial on a trailer because there are lots of buildings with courtyards that a regular ladder truck couldn't access.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, not quite sure I have the hang of this OpenID thing yet. The above comment was from me. -Pirrello
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