Japanese Fire Scene

[bill937ca]

So you have all those Tomytec fire engines, vans and cars.  Just what is the scene like at a Japanese fire scene?

 

Responses are very large in Japan, usually about a dozen pieces or more. But the trucks are smaller beacuse they have to get down narrow side streets. Remember it is not just fire that Japan and the TFD has to worry about, but earthquakes, tidal waves, typhoons and  a bit further away volcanoes.

 

The guy taking these rides a bicycle and gets in very close.  According to his profile he lives in Akihabara and I wonder if he is stringer for a tv station and these are his raw footage.

 

This is a fire in a small apartment down an alley like street.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ5Eerlss8w&feature=PlayList&p=0C3683BA31507E75

 

Arriving at a fire scene on a side street probably in Akihabara.

 

 

In a tall commerical building in Akihabara near Akihabara Station.  Note that one side of the main street remains open.

 

 

This is a fire in a resturant near the Yamanote line with lots of cooks running around, lots of sirens and lots of taxis in the way.  You will be able to look right into the kitchen as the firemen put the place apart.

 

 

This Tokyo Fire Department page explains what all the different types of vehicles are.  In Tokyo fire trucks with lighting bolts are rescue vehicles.

 

http://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.jp/ts/soubi/car/index.html

 

http://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.jp/ts/soubi/car/03_01.htm

 

http://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.jp/ts/soubi/car/05_01.htm

 

http://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.jp/ts/soubi/car/06_14.htm

 

So?  Got some ideas on how to position those fire trucks for a fire now?

[bill937ca]

Here's a couple at train stations.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA3cOzlrn8k&feature=related

[cteno4]

bill damn you im getting a headache thinking of how many micro smleds or fiber optic connections that will need to be made to any vehicles if i ever model an emergency scene! man do they love the red flashers!

 

thanks again you da man on finding the great ref videos.

 

cheers

 

jeff

[bill937ca]

Last night I noticed that Tokyo uses German aerial ladders, specifically Magirus ladders on Iveco (Italian) chassis. These may be available from European suppliers.

 

This is a Magirus on a Iveco chassis stationed at Kanta It may be the truck that turns into the alley in Akihabara.

 

 

Wikipedia Tokyo fire truck photos.  

 

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fire_engines_of_Tokyo

[SONIC883_de]

Some selfmade vehicles can be found here (on 9 pages)

http://forum.ig-nippon.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=83

 

A photo of Dominiks fire deparment is in this posting

http://forum.ig-nippon.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=240&start=20#p3055

[bill937ca]

bill damn you im getting a headache thinking of how many micro smleds or fiber optic connections that will need to be made to any vehicles if i ever model an emergency scene! man do they love the red flashers!

 

thanks again you da man on finding the great ref videos.

 

cheers

 

jeff

 

There  you go Jeff, a headache in Akihabara!

 

[cteno4]

Bill,

 

i think it needs a few more flashing and rotating lights. not enough strobes! some day it would be fun to really do a little fire scene like that with lots of lights flashing. i wonder if a strobe carries on fiber optics well... hmmmm....

 

Kai,

 

thanks for the scratch built posts. like the idea of turning one of the mini busses into a command center like that. going to have to put one of them aside to try that in the future sometime!

 

cheers

 

jeff

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I've always been amazed by the contrast of both the Europe and Asia compared to the N. American with fire and rescue apparatus. Where as our Fire EMS equipment is based on heavy industry chassis and truck transport, the Asian equipment is based on more light truck chassis design for faster operations, and increased mobility within the streets. It's terrifying here in the states the rate of tips, and incidents involving EMS specifically cube type heavy ambulances here where as most ambulances in Japan are mini-van direvitaes.