Fire Engines Photos

Seen a few japanese fire stations and fire stations in other countries with apparently no bay doors,the people in these countries must respect their fire services..try doing that here where everything has to be screwed down or it gets stolen,i have seen some fire stations here in the uk that resemble forts.

Added by Colin Mcqueen on 03 May 2010.

About 25 years ago, when I was station at Sasebo, Japan, I toured the countryside on the island of
Kyushu. I was very surprised by the number of unmanned volunteer fire stations I passed by and had no garage doors. At one, I looked around, found no one, so I entered, took my pictures and left. One station, had 7 appliances, and open stalls.

Added by David L on 03 May 2010.

David,i live in glasgow and some of our fire stations in some of the bad areas have to be surrounded by high railings and on top of that anti climb mesh,its a sad reflection of our country where even our fire appliances have to have central locking and have to be protected by cctv,i know of no other country in europe where firemen and their equipment are subjected to such regular attacks.

Added by Colin Mcqueen on 14 May 2010.

In Brunei the old fire stations are only fenced with mesh type fence. Except some 2-3 new fire stations which are not photographer friendly where they have concrete fence. However you can still drop by to photograph the appliances by gaining verbal permission to the working personnel and they will happily moved out the appliances or just open all the lockers for us.

Added by Bomba Boy on 14 May 2010.

It is not just fire stations. Crime in Japan is very low. On one of our trips to Japan, my wife left her wallet full of cash on a Bullet Train. It was handed in, then sent at no charge to us in Kuwait by the railway company with - of all things - an apology for the inconvenience!

Every penny was still in it, too...

Added by Rob Johnson on 28 July 2017.

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