澳门最早的消防组织，称为水车馆，属于民办水会性质。它们以街坊为单位，各自为政，但一处有警，四处的水车馆闻讯后都纷纷前往救援。至1909年12月，澳门《宪报》发出文告。文告称：1、查澳门华人之水车馆散之各坊，一向至今所做大善举，皆是益公众，而损私得，保护货物，救止 The earliest fire department in Macau, called the water wheelhouse, belongs to the nature of private water clubs. They take the neighborhood as a unit, their own way, but there is a police, water museum around after hearing the news have to rescue. By December 1909, the Macau Gazette issued a proclamation. The proclamation states: 1) The various charities scattered in the water museum of the Chinese in Macao have all benefited the public.