Fire Engines Photos

These are just about the only Japanese fire trucks on imported chassis, except of course for Unimogs, which have been purchased to cope with heavily damaged road conditions in post- earthquake situations.

I have not been able to track down how many were bought, but later Magirus ladders are on local chassis and others are built by Morita in Japan, under a licensing arrangement.

Added by Rob Johnson on 27 August 2014.

Haven't the odd Volvos been imported and used as a fire appliance in Japan?

Added by Michael Earith on 13 July 2019.

Michael:

Quite possibly, but the only ones I have ever seen or heard about are these TFD Magirus ladders, plus of course the Unimogs, which are operated by several departments as well as Tokyo.

There were one or two Scania Bronto demo units around at one time, but I do not think they remained in Japan...

Added by Rob Johnson on 16 July 2019.

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