Fire Engines Photos

JP - My understanding is that these 206 Tokyo community volunteer fire companies are also often first responders in their own communities.

The main reasons are that the 80 full time stations are so far apart that there are many mainly residential areas where they are unable to respond quickly, and most of these areas have very narrow streets and alleys - which make these tiny pumpers the only units which can get close to a typical structure fire.

I am told it is not unusual for five or even ten of these to respond to a first alarm, along with several full-time units too...

There are several videos on Youtube, which show hordes of these little units in action in congested areas of the city, tackling closely-packed wooden structures which pose a real fire hazard!

Added by Rob Johnson on 11 August 2017.

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