The Fire Company was made up of 25 men under the orders of the municipal architect.
Captain General Manuel de Llauder appointed Josep Mas i Vila, municipal architect, commander and chief of the Fireman company of Barcelona.
The Societat d’Assegurances Mútues (La Mutua- Mutual Insurance Company) is founded.
The introduction of steam engines in Barcelona led to a considerable increase in fires.
Barcelona va ser bombardejada pel general Espartero.
Having already 200,000 inhabitants, Barcelona definitively municipalized the Fire Department.
A fire on Hospital Street caused the death of subordinate Joan Klein Noriega, the first documented official victim of the Barcelona Firefighters.
The Barcelona Fire Brigade participate in the extinction of the great fire of Cabo Machichaco in Santander that destroyed many homes and caused many deaths in the city.
The city grows with the annexation of the municipalities of the Barcelona surroundings, so the range of action of the Barcelona Fire Brigade is extended.
The Teatre de les Arts was burned in Floridablanca Street.
An important fire destroyed the Teatre Principal de Gràcia.
Fire at the Teatre Principal de la Santa Creu on the Rambla.
New Vulcano workshops were burned. The king and the president of the military directory, Primo de Rivera, were present.
Change of emergency number: from 3000 to 12345.
The Teatre Principal de la Santa Creu burnt down again
Creation of the Agrupación Cultural y Deportiva of the Barcelona Fire Brigade
First issue of the Alarma magazine
Fire of the Cinema Palace in the Via Laietana on Good Friday 1961.
Spectacular fire of the Myrurgia factory
Attendance of Firemen from Barcelona to Cartagena (Escombreras), where an oil tank exploded.
Fire in Iberia Radio, where three firefighters died
spectacular fire at the Telefónica Tower of Plaça de Catalunya
Spectacular rescue of people trapped in the Columbus Tower. All of a sudden, the elevator stopped working.
The fire destroyed one of the emblematic buildings of Barcelona: The Scala Music Hall
Inauguration of the Fire Laboratory of Barcelona.
A destructive fire in the center of the city, burned the Àliga warehouses.
Due to a collapse in Turó de la Peira st., the firemen gave the first awareness on what would be considered the phenomenon of aluminosis
Serious fire in the Gal·la Placídia building, due to its size and height and the material it was built of.
Fire at the Duscholux factory in which the firefighter Antonio Redondo died.
Explosion at the bottling plant of Repsol, causing a casualty.
Torre Urquinaona’s fire, a 22 floor building
The Fire Company was made up of 25 men under the orders of the municipal architect.
Engraving of the cover of the book “Tratado de la estinción de incendios” written by Antoni Rovira i Trias in which the typical intervention in a typical nineteenth-century fire is seen: firefighters and citizens rescuing people while the fire victims save their furniture
On the night of Sant Jaume (Saint James) in 1835, a popular uprising began in the bullring of La Barceloneta and ended with a great burning of convents.
View of the city of Barcelona in flames. It represents the fires of 1835. As a consequence of the events of the Night of Saint James, a new company was created subjected to the military discipline replacing the original one created by Mas i Vila.
The Mútua was set up for philanthropic purposes, with no economic aims and supported by the City Council and the civil governor.
Fire in the Raval, on January 18, 1851: Starting at the Capdevila and Mata steam from the Riereta street, it extended to the Armengol factory and could only be controlled seven hours later. Buildings in fire are seen, firefighters hoses pouring water , a brigade that tears down a building to make a firewall and busy people, some of which carry their goods in cars, trunks and packages.
EL 3 de desembre de 1842, per ordre del General Espartero, Barcelona es bombardejada des de Montjuïc.
Amb el retorn dels moderats a l’Estat, es suprimeixen les Milícies i Barcelona es torna a quedar sense companyia de bombers.
The oldest manual hydraulic pump preserved in Barcelona
Great fire that will completely destroy the Gran Teatre del Liceu. In three hours, the Opera House will be completely destroyed.
The flames coming from behind the building. In the front row , the firefighters trying to extinguish the fire.
Havibg already had 200,000 inhabitants, Barcelona definitively municipalized the Fire Department.
File number 255 of the Fifth Government Committee regarding the Firemen Department, fires and other stuff 1872.
The first steam pumps, drawn by horses, will be from the English brand Merryweather.
Acquisition of the Porta ladder, an 22 meters long Italian ladder, the first of these kind held by the Fire Department.
First Universal Exhibition in Barcelona: This is going to bring a qualitative improvement in different aspects, like the acquisition of different steam bombs and the renewal of the of the fire hydrants.
Being lighter and detachable, in 1904 the last animal traction vehicles are bought from Flader company (German brand).
The first motor vehicle was a Durkopp. It was a firemen and material transport van without pump and a 28 hp engine.
An important fire destroyed the Teatre Principal de Gràcia. View of the interior of the burned building.
Between July 26 and August 5, the shipping order of the Catalan Quintas towards the Moroccan war caused a popular uprising, and the burning of religious buildings. Troops from other cities of Spain extinguished the revolt causing more than 100 deaths.
A drawing that represents the burning of religious images and other elements outside the convent and the Escolapis church, the first of the buildings looted and burned during the events of the Tragic Week.
General view of the interior of the Teatre Principal after the fire. The whole theater is in ruins, the roof is missing so the sky can be seen. On the bottom, some people, including firefighters, contemplate the scene.
These vehicles represent an important renovation that was carried out coinciding with the universal exhibition. They would be in service throughout the period of the republic.
A group of firefighters with water hoses wetting the grass of the Jardinets in front of the public. This exhibition was attended by the highest personalities of the city and of Catalonia. In October the parade was repeated and, in this occasion, King Alfonso XIII and the princess attended the show.
The Teatre Principal de la Santa Creu was burnt down again; the fire destroyed the entire interior, but the building was saved.
Firefighters working on the extinction of the fire.
On March 16 , and during next months, the city suffered the first air raid;
In the image some of the houses after the bombing. The newspaper behind the photo reads as follows: “Air Pirates: Álvarez del Vayo a few hours after presenting charges at the Council of the League of Nations in Geneva, against the aggression committed by the Italians and Germans when bombing open cities, and killing civilians. Four Italian trimotors throw a large number of bombs on Barcelona, destroying houses and killing many citizens. It was the murderers’ reply to the prosecutor who denounced their crimes to the world.
First issue of the Alarma magazine
Barcelona discovered that it was not well prepared for a great snowfall. There was no snow machine that had to be ordered from an Andorran company. The Barcelona Fire Brigade had many unusual outings: from moving a pregnant woman to the hospital to build chains for vehicles in the fire stations’s workshops so that the citizens of Barcelona could circulate.
Autarky, the economic principle of the first Franco dictatorship, promotes the acquisition of national-produced cars, especially the Pegaso brand.
Intervention of firemen at the Myrurgia Factory in 1963.
Fire in a plastics factory on Rector Triadó St. where two firefighters died.
The German company Magirus provided vehicles for more than half a century, including some of the most emblematic models ever used by Bombers de Barcelona.
Funeral of the firefighters who died at the Iberia Radio Fire.
Gas explosion in Captain Arenas street that caused the demolition of a ten-floor building and the death of fourteen people.
Firemen accessing using the trucks’ stairs to access the Telefonica Tower to extinguish the fire
Spectacular rescue of people trapped in the Columbus Tower. All of a sudden, the elevator stopped working.
the Scala music hall burning and, in the foreground, a car of the Barcelona Fire Brigade.
The increase in medical services attended by firefighters leads to the acquisition of more ambulances, with a criterion of maximum capacity.
A destructive fire in the center of the city, burned the Àliga warehouses.
The preparation for the 1992 Olympics included the acquisition of numerous new vehicles that represented a major change for the service.
ETA Attack on Hipercor Mall; 25 people died and many more were seriously injured.
Serious fire in the Gal·la Placídia building, due to its size and height and the material it was built of.
Great fire that destroyed the Liceu again, as it happened years ago.
The lightweight auto tanks, with all-wheel drive, will be the main actor of the firefighter interventions, until 2014.
Fire at the Duscholux factory in which the firefighter Antonio Redondo died.
Explosion at the bottling plant of Repsol, causing a casualty.
Closure of the Poble-Sec fire station, in Lleida street. In 2003 it was used as a venue to organize the Global Games of Policemen and Firemen. From 2016 it will become the current Espai Bombers.
