More than 70% of TFD's fire stations are community stations, staffed exclusively by unpaid volunteers and equipped with mini pumpers like these.
Staffed by up to four crew, they have a portable pump, hoses and basic equipment, and respond to fire calls along side the full time crews in large numbers. Their primary role is to protect exposures and confine the fire to the building of origin.
Their small size is crucial to being able to get close in to structure fires in Tokyo's exceedingly narrow side streets and alleys, and their response in large numbers reflects the danger of conflagration in many of these areas, with their densely packed wooden and laminated paper structures...
Staffed by up to four crew, they have a portable pump, hoses and basic equipment, and respond to fire calls along side the full time crews in large numbers. Their primary role is to protect exposures and confine the fire to the building of origin.
Their small size is crucial to being able to get close in to structure fires in Tokyo's exceedingly narrow side streets and alleys, and their response in large numbers reflects the danger of conflagration in many of these areas, with their densely packed wooden and laminated paper structures...
Added by Rob Johnson on 26 February 2018.