Swiss Museum of Fire Service in Basel demonstrates to everyone the story of the struggle with the fire: it is a variety of tools that were used at different times, and technology, was created to more effectively address all kinds of fires. Here you will see all of the methods of extinguishing fires and firefighters - from the medieval to the modern manual syringe device circulating oxygen, a variety of tools for fire alarm, alarm, fire workers form used in different years, as well as transport, which are carrying fire safety equipment.

Unfortunately, the museum does not have enough area, in order to accommodate all of the major exhibits relating to the history of technological progress of fire protection, but a lot you can see, for example, a self-propelled car steam fire pump 1905 production, which is still completely legal competence and is the only one in the world today. The oldest artifacts found in the museum's collection, belong to the 13th century.

Since January 2010, here you can also see the models showing the likely future development of fire activity -. Special robots firefighters.

The museum exists since 1957. For ten years, he was called "The Basel Museum of fire protection." Since 1967, he called the "Swiss Museum of fire protection." The museum is sponsored by the Basel fire service, which is one of the oldest in the country. However, the museum is not considered a state enterprise and is managed by the canton.