The online Lego Community is a Russian doll-like in its niche-within-a-niche disposition. One such rabbit-hole is found deep within the emergency services community (yes, there is one), where an enthusiastic band of builders create entire fictional fire departments, complete with fleets of fire-fighting apparatus.

We know this because when we looked up this ‘Evee FFLT-2 “Giraffe” fire ladder truck’ by Flickr’s Jordan Parmegiani, all we found was a company selling electric scooters.

Thus this particular fire truck is not a real one, but it is so detailed it may as well be. Opening hatches, a fully-fitted interior, a rotating and elevating ladder, deployable stabilisers, and an array of fire-fighting equipment have all been constructed in brick form, with the truck itself also beautifully life-like despite being a work of fiction.

There’s lots more of Jordan’s creation to see at his photostream, and you can head down the fire-fighting rabbit-hole to see more of a giraffe via the link above.