Tokyo Fire Department

The firemen Tokyo (Japanese东京 消防 庁, Tōkyō Shobo -chō, " fire department authority Tokyo " ) is subject to the Government of the Tokyo prefecture, which consists of the area of the former city of Tokyo, the Tama area and the Izu and Ogasawara Islands. For the area of the islands and the city Inagi the Tokyo Fire Department is not responsible.

In addition to the fire she is also responsible for earthquakes, floods, civil protection from nuclear, biological and chemical risks and to manage medical emergencies.

The firemen Tokyo is divided into three sections and has 80 fire stations. Your vehicle inventory consists among others of about 500 fire engines and 85 ladders.

You completed annually about 600,000 emergency medical trips and deletes about 6,000 fires.

The fire department has twelve different types of rescue robots that come in particularly critical situations for use where human forces would be jeopardized. They are remote controlled and can inject extinguishing agent rescue persons or move large items.