The first professional fire brigade with comprehensive militarized management in history was Napoleon's Royal Corps of Engineers. After the fire broke out in the Austrian Embassy in Paris, in order to avoid the recurrence of similar tragedies, the then French emperor Napoleon decided to hand over the heavy responsibility of fire fighting to his trusted Royal Corps of Engineers. 18 1 1 year, an army Paris fire brigade was formally established. Until now, the fire brigade is still called Sapeur-pompiers in French, where Sapeur means engineer.

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The modern fire brigade system in China was founded in the late Qing Dynasty. 1868, the earliest modern fire brigade in China was established in Hong Kong, and its members were volunteers convened by the then British Governor in Hong Kong. The first fire brigade in mainland China appeared only after Eight-Nation Alliance captured Tianjin. The Italian first followed suit and recruited a group of China people to organize official fire brigades in Tianjin Concession, and then the British Concession also organized volunteer fire brigades in Tianjin.

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