Museo storico dei vigili del fuoco di Milano
The Museo storico dei vigili del fuoco di Milano turns firefighting into a long, documentary story: it gathers “cimeli,” vehicles, equipment, uniforms, and documents that trace about two centuries of the 52º Corpo dei vigili del fuoco di Milano. The museum was founded in 1912, by the commander Ugo Penné, timed to the centenary of the Corps. During the bombings of 1943, the collection and the institution survived, and—crucially—the museum recounts how steam pumps, originally pulled by horses, were put back into service to put out fires caused by incendiary bombs dropped by enemy aircraft. Inside the building—renewed in 1998—some of the most striking pieces include an Isotta Fraschini autopump dating from the 1930s and a Bianchi S9 fire vehicle. …
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