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Apparatus for Emergencies

The TFD has a variety of apparatus in its fire stations and other facilities for the immediate response to complex disasters.

Fire Engine

普通ポンプ車

It is for firefighting with a pump drawing and shooting water from a hydrant or a cistern more than 2,000 liters or more per minute.

Water Tank Fire Engine

水槽付ポンプ車

It has a 2,000-liter water tank for easier firefighting operations at places distant from water sources.

Foam Truck

化学車

It has a foam agent discharger to cope with gasoline and other hazmat fires.

Command Van (“one-box” type)

指揮隊車

It is for on-scene commanding, fact-finding and operations control, provided with radios, a table, microphones, and others.

Firefighting Motorcycle

消防活動二輪車

It is an off-road motorcycle responding to expressway / mountain accidents earlier than others.

Ladder Truck

はしご車

The TFD has 30-, and 40-meter ladder trucks as its conventional rescue / firefighting apparatus, and moreover articulated ladder trucks for difficult operations with utility pole wires or others standing ahead.

Squirt

屈折放水塔車

It has a 22-meter, two-section boom water / foam tower for high-rise / hazmat fires.

First Arrival Vehicles

先行車

It is a small electric vehicle for the quick response in narrow road areas.

Aerial Platform

空中作業車

It is a refracting tower with a three-people rescue basket. It is capable of rescuing at a river, a canal or other low spots as well as rescuing and firefighting at mid-rise stories.

Floodlight Wagon

照明電源車

It is used for nighttime operations, and as an emergency electric power supplier.

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Fire Investigation Van

The vehicle is for investigation fire causes on-scene. It has equipment needed for investigation and generators. Furthermore, identification and administrative duties are carried out inside.

車両内で鑑識をする様子/車両後方は調査用の資器材が積載されている

Rescue Apparatus

Rescue Truck

救助車

It is a special rescue team vehicle with a winch, a self-elevating floodlight, a generator, about 500 rescue tools, and others.

Water Rescue Truck

水難救助車

It is a water rescue company vehicle to respond to port and river incidents. It has a scuba gear container, an outside equipment container, a lighting system, a shower space, rescue tools, and others.

Mountain Rescue Van

山岳救助車

It is an off-road, four-wheel drive vehicle with great mobility. It has a roof carrier for a basket stretcher and other rescue tools with an automatic equipment shelf provided inside.

Special Incident Truck

特殊災害対策車

It responds to radioactive, biochemical and other hazmat disasters. It has a self-elevating anemoscope, a self-elevating anemometer, a positive pressure main trainer (not for all vehicles), gas analyzers, a decontamination tent system, and others.

Ambulance

Ambulance

救急車

It has advanced paramedic equipment and a vibration reducing bed, and provides larger space for patients and equipment than ever before.

Special Ambulance (Negative pressure type)

特殊救急車(陰圧型)

It is a high-standard vehicle for the patients with a suspected infectious disease. An openable bulkhead together with a negative pressure device are installed between the driver and the patients. In the vehicle, the air contaminated in the patient compartment can be purified to be released outside during first aid.

EV Ambulance (“one-box” type)

電気救急車

It is the electrically driven ambulance first brought in Japan’s EMS scene. Its autostretcher is of great use in handling a massive case.

Special Ambulance (Super Ambulance)

特殊救急車 (スーパーアンビュランス)

It is used for patient transportation and as a first-aid station.
It provides an eight-bed space (about 40 u) by extending its body, right and left.

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  • 重機搬送車 Heavy Apparatus Carrier
  • 高機動救助車 High-mobility Rescue Truck
  • 全地形活動車 Multi-purpose Road Accessor
  • 高機能指揮支援車 High-performance Command Support Truck
  • エアボート Airboat

Aviation Fire Service

The Aviation Unit has eight helicopters: four medium aircrafts (Chidori, Kamome, Tsubame, Otaka) and four large ones (Hibari, Yurikamome, Konotori, Hakucho). They conduct firefighting, rescue, fact-finding and patient transportation.

消防ヘリコプター

Large Helicopter

  • ひばり Hibari
  • ゆりかもめ Yurikamome
  • こうのとり Konotori
  • はくちょう Hakucho

Medium Helicopter

  • ちどり Chidori
  • かもめ Kamome
  • つばめ Tsubame
  • おおたか Otaka

    ※Otaka owned by Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA).

Port Fire Service

The TFD has nine fireboats in Nihonbashi, Rinko and Takanawa Fire Stations. For the safety on the waters of Tokyo, they conduct firefighting, guard against port and marine fires, promote ship fire safety, and carry out rescue activities.

海の消防
  • Large Boat

    おおえど Oedo
  • Boat for Chemical Fire

    ありあけ Ariake
  • Boat for Chemical Fire

    はまかぜ Kachidoki
  • Command Boat

    はやて Hayate

Rescue Boat

  • はるみ Harumi
  • きよす Kiyosu
  • はまかぜ Hamakaze
  • しぶき Shibuki
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Published March 2023

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