Shanghai Fire Museum

Shanghai Fire Museum

Shanghai Fire Museum is located at 229 Zhongshan West Road, Changning District, covering an area of 2400 square meters. The museum was put into trial operation on August 1, 2007 and officially opened on November 9, 2007. It is currently a first-class professional museum in China with world advanced level. There are more than 21000 pieces in the collection of Shanghai Fire Museum, including many modern Shanghai fire-fighting cultural relics with great historical value, such as early personal fire-fighting equipment, fire engines and automatic fire-fighting devices. Through the exhibition in each exhibition area, visitors can have a comprehensive understanding of Shanghai fire-fighting industry from breeding, development to brilliant leap forward. The museum also has a multi-functional fire science and technology education experience hall, which uses the current world-class high-tech exhibition technology, including dynamic 4D cinema, virtual escape experience space, interactive virtual fire laboratory, etc.

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50th anniversary of the fire administration office of the Ministry of industry

This book not only reviews the early fire fighting in the concession (1852-1866), but also records in detail the development of the fire administration office of the Ministry of industry in the form of Yearbook (1866-1916). Through this book, we can see the rapid development of fire fighting in the concession: at the beginning of its establishment, the fire administration office had only four fire brigades, including more than 100 Chinese and 138 foreign members. By the end of 1916. 17 fire brigades have been set up successively, with annual fire fighting expenses of more than 1.13 million yuan, and the number of fire alarm records has increased from seven in 1869 to more than 300. The record of the memorial book is very detailed, so we can study the history of Shanghai fire protection from many angles. In addition, historical studies such as the evolution of fire protection regulations in the concession, the merger and separation of fire protection in the public concession and the French Concession can be found in this book.

 

Wooden double barrel manual pump

The wooden double barrel pump used in the late Qing Dynasty, also known as lever pump, was composed of water gun, pressure beam, steam drum, water tank, etc. When fighting a fire, the water bearer continuously pours the nearest water into the bucket, and then continuously pushes the pressure beam up and down, and the water pumped up is sprayed to the fire along the water gun. The advantage of this kind of water pump is that it can spray water continuously, which was called "water dragon" by people at that time.

 

The first batch of fire hydrants in Shanghai

The fire hydrant (middle) in our museum was originally used in Longmen Road, Huangpu District. The lower column is engraved with the words "s.f.b. 1881". S.f.b. is the abbreviation of Shanghai fire brigade, which is the abbreviation of Fire Administration Office of Shanghai public concession. 1881 is the year of manufacture of the fire hydrant, two years earlier than the completion and operation of Yangshupu water plant in 1883. According to research, this is the first batch of fire hydrants to appear on the streets of Chinese cities.

 

Fire fighting Federation helmet

With the rapid expansion of Shanghai, the traditional fire fighting power of Shantang is not enough. In 1907, the "fire fighting Federation of China" came into being, writing a new chapter of modern Chinese fire fighting. The picture shows the copper fire helmet used by China fire fighting Association.

 

Winner's Shield

In addition to daily training, the concession fire brigade also regularly organizes fire fighting contests to stimulate the morale of the fire brigade and enhance its professional level. The winning award shield you see now is set up by the concession authorities to reward the winning teams in the competition. It records the names of the winning teams and their main players at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

 

Practical information

Notice to visitors

Pets are not allowed.

No food or drink is allowed.

Smoking or open fire is strictly prohibited in this library.

Please don't make noise in the exhibition hall, which will affect others to visit.

Minors, the elderly and the disabled should be accompanied by relatives and friends.

Opening Hours

Every day from 9:30 to 11:30, 13:30 to 16:30, (stop entering from 16:00).

It will be closed on Monday (official holidays will be announced later).

Receive groups from Tuesday to Friday and individual guests from Tuesday to Sunday.

Group tour can provide free explanation service, please make an appointment one week in advance, group conditions: about 20 people.

The guide can be rented free of charge with valid ID card.

 

Traffic information

Zhongshan Park Station of Metro Line 2, 3 and 4; bus station 224, 69, 67, 909 and 754, Changning Road Station of Zhongshan West Road.

Honors

In July 2013, Shanghai Fire Museum was included in the public lifelong learning popular science education experience station.

 

In 2012, Shanghai Fire Museum stood out from 507 national popular science education bases in China and was rated as the excellent national popular science education base in 2012 by China Association of science and technology.

 

Address: 207 Zhongshan West Road, Changning District, Shanghai, China

Longitude: 121.411189

Latitude: 31.21799

Tel: 021-28955295; 021-289

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