During a 10-year bicycling journey, it wasn't long before realizing that Fire Stations were a great source of information on where to sleep, to eat, what to see, and a friendly place to fill up empty water bottles. Many of these Fire Stations proudly owned aging fire equipment, much of it still on active duty, and unknowingly the origin of Fire Truck World had begun.

Now based in Costa Rica, those years of adventurous travel are well behind me.  The thrill of capturing a moment in time on film has never abaondoned me though.  However, those years of living on a shoestring have taught me how to appreciate the comforts of more recent travels. 

The desire to leave something behind in this World has been a main force in the creation of Fire Truck World, as is my commitment to expand FTW's image gallery, year by year.

Proudly, Fire Truck World's goal is to maintain an accurate account of fire-fighting history throughout the countless images found within this site.

FTW hopes to continue its growth in the years to come, offering the best representaion of antique Fire Equipment possible. 

Although the response so far has been limited, the public is invited to submit their own photos for publication with the aspiration of making this site as formidable as possible.  All submitted photos will be credited in their descriptions, to the person or organization who submitted the images.