Guidelines for
Maintenance ofFire Service Strength

GUIDELINESFOR
MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SERVICE STRENGTH
January 20, 2000
Notification No. 1 of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency

FIRST REVISION: Notification No. 28 of the Fire and Disaster
Management Agency of October 31, 2014
The Standards for Fire Service Strength(Notification No. 2 of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of 1961) have been entirely
reviewed.
Guidelines for Maintenance of Fire Service Strength(Revision of the Title: Notification No. 9 of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of 2005)

All municipalities are required to continually and steadily improve and strengthen their fire ser‐vice strength to perform their duties of protecting the lives, bodies and assets of local residents,
taking socioeconomic changes related to fire services into consideration.
To ensure such continual and steady improvement and strengthening of the fire service strength,
municipalities must perform certain tasks while implementing the strict safety management offire personnel. These tasks include (i) improvement and strengthening of the fire suppression sys‐
tem through the advancement of fire defence tactics and fire equipment so that various types ofdisasters can be dealt with in a precise manner, (ii) improvement and strengthening of the fire
prevention system in response to the higher demand for and specialisation of fire prevention
work which have resulting from the growing size and complexity of buildings, (iii) improvement
and strengthening of the ambulance service system in response to the growing number of ambu‐
lance runs and demand for a higher quality ambulance service which have resulted from theprogress of the aging society, (iv) improvement and strengthening of the rescue system to con‐duct rescue operations in a precise manner at the time of disasters of which the complexity anddiversity have been growing and (v) improvement and strengthening of the system to implement
measures designed to protect the public in an armed attack and other situations.
Moreover, consolidation of a wide area fire service system, including emergency fire response
teams, is required to strengthen the preparedness against such large‐scale natural disasters as
earthquakes, violent storms and floods.
The Guidelines presented here set the standards for municipalities to develop and maintain theirfire service strength in view of the situations described above and municipalities are required toestablish an adequate fire service system suitable for the actual conditions of each municipality
having fully checked the level of the fire service strength in their possession and using the facili‐ties and manpower level specified by the Guidelines as targets.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL RULES (Article 1 ~ 3) .......................................................................... 3

CHAPTER 2

GUIDELINES FOR FACILITIES (Article 4 ~ 24) ................................................. 4

CHAPTER 3

GUIDELINES FOR MANPOWER (Article 25 ~ 37) .......................................... 11

APPENDED TABLE ........................................................................................................................... 18

GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SERVICE STRENGTH (Article 1~3)

CHAPTER 1 GENERAL RULES(Purpose)
Article 1
The present Guidelines specify the facilities and manpower required for munici‐
palities to execute such affairs concerning fire defence as fire prevention, warning and control,
emergency medical services, rescue operations and an emergency response to disasters so thatmunicipalities can sufficiently fulfil their fire service responsibilities in their communications.
2
Municipalities shall develop the necessary facilities and manpower using the facilities andmanpower specified by the Guidelines as targets.
(Definitions)
Article 2
In these Guidelines, the meanings of the terms listed in the following items shallbe as prescribed respectively in these items.
(i)Urban area: Among densely built‐up areas, an area where there is a continuity of blocks
with an average building‐to‐land ratio [the ratio of the total area covered by buildings
in a block (of residential quarters enclosed by roads with a width of 4 m or more, rivers
and public gardens, etc., the smallest plot; the same shall apply hereinafter) to the areaof the said block; the same shall apply hereinafter] of roughly 10% or more or an area
where two or more quasi‐urban areas are close to one another and where the total pop‐
ulation is 10,000 or more(ii)
Quasi‐urban area: Among densely build‐up areas, an area where there is a continuity ofblocks with an average building‐to‐land ratio of roughly 10% or more and where the to‐tal population is 1,000 or more but less than 10,000(iii)
Fire station/branch: Fire station or its branch(iv)
Power fire pump: Automotive fire appliance, hand‐operated power pump or small
power pump(v)
Firefighters: Career firefighters who are engaged in fire watch, fire suppression, andrescue operations at the time of a disaster and/or the control of other types of damage(vi)
Prevention personnel: Fire personnel engaged in the prevention of fire(vii)
Firefighting teams: Among the firefighting teams prescribed in Article 2 item (viii) of
the Fire Service Act (Act No. 186 of 1948; hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), thoseother than rescue companies or command units(viii) Rescue teams: Rescue teams stipulated in Article 1 of the Ordinance for the Standards
for Composition, Equipment and Deployment of Rescue Teams (Ordinance of the Min‐
istry of Home Affairs No. 22 of 1986; hereinafter referred to as “the Ministerial Ordi‐nance for Rescue Teams”)(ix)
Command unit: Unit of career firefighters which conducts command operations at a
disaster site(x)
Ambulance team: Team of career firefighters who are engaged in the ambulance service
stipulated in Article 2 item (ix) of the Act(Basic Principles)
Article 3
Municipalities shall improve their fire service strength to be able to precisely
meet the demands of local residents for the fire service, taking the matters described in eachof the following items into consideration.
(i)
Improvement of the overall fire service strength by means of making fire personnel
possess the necessary abilities to duly perform their duties and establishment of a sys‐
tem whereby fire personnel can conduct coordinated actions(ii)
Development of appropriate fire service systems, including a fire suppression system in
response to the growing complexity and diversity of disasters, an advanced and3

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(iii)

(iv)

specialised fire prevention system in response to the growing size and complexity ofproperties under fire prevention measures as well as the growing diversity of hazard‐ous materials and an ambulance service system in response to the growing demand forthe ambulance service
Enhancement of mutual collaboration between fire service organizations, disaster preven‐tion departments of municipalities and voluntary disaster prevention organizations while
improving and strengthening volunteer fire corps and also introducing the necessary
equipment for the conveyance of disaster information and other purposes to enhance thelevel of disaster preparedness of local communities to properly deal with disasters
Firm development of a wide‐area cooperation system with other municipalities, prefec‐
tural governments and related organizations to deal with large‐scale disasters, armed
attack or any other emergency situations and to provide evacuation guidance, etc. in a
precise manner

CHAPTER 2 GUIDELINES FOR FACILITIES(Number of Fire Stations/Branches)
Article 4Fire stations/branches shall be established in urban areas and the number of firestations/ branches in the urban areas listed in Appended Table 1 [Appended Table 2 in the caseof areas in extremely snowy and cold areas (hereinafter referred to as “snowy and cold areas);
the same shall apply in the rest of this article] shall be determined using the number corre‐
sponding to the population size of the urban areas listed in Appended Table 1 as the relevant
standard, taking such characteristics as the geological features, road conditions and construc‐tion of buildings (hereinafter referred to as “local characteristics”) into consideration.
2
Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, the number of fire stations/branches to be established in an urban area with a population size exceeding 300,000 (hereinaf‐
ter referred to as “a large urban area”) shall be determined by firstly dividing the said urban
area into a number of sub‐areas with a unit population size of 300,000 and using the sum of
the number of fire stations/branches as specified in Appended Table 1 for each sub‐area, re‐garding each sub‐area as one urban area, as the relevant standard, taking the local characteris‐tics into consideration. In this case, the phrase “population size of urban area” in Appended
Table 1 shall be deemed to be replaced by the phrase “population size of each sub‐area”.
3
Fire stations/branches may be established in areas which are not classified as urban areas incorrespondence with the actual situation of each area.
(Number of Power Fire Pumps)
Article 5
Power fire pumps shall be deployed in urban areas and the number of power
fire pumps in the urban areas listed in Appended Table 3 (Appended Table 4 in the case of
extremely snowy and cold areas; the same shall apply in the rest of this article) shall be de‐termined taking the number of power fire pumps to be managed by the fire defense head‐quarters, fire stations/branches and fire corps listed in Appended Table 3 in correspondencewith the population of the said urban area as the relevant standard, taking the local charac‐
teristics into consideration.
2
Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, the number of power fire pumps
to be deployed in a large urban area shall be determined by firstly dividing the said large ur‐
ban area into a number of sub‐areas with a unit population size of 300,000 and using the sumof the number of power fire pumps to be managed by the fire defense headquarters, fire sta‐tions/branches or fire corps as specified in Appended Table 3 for each sub‐area, regarding each
sub‐area as one urban area, as the relevant standard, taking the local characteristics into con‐
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3

4

sideration. In this case, the phrase “population size of urban area” in Appended Table 3 shallbe deemed to be replaced by the phrase “population size of each sub‐area” and, in the casewhere the population of a sub‐area is less than 70,000, the number of power fire pumps to be
deployed in the said area shall be in accordance with the note of Appended Table 5 according
to the population pertaining to the sub‐area listed in the said table.
The number of power fire pumps to be deployed in a quasi‐urban area shall be determinedusing the number of power fire pumps specified in Appended Table 6 in correspondencewith the population of the said quasi‐urban area listed in Appended Table 6 as the standard,taking the local characteristics into consideration.
The number of power fire pumps pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph shallbe calculated based on the number of discharge ports for each type of power fire pumplisted as follows.
Automotive fire applianceHand‐operated power pump
Small power pump

5
6

:
:
:

2
1
1

The necessary number of power fire pumps shall be deployed in an area not classified as anurban area or quasi‐urban area in accordance with the actual situation of the area.
The power fire pumps prescribed in paragraph (1) through paragraph (3) and the preceding
paragraph shall be managed by the fire defense headquarters, fire stations/branches or fire
corps.

(Special Provision for Urban Area or Quasi‐Urban Area with a Large Number of Hotels, etc.)
Article 6
When the ratio of the number of properties under fire prevention measures spec‐
ified in row (5)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire
Service Act (Cabinet Order No. 37 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as “the Appended Tableof the Enforcement Order”) in an urban area or quasi‐urban area to the population size ofthe said urban area or quasi‐urban area is significantly higher than that in other urban or
quasi‐urban areas, the number combining the population of the said urban area or quasi‐
urban area and the population calculated by the following formula shall be deemed to con‐stitute the population of the said urban area or quasi‐urban area for the purpose of applying
the provisions of Article 4 and Article 5.
P=– .

In this formula, P, p and a shall represent the following numerical values.
P : Population to be added (figures below the decimal point are discarded)
p : Population of the said urban area or quasi‐urban areaa : Numerical value representing the sum of the aggregate floor areas of the properties
under fire prevention measures specified in row (5)‐(a) of the Appended Table of the
Enforcement Order in the said urban area or quasi urban area (figures less than 1 m2 arediscarded)(Ladder Truck)
Article 7
For the purpose of suppressing a fire and other purposes at buildings of which
the height is 15 m or higher (hereinafter referred to as “medium and high‐rise buildings”) in
the case where the number of medium and high‐rise buildings in the area of the jurisdictionof one fire station is roughly 10 or more or the number of medium and high‐rise buildings
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among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1), row (4), row (5)‐(a)and row (6)‐(a), etc. in the Appended Table of the Enforcement Order is roughly 5 or more,
one or more ladder trucks (including aerial platform ladder trucks; the same shall apply
hereinafter) shall be deployed at the said fire station or its branch provided, however, that
this requirement shall not apply in the case where the area of jurisdiction of the said fire sta‐tion falls under each of the following items and the absence of such a ladder truck will nothinder firefighting activities to prevent the spread of fire.
(i)
The number of medium and high‐rise buildings in the area of jurisdiction of the said
fire station is less than 90.
(ii)
When a fire, etc. takes place at a medium or high‐rise building in the area of jurisdictionof the said fire station, ladder trucks deployed at the said fire station and fire stations or
their branches of which the areas of jurisdiction are adjacent to that of the said fire sta‐tion can initiate their turn‐out and the commencement of firefighting activities at thescene of the fire in less than 30 minutes.
2
The ladder trucks prescribed in the previous paragraph shall be managed by fire stations/branches.
(Chemical Trucks)
Article 8
Chemical trucks (including large chemical trucks and large aerial platformchemical trucks; the same shall apply hereinafter) shall be deployed to suppress a fire atmanufacturing facilities, etc. prescribed in Article 6 paragraph (1) of the Cabinet Order Con‐
cerning the Control of Hazardous Materials (Cabinet Order No. 306 of 1959) (hereinafter re‐ferred to as “hazardous materials manufacturing facilities, etc.”) and places of business, etc.
where a nuclear reactor prescribed in Article 2 paragraph (4) of the Act on the Regulation of
Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors (Act No. 166 of 1957; hereinaf‐
ter referred to as “nuclear reactor installed places of business, etc.”) and their number shallbe determined using the sum of the number listed in each of the following items as thestandard, taking the number, scale and types, etc. of the hazardous materials manufacturing
facilities, etc. and nuclear reactor installed places of business, etc. in a municipality into con‐sideration.
(i)
The number of trucks given under the relevant sub‐item below in correspondence withthe sum of the numbers obtained by multiplying the number of storage or handling fa‐
cilities, indoor storage facilities, outdoor storage tank facilities, outdoor storage facilities
and general handling facilities for Category IV hazardous materials specified in Ap‐
pended Table 1 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “the five types of subject facilities
related to Category IV hazardous materials”) with the correction coefficient for each of
the five types of subject facilities related to Category IV hazardous materials specified
in Appended Table 7 (hereinafter referred to as “the total number of facilities after cor‐
rection”)(a) The total number of facilities after correction is 50 or more but less than 500: 1 truck(b) The total number of facilities after correction is 500 or more but less than 1,000: 2 trucks(c) The total number of facilities after correction is 1,000 or more: 2 trucks plus 1 truck per
total number of facilities after correction of roughly 1,000(ii)
The number of trucks given under the relevant sub‐item below in correspondence withthe sum of the maximum storage quantity and the maximum handling quantity of Cat‐egory IV hazardous materials to be stored or handled (hereinafter referred to as “themaximum storage/handling quantity of Category IV hazardous materials”) at facilities
other than those falling under Article 47‐4 of the Regulations Concerning the Control ofHazardous Materials (Order of the Prime Minister’s Office No. 55 of 1959) among thefive types of subject facilities related to Category IV hazardous materials [however, the6

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number is 1 when the maximum storage quantity of Category IV hazardous materials
at an outdoor storage tank facility of a single place of business exceeds 1,000 kl in thecase where the maximum storage/handling quantity of Category IV hazardous materi‐als is less than 60,000 times the designated quantity (meaning the designated quantityprescribed in Article 9‐4 paragraph (1)) of the Act](a) The maximum storage/handling quantity of Category IV hazardous materials is 60,000
times or higher but less than 2.4 million times the designated quantity: 1 truck(b) The maximum storage/handling quantity of Category IV hazardous materials is 2.4 mil‐lion times or higher but less than 4.8 million times the designated quantity: 2 trucks(c) The maximum storage/handling quantity of Category IV hazardous materials is 4.8 mil‐lion times the designated quantity or higher: 3 trucks(iii)
The number of factory or place of business where a reactor for power generation pre‐scribed in Article 2 paragraph (5) of the Nuclear Source Material, etc. Regulating Act orfactory or place of business provided with a system or auxiliary facility conducting the
reprocessing prescribed in paragraph (10) of the said article is 1 or more: 1 truck
2
Notwithstanding the provision of item (i) of the preceding paragraph, a fire truck(s)equipped with a device capable of discharging foam to automotive fire appliances may be
deployed instead of a chemical truck(s) up to the number obtained by subtracting the num‐
ber of trucks given under the said item in the case where the phrase “the five types of subject
facilities related to Category IV hazardous materials” is deemed to be replaced by the phrase“the five types of subject facilities related to Category IV hazardous materials (limited tothose where the multiple of the designated quantity is 10 or higher)” from the number ofchemical trucks listed in the said item.
3
The chemical trucks prescribed in paragraph (1) and fire trucks equipped with a device ca‐
pable of discharging foam to automotive fire appliances prescribed in the preceding para‐graph shall be managed by the fire defense headquarters or fire station/branch.
(Large Chemical Trucks)
Article 9In the case where a specified place of business prescribed in Article 2 item (vi) of
the Act on the Prevention of Disasters at Petroleum Industrial Complexes and Other Petrole‐um Facilities (Act No. 84 of 1975; hereinafter referred to as “the Petroleum Disaster PreventionAct”) exists with the installed outdoor storage tanks prescribed in Article 8 paragraph (1) of
the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Prevention of Disasters at Petroleum In‐
dustrial Complexes and Other Petroleum Facilities (Cabinet Order No. 129 of 1976; hereinafterreferred to as “the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Petroleum Disaster Prevention Act”)(hereinafter referred to as “the specified place of business”) within the area of a municipality,
one large chemical truck, large aerial platform truck and foam solution truck each shall be de‐ployed; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply when the said municipality
can receive an outside response with the dispatch of these trucks by other municipalities.
2
In the case where a specified place of business for which two or more each of large chemicaltruck, large aerial platform truck and foam solution truck must be in place pursuant to theprovision of Article 8 paragraph (1) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Petroleum
Disaster Prevention Act [in the case where the specified place of business has tanks
equipped with a foam feeding device prescribed in Article 8 paragraph (2) of the Cabinet
Order for Enforcement of the Petroleum Disaster Prevention Act, the required number ofthese trucks to be in place at the said specified place of business shall be the number of thesetrucks required to be in place pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of the said article
when the said tanks equipped with a foam feeding device at the said specified facility are
deemed not to have a foam feeding device] exists in a municipality and the said municipali‐ty falls under each of the following items, two large chemical trucks, large aerial platform
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trucks and foam solution trucks each shall be deployed notwithstanding the provision of theprevious paragraph.
(i)
The maximum storage/handling quantity of petroleum pertaining to a petroleum in‐
dustrial complex or other special disaster prevention area [meaning a petroleum indus‐
trial complex or other special disaster prevention area prescribed in Article 2 item (ii) of
the Petroleum Disaster Prevention Act; the same shall apply hereinafter] in the area ofthe said municipality is 4 million kl or more.
(ii)
There are two or more fire stations of which the areas of jurisdiction cover a petroleum
industrial complex or other special disaster prevention area in the area of the said mu‐
nicipality and there is at least one specified place of business with a daily processing
capacity of the topping plant of 15,898 kl or more in each area of the jurisdiction of two
or more fire stations among the said fire stations.
3
In the case of the two preceding paragraphs, when one large aerial platform chemical truck
is deployed, one large chemical truck and large aerial platform truck each are deemed tohave been deployed.
4
The large chemical trucks, large aerial platform trucks, large aerial platform chemical trucks
and foam solution trucks prescribed in the provisions of the three preceding paragraphs
shall be managed by the fire defense headquarters or fire stations/branches.
(Numerical Conversion of Chemical Trucks to Automotive Fire Appliances)
Article 10
When chemical trucks are deployed pursuant to the provisions of the two pre‐ceding articles, the number of automotive fire appliances pursuant to the provisions of Arti‐cle 5 paragraph (1) through paragraph (3) or paragraph (5) may be reduced by regarding thechemical trucks as automotive fire appliances depending on the actual situation of the area.
(Foam Concentrates)
Article 11
The necessary quantity of foam concentrates shall be stockpiled for emergencies,
taking the number of the five types of subject facilities related to Category IV hazardous ma‐
terials, the maximum storage/handling quantity of Category IV hazardous materials, thenumber of nuclear reactor installed places of business, etc., the number of specified facilities,
the type and diameter of the outdoor storage tanks prescribed in Article 8 of the Cabinet Or‐
der for Enforcement of the Petroleum Disaster Prevention Act and the types, etc. of petrole‐um stored in these tanks into consideration.
(Fireboats)
Article 12
Fireboats shall be deployed for the suppression of fire and other purposes in anarea adjacent to a water area and their number shall be determined taking the local charac‐
teristics into consideration using the number obtained by adding the number in each of thefollowing items as the standard.
(i)One boat in the case where the total length of the water channels to which a fireboat(s)can come alongside in an urban area adjacent to a water area (excluding water channels
pertaining to an urban area where a fire can be suppressed by an automotive fire appli‐ance) exceeds 3 km but not more than 5 km with an additional boat for roughly each 5km when the total length exceeds 5 km.
(ii)
When an international container hub port, international hub port and major port pre‐scribed in Article 2 paragraph (2) of the Port and Harbour Act (Act No. 218 of 1950) ex‐
ist in the area of a municipality, the number of boats which are deemed to be necessary
for the suppression, etc. of a fire at the said ports.
2
The fireboats prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be managed by the fire defense
headquarters or fire station/branch.
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GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SERVICE STRENGTH (Article 13~16)(Ambulances)
Article 13
The number of ambulances to be deployed at the fire defense headquarters orfire station/branch shall be determined taking the day‐time population, the situation of ag‐
ing and the situation of turn‐out pertaining to the EMS of a municipality into consideration
using one ambulance per population size of roughly 20,000 as the standard in the case of amunicipality of which the population is 100,000 or less or five ambulances plus an additional
ambulance per population of roughly 50,000 for a population above 100,000 in a municipali‐ty of which the population exceeds 100,000 as the standard.
2
The ambulances prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be managed by the fire defense
headquarters or fire station/branch.
(Rescue Vehicles)
Article 14
A number of rescue trucks of which the number is equivalent to the standard
deployment number of rescue teams prescribed in Article 3 of the Ministerial Ordinance for
Rescue Teams [in the case where the number is increased or decreased in accordance withthe provision of paragraph (2) of the said article, the standard deployment number after thesaid increase or decrease; the same shall apply in the following paragraph] shall be deployedat the fire defense headquarters or fire station/branch.
2
Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, fire trucks, etc. [meaning the fire
trucks, etc. prescribed in Article 17 paragraph (3); the same shall apply in the following par‐agraph] which are not rescue vehicles but which have the capacity to load rescue equipment
and tools similar to those carried by rescue vehicles may be used in place of rescue vehicles
and the number of rescue vehicles to be deployed pursuant to the provision of the preceding
paragraph may be reduced in regard to the number obtained by deducting the number pre‐scribed in Article 4 of the Ministerial Ordinance for Rescue Teams from the standard numberof deployment of rescue companies [in the case where an increase or decrease is made pur‐suant to paragraph (2) of the said article, the number after the said increase or decrease].
3
The rescue vehicles prescribed in paragraph (1) and fire trucks, etc. which replace the rescue
vehicles pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph shall be managed by the fire
defense headquarters or fire station/branch.
(Command Cars)
Article 15
A command car shall be deployed to conduct command operations at the sceneof a disaster and the number of such command cars shall be determined taking the local
characteristics into consideration and using the same number of fire stations in the munici‐
pality as the standard.
2
The command cars prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be managed by the fire de‐fense headquarters or fire station/branch.
(Special Vehicles, etc.)
Article 16
In addition to the vehicles used for turn‐out for firefighting pursuant to the pro‐visions of Article 5, Article 7 through Article 9 and the four preceding articles, smoke vent‐ing trucks, forest fire trucks, disaster prevention trucks, rear support vehicles, airplanes etc.
(hereinafter referred to as “special vehicles, etc.”) shall be deployed depending on the actual
situation of an area for the suppression of fire and the prevention, control of disasters, etc.
2
The special vehicles, etc. prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be managed by the fire
defense headquarters or fire station/branch.

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GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SERVICE STRENGTH (Article 17~20)(Stand‐By Fire Trucks, etc.)
Article 17
In addition to the automotive fire appliances prescribed in Article 5 (hereinafterreferred to as “automotive fire appliances in operation”), reserve automotive fire appliances
to be used by fire personnel other than those at work between the time of commencement
and time of ending of their shift to deal with flooding, fire or any other type of disaster(hereinafter referred to as “in the case of an emergency”) or to be used when the automotive
fire appliances in operation have broken down or become inoperable, using one additional
automotive fire appliance per eight automotive fire appliances in operation as the standard
in the case of a municipality with a population of 300,000 or less or one additional automo‐
tive fire appliance per four automotive fire appliances in operation as the standard in thecase of a municipality with a population exceeding 300,000 (hereinafter referred to as“stand‐by automotive fire appliances”) shall be deployed depending on the actual situationof an area.
2
In addition to the ambulances prescribed in Article 13 (hereinafter referred to as “ambulanc‐
es in operation”), reserve ambulances to be used in the case where a large number of people
have been injured or become ill or in the case where the ambulances in operation have bro‐ken down or become inoperable, using one additional ambulance per six ambulances in op‐
eration as the standard in the case of a municipality with a population of 300,000 or less or
one additional ambulance per four ambulances in operation as the standard in the case of amunicipality with a population exceeding 300,000 (hereinafter referred to as “stand‐by am‐bulances”) shall be deployed depending on the actual situation of an area.
3Stand‐by fire trucks to be used in the case of emergency or in the case where fire trucks, etc.
other than automotive fire appliances and ambulances have broken down or become inop‐
erable among fire trucks, etc. (meaning automotive fire appliances, ladder trucks, chemicaltrucks, large aerial platform ladder trucks, foam solution trucks, ambulances, rescue vehi‐cles, command cars, fireboats and special vehicles, etc.) shall be deployed depending on theactual situation of an area.
4
The stand‐by automotive fire appliances prescribed in paragraph (1), stand‐by ambulancesprescribed in paragraph (2) and the stand‐by fire trucks, etc. to be used in the case of emer‐
gency, etc. prescribed in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as “stand‐by fire
trucks, etc.”) shall be managed by the fire defense headquarters or fire stations/branches(Equipment to Respond to NBC Disasters)
Article 18
Equipment to respond to disasters caused by radioactive materials, biologicalagents and chemical agents (hereinafter referred to as “equipment to respond to NBC disas‐ters”) shall be deployed at a fire defense headquarters and fire station/branches depending
on such circumstances of the area as the population size of the relevant municipality and thesiting of an international airport, etc. and nuclear facilities, etc.
2
The equipment to respond to NBC disasters to be deployed by a municipality in accordancewith the provision of the preceding paragraph shall be managed by the fire defense head‐quarters or fire stations/branches.
(Broadcasting‐Type Administrative Radio System for Disaster Prevention)
Article 19
A broad‐casting type administrative radio system for disaster prevention shallbe installed in a municipality to ensure the swift and accurate conveyance of disaster infor‐
mation to local residents at the time of a disaster.
(Exclusive Fire Service Telephones)
Article 20
Exclusive fire service telephones shall be installed at the fire defense headquar‐ters and fire stations/branches for mutual communication.
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GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SERVICE STRENGTH (Article 21~26)(Communication Equipment)
Article 21
The necessary communication equipment shall be installed at the fire defense
headquarters and offices of fire corps for mutual communication.
2
The necessary communication equipment shall be installed at the office of the fire corps forcommunication with its branches.
(Fire Service and EMS Radio Equipment)
Article 22
Fire service and EMS radio equipment shall be installed at the fire defense head‐quarters and fire trucks, etc. for mutual communication between the fire defense headquar‐ters and fire trucks, etc. and also for mutual communication between fire trucks, etc.
(Earthquake‐Resistance of the Fire Defense Headquarters, Fire Stations/Branches)
Article 23
The government buildings housing the fire defense headquarters and fire sta‐tions/branches shall be constructed with sufficient earthquake‐resistance as well as the abil‐
ity to withstand flood damage to ensure their proper functioning as bases to implement
emergency disaster response measures at the time of an earthquake and wind and flood dis‐
asters.
2
An emergency power generation system, etc. shall be installed at the fire defense headquar‐ters and fire stations/branches to ensure their proper functioning as bases to implement
emergency disaster response measures at the time of an earthquake and wind and flood dis‐
asters.
3
In preparation for the case where the government buildings of the fire defense headquarters,
and fire stations/branches find it difficult to maintain their functions as bases to implement
emergency disaster response measures because of damage caused to them at the time of anearthquake and wind and flood disasters, the fire defense headquarters shall formulate aplan in advance to secure the said functions using other fire stations/branches and public fa‐
cilities, etc.
(Stockpiling of Disaster Control Equipment and Materials by Prefectural Governments)
Article 24
Prefectural governments shall stockpile or put in place the necessary disaster
control equipment, materials and facilities depending on the actual situation of the area toprevent the spread of wide‐area disasters, such as forest fires and disasters at petroleum in‐
dustrial complexes, etc., or large‐scale disasters and shall loan them in response to requests
made by municipalities to allow their use by municipalities to supplement the fire service
strength of municipalities.

CHAPTER 3 GUIDELINES FOR MANPOWER(Duties of Fire Chief)
Article 25
The fire chief shall undergo training to acquire knowledge and skills concerning
the fire service and shall possess wide‐ranging and excellent insight, etc. so as to strive to
make the fire service strength of the fire defense headquarters under his control fully perform.
(Vocational Abilities of Fire Personnel)
Article 26
Fire personnel shall acquire the ability specified in each of the following items
and improve their professional expertise in correspondence with the category of personnel
indicated in each item by means of undergoing training, etc. so that they can properly per‐form the matters listed in each of the items of Article 3 and shall strive to enhance their voca‐
tional abilities in a comprehensive manner by acquiring the relevant knowledge and skills
through their experience of different types of work.
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(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

Firefighters: Ability to conduct firefighting, etc. at the scene of a disaster in a precise
manner while possessing knowledge and skills concerning defense operations against
such disasters as floods, fires and earthquakes
Prevention personnel: Ability to conduct fire prevention work, etc. in a precise manner
while possessing the knowledge and skills concerning fire inspection (including fire
investigation), fire prevention management, hazardous materials and fire defense
equipment, etc.
Ambulance personnel: Ability to conduct the transportation of injured or ill persons
and other activities in a precise manner while possessing knowledge of emergency
medicine and knowledge as well as skills concerning observation and first aid, etc. forinjured or ill persons
Rescue personnel: Ability to conduct rescue operations and other activities in a precise
manner while possessing knowledge and skills concerning the handling of rescue
equipment and rescue methods, etc. relevant to various disasters(Members of Firefighting Teams)
Article 27
The number of members of a firefighting team on board an automotive fireappliance (excluding those deployed at fire stations/branches in areas which do not fall in
the category of an urban area) shall be five per automotive appliance; provided, however,that the number of members of the said firefighting team may be reduced to four in thecase where the said firefighting team has equipment to communicate information required
for firefighting between the members and the said vehicle has equipment or devices to re‐duce the burden of the work to extend hoses. In the case where a fire suppression effectequivalent to or higher than the fire suppression effect resulting for the independent oper‐
ations of two firefighting teams is achieved through the collaborative operation of two
firefighting teams, the number of members may be reduced to four for either firefighting
team.
2
The number of members of a firefighting team to operate a hand‐operated power pump or
small power pump shall be four per pump.
3
The number of members of a firefighting team on board a ladder truck (excluding those de‐ployed at fire stations/branches in areas which do not fall in the category of an urban area)
shall be five per truck; provided, however, that the number of members of the said fire‐fighting team may be reduced to four in the case where the said vehicle has an automatic
stoppage device to reduce the work to monitor hazards during ladder operation and collab‐
orative activities with another firefighting team or rescue team are planned in advance.
4
The number of members of a firefighting team on board a chemical truck (excluding those de‐ployed at fire stations/branches in areas which do not fall in the category of an urban area)
shall be five per chemical truck; provided, however, that the number of members of the said
firefighting team may be reduced to four in the case where the said firefighting team has
equipment to communicate information required for firefighting between the members andthe said vehicle has equipment or devices to reduce the burden of the work to extend hoses.
5
The number of members of a firefighting team on board a fire truck, etc. other than thoseprescribed in paragraph (1), paragraph (3) and the preceding paragraph [excluding ambu‐
lances, airplanes used for EMS (hereinafter referred to as “EMS airplanes”) among airplanes,
rescue trucks and command cars] shall be that which is deemed to be sufficient to fully per‐form the functions of each vehicle.
6
One of the members of a firefighting team prescribed in paragraph (1) and paragraph (2)shall be a person having the rank of fire sergeant or higher in the case of the fire defense
headquarters and fire station/branch or a person having the rank of crew chief or higher inthe case of a fire corps.
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One of the members of a firefighting team prescribed in paragraph (3) and paragraph (4)shall be a person having the rank of fire sergeant or higher.

(Members of Ambulance Teams)
Article 28
The number of members of an ambulance team on board an ambulance shall bethree per ambulance; provided, however, that the number may be reduced to two per ambu‐
lance in the case where an injured or ill person(s) is transported from one medical institution
to another medical institution accompanied by a doctor, nurse, assistant nurse or emergency
life‐saving technician working for one of these medical facilities.
2
In areas where the number of incidents requiring EMS is especially large, personnel to re‐place the members of the ambulance teams on board ambulances will be secured dependingon the actual situation of the areas.
3
The number of members of an ambulance team on board an EMS airplane shall be two per
EMS aircraft.
4
One of the members of an ambulance team on board an ambulance shall be a person having
the rank of fire sergeant or higher.
5
At least one of the members of an ambulance team on board an ambulance prescribed inparagraph (1) or on board an EMS aircraft prescribed in paragraph (3) shall be an emergency
life‐saving technician.
(Members of Rescue Teams)
Article 29
The number of members of a rescue team on board a rescue truck shall be five
per rescue truck.
2
One of the members of a rescue team on board a rescue truck prescribed in the preceding
paragraph shall be a person having the rank of fire sergeant or higher.
3
A number of rescue personnel who are deemed to be necessary in the light of the actual sit‐uation of an area may be deployed at fire corps in those areas where disasters or accidents
requiring rescue operation frequency occur.
(Members of Command Units)
Article 30
The number of members of a command unit on board a command car shall bethree or more per command car; provided, however, that the number of members on board
a command car shall be four or more for those command cars deployed at fire stations ofwhich the area of jurisdiction covers department stores, underground malls, large‐scale
manufacturing facilities of hazardous materials and other special facilities where the occur‐
rence of a disaster is likely to threaten the lives of many people or create difficulties for fire‐fighting activities.
2
One of the members of a command unit on board a command car prescribed in the preced‐
ing paragraph shall be a person having the rank of fire captain or higher.
(Communication Personnel)
Article 31
Communication personnel shall always be deployed at the fire defense head‐quarters and fire stations.
2
The total number of communication personnel to be deployed at the fire defense headquar‐ters shall be 5 per population of roughly 100,000 as the standard in the case of a municipalityof which the population is 300,000 or less or 15 plus 3 additional communication personnel
per population of roughly 100,000 for a population above 300,000 as the standard in the caseof a municipality of which the population exceeds 300,000 taking the communication andcommand system, functions of the communication facilities and number of emergency re‐ports received, etc. into consideration.
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3

The number of communication personnel who are simultaneously engaged in communica‐tion and command control work among the communication personnel deployed at the fire
defense headquarters shall be two or more; provided, however, that the number of the said
communication personnel may be temporarily reduced in the case of an emergency or otherunavoidable situation.

(Prevention Personnel at the Fire Defense Headquarters and Fire Stations/Branches)
Article 32
The number of prevention personnel at the fire defense headquarters and firestations/branches shall be determined using the sum of the number obtained under each of
the following items as the standard, taking the population of the municipality, area of themunicipality, number and types of facilities handling a small quantity of hazardous materi‐als, number of consents given by the fire chief or station chief in the municipality based on
Article 7 of the Fire Service Act, number of notifications pertaining to the installation of fire
equipment, etc., existence or non‐existence of special disaster prevention areas, such as pe‐troleum industrial complexes and others, and the execution system for affairs concerning
fire prevention into consideration.
(i)
The number obtained by multiplying the number of specified properties under fire
prevention measures (meaning specified properties under fire prevention measuresprescribed in Article 17‐2‐5 paragraph (2) item (iv) of the Act; the same shall apply here‐
inafter) in the municipality by twelve‐seven hundred and thirtieths (12/730)(ii)
The number obtained by multiplying the properties under fire prevention measuresother than the specified properties under fire prevention measures in the municipality
by two‐two thousand and four hundredths (2/2,400)(iii)
The number obtained by multiplying the number of detached houses in the municipali‐ty by three‐twenty two thousandths (3/22,000)(iv)
The number obtained by dividing the sum of the numbers obtained by multiplying thenumber of manufacturing facilities, etc. which correspond to each category of manufac‐
turing facilities, etc. of hazardous materials listed in Appended Table 8 established in
the municipality by the relevant correction coefficient specified in the said table by one
hundred and fifty (150)2
In the case of the preceding paragraph, the number of prevention personnel corresponding
to the number obtained by adding the numbers listed in item (i), item (ii) and item (iv) of thesaid paragraph shall be two or more.
3
One or more qualified fire prevention engineers with the qualifications specified by theCommissioner of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency for persons with advanced
knowledge and skills concerning fire prevention shall be deployed at a desk or an organiza‐tion equivalent to a desk in charge of fire prevention at the fire defense headquarters and firestations to ensure the proper execution of the operations, etc. concerning fire prevention,
taking the types and scale of the properties under fire prevention measures and manufactur‐
ing facilities, etc. of hazardous materials which exist in the areas of jurisdiction of the said
fire defense headquarters and fire stations into consideration.
(Standards for Multiple Job Assignments)
Article 33
In the case where the frequency of fire occurrence when an ambulance has re‐
sponded in the area of jurisdiction of the fire defense headquarters or a fire station/branch atwhich an automotive fire appliance, ladder truck or chemical truck and an ambulance are
deployed is roughly less than once every two years, where the required number of membersof a firefighting team for the swift turning‐out of an automotive fire appliance, ladder truckor chemical truck can be secured by each fire defense headquarters or fire station/branch
concerned even if the said ambulance has already responded and where it is difficult to de‐
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ploy dedicated members of an ambulance team on board the said ambulance, members of
the firefighting team on board the said automotive fire appliance, ladder truck or chemicaltruck may act as members of an ambulance team on board an ambulance.
2
In the case where a fire starts in the area of jurisdiction of an urban fire station/branch atwhich an automotive fire appliance (including a chemical truck which may be considered an
automotive fire appliance pursuant to the provision of Article 10; the same shall apply in therest of this paragraph) and an ambulance are deployed and when the said ambulance has al‐
ready responded, the members of the firefighting team on board the said automotive fireappliance may act as members of an ambulance team on board an ambulance provided that
firefighting operation to prevent the spread of the fire can be conducted without hindrance
by the turning‐out of an automotive fire appliance deployed at a fire station/branch of which
the area of jurisdiction is adjacent to the said fire station/branch (hereinafter referred to as“the neighbouring fire station/branch” in the rest of this paragraph), that there is a systemcapable of constantly monitoring the situation of the turning‐out, etc. of the automotive fireappliance and ambulance of the said fire station/branch by the neighbouring fire sta‐tion/branch and that it is difficult to deploy dedicated members of the ambulance team on
board the said ambulance.
3
Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (1) of the preceding article, the number of pre‐vention personnel within the range of not exceeding the sum of the number obtained bymultiplying the number listed in item (ii) of the said paragraph by 0.5 and the number listed
in item (iii) of the said paragraph may be met by the required number of firefighters as longas the execution of prevention operation is not hindered; provided, however, that this ar‐rangement shall not apply in the case where the number of prevention personnel corre‐
sponding to the number obtained by subtracting the number listed in following item (ii)from the number listed in following item (i) is below two.
(i)
The sum of the numbers listed in item (i), item (ii) and item (iv) of paragraph (1) of thepreceding area(ii)
The number of prevention personnel which is supposed to be met by firefighters ofwhich the number is deemed to correspond to the number within the range of not ex‐
ceeding half of the number specified in paragraph (1) item (ii) of the preceding article
4
In the case of the preceding paragraph, firefighters who satisfy the requirements specified ineach of the following items shall be used to conduct the operation listed in each item.
(i)
On‐site inspection at an apartment house subject to the compulsory installation of fire
defense equipment, etc. (excluding fire extinguishing appliances) pursuant to Article 17of the Act: A qualified fire prevention engineer prescribed in paragraph (3) of the pre‐ceding article(ii)
On‐site inspection of an apartment house other than that listed in the preceding item: A
person who has completed a fire prevention inspection course prescribed in Article 5paragraph (2) item (iii) of the Standards for Education and Training at a Fire Academy(Notification of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency No. 3 of 2003) or a person
who has knowledge and skills equal or superior to those of a person who has complet‐ed the said course(iii)
Fire prevention guidance at an apartment house or a detached house: A person who isdeemed to have the necessary knowledge and skills required to conduct the said op‐
eration(Total Number of Fire Personnel at the Fire Defense Headquarters and Fire Stations/Branches)
Article 34
The total number of fire service personnel working at the fire defense headquar‐ters and fire stations/branches shall be determined using the sum obtained by adding thenumber in each of the following items as the standard, taking the work arrangements, sys‐
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tem for the implementation of operations, number of annual holidays, number of educationand training days and other relevant matters into consideration.
(i)
The number of the necessary members of firefighting teams, ambulance teams, rescue
teams and command units to regularly operate fire trucks, etc. managed by the fire de‐fense headquarters and fire stations/ branches other than stand‐by fire trucks, etc. (how‐ever, in the case where it is specified in advance by the Commissioner of the Fire andDisaster Management Agency that a single firefighting team may board different fire
trucks, etc., taking the size of the fire defense headquarters and the situation of possessionof fire trucks, etc. into consideration, as long as fire suppression operation, etc. is not hin‐dered, the number of members of the said firefighting team shall be the maximum num‐
ber among the number of members of firefighting teams required to operate individual
fire trucks, etc. in the case where these fire trucks, etc. are constantly operated)(ii)
The number of communication personnel prescribed in Article 31(iii)
The number of prevention personnel prescribed in Article 32 paragraph (1)(iv)
The number of fire personnel required to execute the general affairs, etc. (including op‐
erations concerning mutual assistance for fire defense) of the fire defense headquarters
and fire stations/branches2
For calculation of the total number of fire personnel pursuant to the provision of the preceding
paragraph, in the case where members of a firefighting team on board an automotive fire ap‐
pliance, ladder truck or chemical truck also act as members of an ambulance team on board an
ambulance pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the preceding ar‐
ticle, the word “however” in item (i) of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to be re‐placed by the phrase “however, the number of members of a firefighting team who also act asmembers of an ambulance team shall be the number of members of a firefighting team re‐quired to regularly operate an automotive fire appliance, ladder truck or chemical truck to beboarded by members of the said firefighting team”. Similarly, in the case where firefighters act
as prevention personnel pursuant to the provision of paragraph (3) of the preceding article, thephrase “number of prevention personnel” in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph shall bedeemed to be replaced by the phrase “number obtained by subtracting the number of fire‐fighters acting as prevention personnel from the number of prevention personnel”.
(Establishment of Fire Corps)
Article 35
One fire corps shall be established in a single municipality as a core entity of thelocal disaster prevention strength which cannot be substituted in future years; provided,
however, that two or more fire corps may be established in a single municipality if there are
special circumstances, including the merger of municipalities, concerning the history or any
other relevant aspects of the fire corps.
(Operations and Total Number of Personnel of Fire Corps)
Article 36
A fire corps shall be engaged in the operations listed in each of the following
items and the total number of personnel shall be the number required to smoothly executethe said operations in the light of the actual situation of the area.
(i) Operations concerning fire suppression(ii) Operations concerning fire prevention and precautions(iii) Operations concerning rescue(iv) Operations concerning the prevention, precautions and control, etc. of such disas‐
ters as earthquakes and wind and flood disasters as well as evacuation guidance,
etc. for local residents at the time of a disaster(v) Operation concerning measures to protect people, including conveyance of warningand evacuation guidance, etc. for local residents, in such situations as armed attacks
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and others(vi) Operation concerning guidance for, cooperation with, support for and education of
local residents (including voluntary disaster prevention organizations, etc.), etc.
(vii) Operation concerning the handling of general affairs, etc. of the fire corps(viii) Operation specially required in correspondence with the actual situation of the areain addition to that listed under each of the preceding items(Deputy Chief, etc. of Fire Corps)
Article 37
The deputy chief, division chiefs, assistant division chiefs, company chiefs andcrew chiefs may be deployed at a fire corps for the purpose of conducting command activi‐
ties.

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APPENDED TABLE
Appended Table 1 [RE: Article 4 paragraph (1)]Population of Urban Area (Unit: 10,000)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Number of Fire Stations/Branches
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
9

Note: The population of an urban area is determined by rounding to
the nearest 10,000.

18GUIDELINES FOR MAINTENANCE OF FIRE SERVICE STRENGTH (Appended Table)
Appended Table 2 [Re: Article 4 paragraph (1)]Population of Urban Area (Unit: 10,000)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Number of Fire Stations/Branches
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
7
7
7
8
8
8
9
9
9
10
10

Note: The population size of an urban area is determined by rounding
to the nearest 10,000.

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Appended Table 3 [RE: Article 5 paragraph (1)]Population of
Urban Area
(Unit: 10,000)
1

Number of Power Fire Pumps Man‐
aged by the Fire Defense Headquar‐ters and Fire Stations/Branches
Automotive fire appliance: 22Automotive fire appliance: 23Automotive fire appliance: 34Automotive fire appliance: 45Automotive fire appliance: 46Automotive fire appliance: 5

7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Automotive fire appliance: 6
Automotive fire appliance: 6
Automotive fire appliance: 6
Automotive fire appliance: 6
Automotive fire appliance: 7
Automotive fire appliance: 7
Automotive fire appliance: 7
Automotive fire appliance: 7
Automotive fire appliance: 8Automotive fire appliance: 8Automotive fire appliance: 8Automotive fire appliance: 8Automotive fire appliance: 9Automotive fire appliance: 9Automotive fire appliance: 10
Automotive fire appliance: 10
Automotive fire appliance: 10
Automotive fire appliance: 11
Automotive fire appliance: 11
Automotive fire appliance: 12
Automotive fire appliance: 12
Automotive fire appliance: 13
Automotive fire appliance: 13
Automotive fire appliance: 14

Number of Power Fire Pumps Managed
by Fire Corps
Automotive fire appliance: 3
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 1
Automotive fire appliance: 3
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 2
Automotive fire appliance: 2
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 3
Automotive fire appliance: 1
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 4
Automotive fire appliance: 1
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 5
Automotive fire appliance: 1
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 6
Power fire pump: 7
Power fire pump: 7
Power fire pump: 7
Power fire pump: 8
Power fire pump: 9Power fire pump: 10
Power fire pump: 10
Power fire pump: 11
Power fire pump: 11
Power fire pump: 12
Power fire pump: 12
Power fire pump: 13
Power fire pump: 14
Power fire pump: 15
Power fire pump: 15
Power fire pump: 16
Power fire pump: 17
Power fire pump: 17
Power fire pump: 18
Power fire pump: 19
Power fire pump: 20
Power fire pump: 20
Power fire pump: 21
Power fire pump: 21

Notes(1) The population size of an urban area is determined by rounding to the nearest 10,000.
(2) The number of power fire pumps managed by afire corps in the case where the population of anurban area is 70,000 or higher shall be the number which is calculated based on the provision of
Article 5 paragraph (4) as the required number of the said power fire pumps and which satisfies
the number of power fire pumps to be managed by a fire corps as prescribed in this table.

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Appended Table 4 [Re: Article 5 paragraph (1)]Population Sizeof Urban Area
(Unit: 10,000)
1

Number of Power Pumps Managed
by the Fire Defense Headquartersand Fire Stations/Branches
Automotive fire appliance: 22Automotive fire appliance: 23Automotive fire appliance: 34Automotive fire appliance: 45Automotive fire appliance: 46Automotive fire appliance: 5

7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Automotive fire appliance: 6
Automotive fire appliance: 6
Automotive fire appliance: 6
Automotive fire appliance: 7
Automotive fire appliance: 7
Automotive fire appliance: 7
Automotive fire appliance: 8Automotive fire appliance: 8Automotive fire appliance: 8Automotive fire appliance: 9Automotive fire appliance: 9Automotive fire appliance: 10
Automotive fire appliance: 10
Automotive fire appliance: 11
Automotive fire appliance: 11
Automotive fire appliance: 12
Automotive fire appliance: 12
Automotive fire appliance: 13
Automotive fire appliance: 13
Automotive fire appliance: 14
Automotive fire appliance: 14
Automotive fire appliance: 15
Automotive fire appliance: 15
Automotive fire appliance: 16

Number of Power Fire Pumps Managed
by Volunteer Fire Corps
Automotive fire appliance: 3
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 2
Automotive fire appliance: 3
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 3
Automotive fire appliance: 2
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 4
Automotive fire appliance: 1
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 5
Automotive fire appliance: 1
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 6
Automotive fire appliance: 1
Hand‐operated power pump or small power pump: 7
Power fire pump: 8
Power fire pump: 8
Power fire pump: 9Power fire pump: 9Power fire pump: 10
Power fire pump: 11
Power fire pump: 12
Power fire pump: 12
Power fire pump: 13
Power fire pump: 13
Power fire pump: 14
Power fire pump: 15
Power fire pump: 16
Power fire pump: 17
Power fire pump: 18
Power fire pump: 18
Power fire pump: 19
Power fire pump: 20
Power fire pump: 21
Power fire pump: 22
Power fire pump: 23
Power fire pump: 23
Power fire pump: 24
Power fire pump: 25

Notes(1) The population size of an urban area is determined by rounding to the nearest 10,000.
(2) The number of power fire pumps managed by afire corps in the case where the popula‐tion of an urban area is 70,000 or higher shall be the number which is calculated based on
the provision of Article 5 paragraph (4) as the required number of the said power firepumps and which satisfies the number of power fire pumps to be managed by a fire
corps as prescribed in this table.

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Appended Table 5 [Re: Article 5 paragraph (2)]Population of
Sub‐Urban Area
(Unit: 10,000)
1
2
3
4
5
6

Number of Power Pumps Managed
by the Fire Defense Headquartersand Fire Stations/Branches
Automotive fire appliance: 1
Automotive fire appliance: 1
Automotive fire appliance: 2
Automotive fire appliance: 3
Automotive fire appliance: 3
Automotive fire appliance: 4

Number of Power Fire Pumps Managed
by Volunteer Fire Corps
Power fire pump: 1
Power fire pump: 2
Power fire pump: 3
Power fire pump: 4
Power fire pump: 5
Power fire pump: 6

Notes(1) The population of a sub‐urban area is determined by rounding to the nearest 10,000.
(2) The number of power fire pumps managed by afire corps shall be the number which is
calculated based on the provision of Article 5 paragraph (4) as the required number of thesaid power fire pumps and which satisfies the number of power fire pumps to be man‐aged by a fire corps as prescribed in this table.
Appended Table 6 [Re: Article 5 paragraph (3)]Population of Quasi‐Urban Area
(Unit: person)
1,000 or more but less than 3,000
3,000 or more but less than 5,000
5,000 or more but less than 10,000

Number of Power Fire Pumps to be Deployedin Quasi‐Urban Area
Power fire pump: 4
Power fire pump: 6
Power fire pump: 8

Note: The number of power fire pumps to be deployed in a quasi‐urban area shall be the num‐
ber which is calculated based on the provision of Article 5 paragraph (4) as the required
number of the said power fire pumps and which satisfies the number of power fire pumps
to be deployed in a quasi‐urban area as prescribed in this table.
Appended Table 7 [Re: Article 8 paragraph (1) item (i)]Five Types of Subject Facilities Related to Category IV Hazardous Materials
Manufacturing facilities
Indoor storage facilities
Outdoor storage tank facilities,
Outdoor storage facilities
General handling facilities

Correction Coefficient
5
0.1
1
0.1
1.5

Appended Table 8 [Re: Article 32 paragraph (1) item (iv)]
Category of Manufacturing Facilities, etc. of Hazardous Materials
Manufacturing facilities, etc. for which prevention rules must be established (ex‐cluding filling stations)
Manufacturing facilities, indoor storage facilities, outdoor storage tank facilities,
outdoor storage facilities and general handling facilities (excluding manufacturing
facilities, etc. for which prevention rules must be established)
Underground storage tank facilities and filling stations
Indoor storage tank facilities, simple storage tank facilities, mobile storage tank facil‐
ities and sales stations

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Correction Coefficient
1.8
1.0

0.9
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