Out of joy in the fire helmet, 40 years collecting passion documented on 248 sides.

Arnold Kaier
fire helmets
in the change of the time

ISBN 978-3-00-024178-9
248 sides bound, 900 illustrations, more as 750 helmets from all the world.
Text in German language.

When you are interested, please give me a information over my contact form.

Markus Bruchmann 

21 new header have been online since today.

The changing photos on the upper picture edge are from me or have been provided to me.

A special thank you to the ones, who give this pictures to me.

If you have also beautiful photos, please send these to me.

Perhaps your photo also becomes a "header"

Markus Bruchmann 

The redesigned web site has gone online in English and German language on 9-24-2007.
I could welcome already 60337 visitors from 51 countries worldwide at this time.

With the new side I can appeal to still more people in the whole world now, it wasn't visits established surprisingly from another 19 countries so.

I could register 81150 access from 70 countries 20813 alone last year in the meantime.

I would like to thank you for your active visits and the interest you will show me with that on this way.

Every visit gives me the confirmation, that I am with my side on the right track.

I would be pleased about your wishes, suggestions, communications to helmets or praise and criticism.

Markus Bruchmann 

In the last month (since Mai 2008) we welcome the visitors of Egypt, Benin, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hong-Kong, Kazakstan, for the first time on this side.  

Another 13 fire helmets have been online since today.
The helmets are from Cyprus, Luxembourg, Italy and Sweden for example.

I wish a lot of fun with it.

Markus Bruchmann 

In memory of the victims of the terrorist raids in the United States of America.

Our memory particularly is for the 343 members of the FDNY and their families 

On our vacation time in Sweden we could visite the Swedisch helmet producer Brissman in Halmstad.
Many thanks for the warm welcome.

Tack sa mycket !

The helmet we get will be shown on this side soon. 

Dear visitor,
please notice, that your visitor's book entry doesn't get just visible if you have signed.
Due to the spam plague I have gone over to set free all entries myselfe.
I ask for your understanding.

Markus Bruchmann 

In the last month (since October 2007) we welcome the visitors of Iceland, Ireland, Moldova, Monaco, Southafrica, Taiwan and Pakistan for the first time on this side.  

I go to visite Sweden in June/July 2008.

Starting our tour in the capital Stockholm, we go mainly to the region Smaland.

Of course I endeavour also on this journey to get a genuine helmet for my collection from Sweden.

Fire departments who are interested in a helmet exchange, I would like to ask to contact me over the contact form.

Markus
 

since today the E book with photos of about 800 helmets from 141 countries can be ordered as a CD-ROM.

Orders by the mentioned web site.
Whether the E Book is available also in English language, should be asked at first.

www.collectorhelmets.com  

In my vacation I could pay a visit to a part of the 700 firemen of the island of Cyprus.
I would like to thank you for the hospitality in this place.
A quite special gratitude to Divisional Officer Yannis of the headquarters of the fire department Cyprus in Nicosia for the possibility of enlarging my collection with an exchange helmet.

Efcharistó poli

The helmet with the number 304 will appearing soon. 

Dear visitor,

the first 5 new helmets have been online since today.
You find these about the listing in the area "Collection -- New added".
Another 34 helmets from all the world are after and after adjusted now. 

In the month of Septembers we welcome the visitors of the Russian Federation and Tuvalu for the first time on this side. 

In the month of August we welcome the Philippines, Romania, Belarus (White Russia), Dominican Republic and Syria as new visitors.  

With construction of my web site I had hoped to be able to present a wide audience my collection.
I am online with the side now since August 2004 in the meantime and I can say for certain it has been worthwhile, my expectations have been realized!
The resonance of the visitors is overwhelming, astonishing the countries the side is accessed from and the number of the visitors increases from month to month.
I am not only pleased about the visitor's book entries but also over the many enquiries and information which were sent to me about the contact form.

Here a couple of facts on your visits:

Visitor since August 2004:
60337 visitors! (till August 2007)

Most access till now was carried out from the following countries:
Germany, Network (*.net), Switzerland, US Commercial, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland

Till now I could welcome visitor from the following alphabetically ordered countries at my side:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, Singapore, Slovakian republic, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Yugoslavia,
(50 countries)

As announced already, the immense number of foreign visitors was the reason at long last to offer this side in English completely.
Some hard months work are behind us now and the effort has been worthwhile.
I would like to thank Andreas Berger quite cordially in this place.
The rearrangement wouldn't have been conceivable without him.
Andy, thank you for your work!

Of course I also have collected some helmets in the meantime, which weren't shown on the old side any more.
With the new layout almost 70 new helmets can be seen now.
 

Dear visitor,

it is finally ready!

What has begun as an idea, has now taken a concrete form.

I am pleased to present you today my web site in the new form.
It is also an essential innovation besides the layout that all texts are available in English.
I would like to give attention to the many many nations, this one every month pay me a visit and I hope, that I can reach still more people with the English-speaking side in the whole world.

I wouldn't have thought at the beginning of the redesign that this plan was so extensive.
Already alone the translation of the texts had taken a time of over 3 months.
By the new layout all available helmets must ordered newly and connected.
Without the outstanding help of my web designer Andreas Berger, the project would already have died in the child's shoes.
For the untiring help, in this place, You Andy, once again my many thanks.

Of course every lot of helmets also has been added to the collection since the last update, to which you have access now.

Unfortunately, there is no progress on the part of the manufacturers yet, and I can produce nothing new in this area so.
Perhaps further companies would liked to present himself now on mysite.
I would be pleased about the expansion and support by these companies.

A lot of fun leafing through the sides and discovering the most different helmets, forms, types and epochs.

Recommend me.

Markus Bruchmann