French Fire Engines

By Cristina Berna and Eric Thomsen

Fire fighting engines are brightly colored, red or yellow and shiny chrome. Their sirens ask people kindly to get out of the way, because here is now an emergency. Children loves these vehicles and their heroes.
Napoleon Bonaparte is generally attributed as creating the first professional firefighters in France, known as Sapeurs - Pompiers, from the French Army. The corps was created under the Commandant of engineers in 1810.
The Sapeurs-Pompiers was organized after a fire at the ballroom in the Austrian Embassy in Paris which injured several dignitaries.
For a practical overview the pictures are organized according to region, with Paris as a separate entry.
We hope you will enjoy our selection of photos.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Release date: Feb 29, 2024
• ISBN: 9788411746724

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Motto of the Paris fire fighting department: Sauver ou périr (Save or Perish).

Table of Contents

Introduction

Île de France

Hauts-de-France

Normandy

Brittany

Pays de la Loire

Centre – Val de la Loire

Grand Est

Bourgogne – France Comté

Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes

Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes

Nouvelle Aquitaine

Occitania

Provence-Alpes-Côte d´Azur

Corsica

Réunion

Mayotte

Gaudeloupe

Martinique

French Guiana

Paris

Introduction

Fire fighting engines are brightly colored, red or yellow and shiny chrome. Their sirens ask people kindly to get out of the way, because here is now an emergency. Children loves these vehicles and their heroes.

Napoleon Bonaparte is generally attributed as creating the first professional firefighters in France, known as Sapeurs-Pompiers, from the French Army. The corps was created under the Commandant of engineers in 1810.

The Sapeurs-Pompiers was organized after a fire at the ballroom in the Austrian Embassy in Paris which injured several dignitaries.

For a practical overview the pictures are organized according to region, with Paris as a separate entry.

We hope you will enjoy our selection