CABINET ORDERFOR
ENFORCEMENT OF THE FIRE SERVICE ACT(Cabinet Order No. 37, March25, 1961)
LATEST REVISIONS: By Cabinet Order No. 68, March 6, 2015
(Un‐enforced Cabinet Order as of the Latest Revision)
Cabinet Order No. 333, October 16, 2014 (Some Parts not Enforced)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

FIRE PREVENTION (Article 1 ~ 5‐9) .....................................................................5

CHAPTER 2
FIRE DEFENSE EQUIPMENT, ETC. ...................................................................19
Part 1 Designation of Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures (Article 6) .....................19
Part 2

Types (Article 7) ...........................................................................................................19

Part 3

Technical Standards for Installation and Maintenance ...............................................20
Section 1

General Rules (Articles 8 ~ 9‐2) ..............................................................20

Section 2

Standards for Fire Extinguishing Systems (Articles 10 ~ 20).................20

Section 3

Standards for Alarm Systems (Articles 21 ~ 24) .....................................36

Section 4

Standards for Fire Escape Systems (Articles 25 and 26) .........................42

Section 5

Standards for Water Supply Sources for Fire Defense (Article 27) ..............45

Section 6

Standards for Facilities Necessary
for Fire Extinguishing Activities (Articles 28 ~ 29‐3) ............................46

Section 7

Standards for Equipment, etc. Used for Fire Defense Which
Have the Required Fire Prevention and Safety Performance(Article 29‐4) ...........................................................................................49

Section 8

Miscellaneous Provisions (Articles 30 ~ 33‐2) .......................................49

Part 4

Fire Defense Equipment, etc. and Scope of Extension, etc. Not Exempt
from the Application (Articles 34 ~ 34‐4) ....................................................................51

Part 5Inspection and Checking of Fire Defense Equipment, etc. (Articles 35 and 36) ..........52

CHAPTER 3

FIRE DEFENSE EQUIPMENT OFFICER (Articles 36‐2 ~ 36‐8) .......................54

CHAPTER 4

INSPECTION OF MACHINES OR TOOLS, ETC.
USED FOR FIRE DEFENSE (Articles 37 ~ 41) ....................................................56

CHAPTER 4‐2 REGISTERED INSPECTION BODY (Articles 41‐2 and 41‐3) ..........................59
CHAPTER 5

AMBULANCE SERVICES (Articles 42 ~ 44‐2) ...................................................60

CHAPTER 6MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (Articles 45 ~ 50) .........................................61

Supplementary Provisions ................................................................................................................ 64
Appended Table 1 ...............................................................................................................................88
Appended Table 2 ...............................................................................................................................91
Appended Table 3 ...............................................................................................................................92

Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 1~1‐2)

CHAPTER 1 FIRE PREVENTION(Residences Requiring the Consent of the Fire Chief, etc.)
Article 1
A residence to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in the proviso of Article 7
paragraph (1) of the Fire Service Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) shall be a detachedresidence of which the total floor area of those parts not used for the purpose of residence is
one‐half or more of the gross area of the said residence or exceeds fifty square meters (50 m2).
(Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures, etc. for Which a Fire Prevention Manager Must
be Appointed)
Article 1‐2Large‐scale retail stores to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 8paragraph (1) of the Act shall be retail stores with a gross area of one thousand square me‐ters (1,000 m2) or more but shall exclude department stores.
(2) Two or more intended purposes to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 8 para‐graph (1) of the Act shall be those two or more intended purposes in the case where the said
two or more different intended purposes include an intended purpose of a property underfire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (15) of Appended Table 1 of this Or‐
der. In this case, when part of a property under fire prevention measures serving an intend‐
ed purpose included in these intended purposes is deemed to constitute a subordinate partof a property under fire prevention measures serving another intended purpose due to situ‐
ations such as the title to manage and form of usage, the said intended purpose shall bedeemed to be included in the said other intended purpose.
(3) The properties under fire prevention measures to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in
Article 8 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be those properties under fire prevention measureslisted in the following.
(i)Those properties under fire prevention measures listed in the following among proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1 [excluding those listed
in row (16‐3) and row (18) through row (20) of the said table; the same shall apply inthe next article](a) Properties under fire prevention measures where the number of people with access,working or residing (hereinafter referred to as “the capacity”) is ten (10) or more amongproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b), row (16)‐(a) and row(16‐2) of Appended Table 1 [in the case of properties listed in row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2), limited to those which possess a part(s) serving the intended purpose of properties
under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of the said table](b) Properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a),row (6)‐(a), (c) and (d), row (9)‐(a), row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) of Appended Table 1 [inthe case of properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) of the said table, excluding those which have a part(s) serving the intended purposeof properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of the said table] of
which the capacity is 30 persons or more.
(c) Properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(b), row (7), row (8), row(9)‐(b), row (10) through row (15), row (16)‐(b) and row (17) of Appended Table 1 ofwhich the capacity is 50 persons or more.
(ii)
Among new buildings under construction which are listed under any of the sub‐items
below and of which the capacity is 50 persons or more, those to be specified by an ordi‐
nance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(a) A building of which the number of floors excluding the basement floor(s) is 11 or more
and of which the gross area is ten thousand square meters (10,000 m2) or more

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 1‐2~3)(b) A building of which the gross area is fifty thousand square meters (50,000 m2) or more(c) A building of which the total floor area of the basement floor(s) is five thousand square
meters (5,000 m2) or more(iii)
Among new passenger ships under construction [meaning passenger ships prescribedin Article 8 of the Ship Safety Act (Act No. 11 of 1933)] of which the capacity is fifty (50)persons or more and of which the number of decks is eleven (11) or more, those to be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(4) The method to calculate the capacity shall be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications.
(Two or More Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures on the Same Site)
Article 2
When two or more properties under fire prevention measures which are listed inAppended Table 1 and for which a single person holds the title to manage exist on the same
site, these properties under fire prevention measures shall be deemed to constitute a single
property under fire prevention measures with regard to the application of the provision of
Article 8 paragraph (1) of the Act.
(Qualifications of Fire Prevention Manager)
Article 3
A person with the qualifications to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in
Article 8 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be a person who is specified in one of the following
items according to the type of property under fire prevention measures listed in the corre‐
sponding item and who holds a managerial or supervisory post capable of properly con‐ducting the necessary work for fire prevention management at the said property under fire
prevention measures.
(i)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of Article 1‐2 paragraph(3) (in the case of properties under fire prevention measures listed in item (i)‐(b) anditem (i)‐(c) of the said paragraph, excluding those listed in the following item) (herein‐
after referred to as “Class A properties under fire prevention measures” in this article):a person who falls under any of the following(a) A person who has successfully completed training sessions on the fire prevention man‐agement of Class A properties under fire prevention measures [referred to as “Class A fire
prevention management training sessions” in paragraph (4)] organized by a prefectural
governor, fire chief of a municipality with a fire defense headquarters and a fire station(s)or a juridical person registered by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications as
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(b) A person who has graduated from a university or a college of technology set forth by
the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) by completing a major or a program indisaster prevention designated by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
and has one or more years practical experience of fire prevention management(c) Fire personnel of a municipality who has held a managerial or supervisory post for one
year or more(d) A person who is equivalent to any of those persons listed in each of sub‐items (a)through (c) above and is deemed to have the knowledge and experience necessary for afire prevention manager as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications(ii)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed in Article 1‐2, paragraph 3, item (i)‐(b)and item (i)‐(c) with a gross area of less than three hundred square meters (300 m2) for
those listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6)‐(a), (c) and (d), row (16)‐(a)and row (16‐2) in Appended Table 1 or less than five hundred square meters (500 m2)
for other properties under fire prevention measures (referred to as “Class B properties
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 3~3‐2)
under fire prevention measures” in this item): a person who falls under any of the fol‐lowing(a) A person who has successfully completed training sessions on the fire prevention man‐agement of Class B properties under fire prevention measures [referred to as “Class B
fire prevention management training sessions” in paragraph (4)] organized by a prefec‐
tural governor, fire chief of a municipality with a fire defense headquarters and a firestation(s) or a juridical person registered by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications(b) A person who falls under any of (a) through (d) of the preceding item
(2) For the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph when a person holding thetitle for an apartment house or any other property under fire prevention measures to be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications appoints afire prevention manager for the said property under fire prevention measures for which afire chief (or the mayor of a municipality which has no fire defense headquarters; the same
shall apply hereinafter) or fire station chief finds that no person in a managerial or supervi‐
sory post can properly conduct the necessary fire prevention management operations due toreasons such as their being stationed in a distant place, the phrase “(a person) who holds amanagerial or supervisory post capable of properly conducting the necessary work for fire
prevention management” in the said paragraph shall be deemed to be replaced by “(a per‐son) who satisfies all requirements to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications as a person who has the necessary authority and knowledge toproperly conduct the necessary operations for fire prevention management”.
(3) For the application of the provisions of paragraph (1) in the case where a person holding thetitle to manage a Class A property under fire prevention measures which is subject to man‐agement under separate titles appoints a fire prevention manager for part of the said proper‐ty under fire prevention management covered by his/her title and to be specified by an ordi‐
nance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (including the case wheresuch application is made by replacing the relevant phrase pursuant to the provision of thepreceding paragraph), the persons with the qualifications to be specified by a cabinet orderset forth in Article 8 paragraph (1) of the Act may include those under paragraph (1) item(ii)‐(a) above in addition to those listed in paragraph (1) item (i) above.
(4) The necessary matters for the implementation of Class A fire prevention management train‐
ing sessions and Class B fire prevention management training sessions shall be specified byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(Obligations of Fire Prevention Manager)
Article 3‐2
A fire prevention manager shall prepare a fire defense plan pertaining to fire
prevention management for the property under fire prevention measures in question andshall notify the competent fire chief or fire station chief to that effect as specified by an ordi‐
nance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(2) A fire prevention manager shall perform the operations necessary for fire prevention man‐agement, including the implementation of fire drills on fire extinguishing, fire reporting andevacuation, inspection and improvement of the equipment used for fire defense, water sup‐ply sources for fire defense and facilities necessary for fire extinguishing activities, supervi‐
sion of the use or handling of fire, maintenance of the structures and equipment required forevacuation or fire prevention and control of persons to be admitted, according to the said
fire defense plan.
(3) When a fire prevention manager conducts the necessary work for fire prevention manage‐
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 3‐2~4)
son who holds the title to manage the property under fire prevention measures in question
as required.
(4) When a fire prevention manager supervises the checking and maintenance of equipmentused for fire defense, water supply sources for fire defense or other facilities necessary forfire extinguishing activities or the use or handling of fire, he/she shall give the necessary in‐structions to persons engaged in the fire prevention management operations such as the fire
prevention controllers.
(Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures for Which a Fire Prevention Management Super‐visor Must be Appointed)
Article 3‐3
The properties under fire prevention measures to be specified by a cabinet orderreferred to in Article 8‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be those listed in the following.
(i)Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) and row(16)‐(a) in Appended Table 1 [in the case of properties under fire prevention measureslisted in row (16)‐(a) of the said table, limited to those where a part serving the intended
purpose of a property under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) exists], thosewith three or more floors excluding the basement floor(s) and with the capacity of ten(10) persons or more(ii)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4),row (5)‐(a), row (6)‐(a), (c) and (d), row (9)‐(a) and row (16)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 [inthe case of properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) of the said
table, excludes those where a part serving the intended purpose of a property underfire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of the said table exists], those with three(3) or more floors excluding the basement floor(s) and with the capacity of thirty (30)persons or more(iii)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(b) of Append‐
ed Table 1, those with five (5) or more floors excluding the basement floor(s) and withthe capacity of the property of fifty (50) persons or more(iv)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐3) of Appended Table 1(Qualification of Fire Prevention Management Supervisor)
Article 4
A person with the qualifications to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in
Article 8‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be a person who is specified in one of the following
items according to the type of property under fire prevention measures listed in the corre‐
sponding item and who meets all of the requirements to be specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as a person who has the necessary authori‐ty and knowledge to properly conduct the necessary work for fire prevention management.
(i)
Properties under the fire prevention measures listed below: a person specified in Article
3 paragraph (1) item (i)(a) High rise buildings prescribed in Article 8‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act (excluding thoselisted in sub‐item (a) of the following item)(b) Properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of the preceding article(excluding those listed in sub‐items (b), (c) and (d) of the following item)(c) Underground malls prescribed in Article 8‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act (excluding thoselisted in sub‐item (e) of the following item)(ii)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed below: a person specified in Article 3
paragraph (1) item (ii)(a) Among the high rise buildings prescribed in Article 8‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act, thoselisted below(i)Properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a),8Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 4~4‐2‐2)
row (6)‐(a), (c) and (d), row (9)‐(a) and row (16)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 (in the case of
the properties listed in row (16)‐(a), excluding those which have a part(s) serving the in‐tended purpose of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of
the said table) of which the gross area is less than three hundred square meters (300 m2)(ii)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(b), row (7), row (8), row(9)‐(b), row (1) through row (15), row (16)‐(b) and row (17) of Appended Table 1 ofwhich the gross area is less than five hundred square meters (500 m2)(b) Properties under fire prevention measures listed in item (ii) of the preceding article ofwhich the gross area is less than three hundred square meters (300 m2)(c) Properties under fire prevention measures listed in item (iii) of the preceding article ofwhich the gross area is less than five hundred square meters (500 m2)(d) Properties under fire prevention measures listed in item (iv) of the preceding article(excluding those which have a part(s) serving the purpose of any property under thefire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of Appended Table 1) of which the grossarea is less than three hundred square meters (300 m2)(e) Underground malls prescribed in Article 8‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act (excluding thosewhich have a part(s) serving the purpose of any property under the fire prevention
measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of Appended Table 1) of which the gross area is less than
three hundred square meters (300 m2)(Obligations of Fire Prevention Management Supervisor)
Article 4‐2
A fire prevention management supervisor shall prepare a fire defense plan per‐taining to the entire property under fire prevention measures in question and shall notify thecompetent fire chief or fire station chief as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Inter‐
nal Affairs and Communications.
(2) A fire prevention management supervisor shall conduct the operations necessary for fire
prevention management, including the implementation of fire drills on fire extinguishing,fire reporting and evacuation and management of the facilities required for evacuation, suchas corridors, staircases, escape exits and others of the said property under fire prevention
measures, according to the fire defense plan set forth in the preceding paragraph.
(3) When a fire prevention management supervisor conducts the operations necessary for thefire prevention management of the entire property under fire prevention measures in ques‐tion, he/she shall sincerely conduct such operations while requesting instructions from theperson holding the title to manage the said property under fire prevention measures as re‐quired.
(Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures Requiring Checking of the Matters, etc. Necessary
for Fire Prevention)
Article 4‐2‐2
The properties under fire prevention measures to be specified by a cabinet orderset forth in Article 8‐2‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be those listed in the following among
the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a),row (6), row (9)‐(a), row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) of Appended Table 1.
(i)Those with the capacity of three hundred (300) persons or more(ii)
In addition to what is listed in the preceding item, properties under fire prevention
measures where a part serving the intended purpose of any property under fire preven‐tion measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) or row (9)‐(a) of
Appended Table 1 exists on a floor [excluding the first floor and second floor; in thecase where there is a part compartmented by walls without effective openings for evac‐
uation to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Commu‐
nications, a floor here means the said compartmented part; hereinafter referred to as “a9Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 4‐2‐2~4‐2‐4)
floor other than an evacuation floor” in the rest of this item, Article 21 paragraph (1)item (vii), Article 35 paragraph (1) item (iv) and Article 36 paragraph (2) item (iii)] otherthan an evacuation floor [meaning an evacuation floor prescribed in Article 13 item (i)of the Order for Enforcement of the Building Standards Act (Cabinet Order No. 338 of
1950) the same shall apply hereinafter] and where the number of staircases (including
ramps prescribed in Article 26 of the Order for Enforcement of the Building Standards
Act; the same shall apply hereinafter) directly leading to an evacuation floor or groundlevel from a floor other than the said evacuation floor is not more than two (2) [one (1)in the case where the said staircase is located outdoors or in the case where an effective
structure for evacuation to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Af‐
fairs and Communications exists](Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures Requiring Management of Facilities, etc. Neces‐sary for Evacuation)
Article 4‐2‐3
The properties under fire prevention measures to be specified by a cabinet orderset forth in Article 8‐2‐4 of the Act shall be the properties under fire prevention measures listed
in Appended Table 1 [excluding those listed in row (18) through row (20) of the said table].
(Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures Requiring Establishment of a Fire Defense Or‐
ganization for Self‐Protection)
Article 4‐2‐4The properties under fire prevention measures to be specified by a cabinet orderset forth in Article 8‐2‐5 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be the properties under fire preven‐tion measures listed in the following among the properties under fire prevention measuresreferred to in Article 8 paragraph (1) of the Act.
(i)
Those falling under one of the following among the properties under fire prevention
measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) through row (12), row(13)‐(a), row (15) and row (17) of Appended Table 1 (hereinafter referred to as “subject
properties under fire prevention measures for the establishment of a fire defense organ‐
ization for self‐protection”)(a) Properties under fire prevention measures of which the number of floors excluding thebasement floor(s) is eleven (11) or more with a gross area of ten thousand square meters(10,000 m2) or more(b) Properties under fire prevention measures of which the number of floors excluding thebasement floor(s) is five (5) or more but ten (10) or less with a gross area of twenty
thousand square meters (20,000 m2) or more(c) Properties under fire prevention measures of which the number of floors excluding thebasement floor(s) is four (4) or less with a gross area of fifty thousand square meters(50,000 m2) or more(ii)
Those falling under one of the following among the properties under fire prevention
measures listed in row (16) of Appended Table 1 (limited to those where a part serving
the intended purpose of a subject property under fire prevention measures for the es‐tablishment of a fire defense organization for self‐protection exists)(a) Properties under fire prevention measures of which the number of floors excluding thebasement floor(s) is eleven (11) or more and which are listed in the following
1. Property under fire prevention measures where all or some of the parts serving theintended purpose of a subject property under fire prevention measures for the es‐tablishment of a fire defense organization for self‐protection are located on theeleventh (11th) or a higher floor with a total floor area of the said parts of ten thou‐sand square meters (10,000 m2) or more
2. Property under fire prevention measures where all parts serving the intended
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purpose of a subject property under fire prevention measures for the establish‐
ment of a fire defense organization for self‐protection are located on the tenth (10th)or lower floors and where all or some of the said parts are located on the fifth (5th)floor or higher but not higher than the tenth (10th) floor with a total floor area ofthe said parts of twenty thousand square meters (20,000 m2) or more
3. Property under fire prevention measures where all of the parts serving the intend‐
ed purpose of a subject property under fire prevention measures for the establish‐
ment of a fire defense organization for self‐protection are located on the fourth (4th)and lower floors with a total floor area of the said parts of fifty thousand square
meters (50,000 m2) or more(b) Properties under fire prevention measures of which the number of floors excluding thebasement floor(s) is five (5) or more but ten (10) or less and which are listed in the fol‐lowing1. Property under fire prevention measures where all or some of the parts serving theintended purpose of a subject property under fire prevention measures for the es‐tablishment of a fire defense organization for self‐protection are located on thefifth (5th) and higher floors with a total floor area of the said parts of twenty thou‐sand square meters (20,000 m2) or more
2. Property under fire prevention measures where all parts serving the intended
purpose of a subject property for the establishment of a fire defense organization
for self‐protection are located on the fourth (4th) and lower floors with a total floorarea of the said parts of fifty thousand square meters (50,000 m2) or more(c) Properties under fire prevention measures of which the number of floors excluding thebasement floor(s) is four (4) or less and of which the total floor area of parts serving theintended purpose of a subject property under fire prevention measures for the estab‐lishment of a fire defense organization for self‐protection is fifty thousand square me‐ters (50,000 m2) or more(iii)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) of Appended Table 1 andof which the gross area is one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more
(Person Required to Set Up a Fire Defense Organization for Self‐Protection)
Article 4‐2‐5
A fire defense organization for self‐protection set forth in Article 8‐2‐5 paragraph(1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “a fire defense organization for self‐protection”)
shall be set up for a property under fire prevention measures referred to in the preceding ar‐
ticle by a person who holds the title to manage the said property under fire prevention
measures (in the case of a property under fire prevention measures listed in item (ii) of thesaid article, limited to a person who holds the title to manage a part serving the intended
purpose of a subject property for the establishment of a fire defense organization for self‐
protection).
(2) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when more than one person hold the said
title, they shall jointly set up a fire defense organization for self‐protection.
(Specification of Operations of a Fire Defense Organization for Self‐Protection in the Fire De‐
fense Plan)
Article 4‐2‐6
A person holding the title referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding article
shall make the fire prevention manager appointed by him/her specify, as specified by an or‐
dinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, matters concerning the op‐
erations of a fire defense organization for self‐protection in a fire defense plan pertaining tofire prevention management.

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 4‐2‐7~4‐3)(Operations of a Fire Defense Organization for Self‐Protection)
Article 4‐2‐7
A fire defense organization for self‐protection shall conduct necessary operations
such as fire extinguishing activities during the early stages of a fire, reporting to the fire de‐partment and escorting those in a building for their evacuation, which are necessary to reducethe damage caused by a fire, in accordance with the provision for matters concerning the op‐
erations of a fire defense organization for self‐protection set forth in the preceding article.
(Standards Concerning Staff of a Fire Defense Organization for Self‐Protection)
Article 4‐2‐8
A fire defense organization for self‐protection shall have a supervisor and anumber of staff members as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications or more for each type of operation of a fire defense organization for self‐
protection as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communica‐
tions.
(2) The supervisor shall supervise the fire defense organization for self‐protection.
(3) The supervisor shall be someone who falls under one of the following items.
(i)A person who has successfully completed training sessions on the operations of a fire
defense organization for self‐protection organized by a prefectural governor, fire chiefof a municipality with a fire defense headquarters and a fire station(s) or a juridical per‐son registered by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications as specified byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(ii)
A person who is equivalent to a person listed in the preceding item and who is deemed
to have the knowledge and experience necessary for a supervisor as specified by an or‐
dinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(4) The necessary matters concerning the implementation of the training sessions prescribed initem (i) of the preceding paragraph shall be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of In‐
ternal Affairs and Communications.
(Designation, etc. of Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures for Which Flame Retardancy
is Required)
Article 4‐3
The properties under fire prevention measures to be specified by a cabinet orderset forth in Article 8‐3 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be those properties under fire preven‐tion measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6), row (9)‐(a), row (12)‐(b)and row (16‐3) of Appended Table 1 (referred to as “properties under fire prevention
measures for which flame retardancy is required” in the following paragraph) and struc‐tures such as buildings under construction (excluding those to be specified by an ordinanceof the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications).
(2) The parts of properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16) of Appended Table
1 serving an intended purpose which falls under any of the intended purposes of properties
under fire prevention measures for which flame retardancy is required set forth in the pre‐ceding paragraph shall be deemed to constitute a single property under fire prevention
measures for which flame retardancy is required serving the said intended purpose for theapplication of the provision of the preceding paragraph.
(3) The goods to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 8‐3 paragraph (1) of the Act
shall be curtains, cloth blinds, blackout curtains, rugs, etc. (carpets such as rugs and mosen(felt carpets) to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Commu‐
nications; the same shall apply in the following paragraph), plywood used for display, drop
curtains and other similar curtains used on stage, plywood used for large props on stage andconstruction sheets.
(4) The standards for flame retardancy to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 8‐3paragraph (1) of the Act shall be those specified in each of the following items for goods
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which have the nature of melting in contact with a flame (excluding rugs, etc.), those speci‐
fied in item (i) and item (iv) for rugs, etc. and those specified in item (i) through item (iii) for
other goods.
(i)
The after‐flame time (meaning the length of time elapsed from the removal of the burn‐er after catching fire to the end of the state of burning with flames) of any goods shallbe within the time to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications within the range of not exceeding twenty (20) seconds.
(ii)
The after‐ember time (meaning the length of time elapsed from the removal of the burner
after catching fire to the end of the state of burning without flames) of any goods shall bewithin the time to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications within the range of not exceeding thirty (30) seconds.
(iii)
The carbonised area (meaning the area carbonised during the period from catching fireto the end of the state of burning) of any goods shall be the area to be specified by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications within the range of
not exceeding fifty square centimeters (50 cm2).
(iv)
The maximum value of the carbonised length (meaning the length carbonised during
the period from catching fire to the end of the state of burning) of any goods shall be
the length to be specified by an order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations within the range of not exceeding twenty centimeters (20 cm).
(v)
The number of contacts with a flame (meaning the number of contacts with a flame re‐quired for complete melting) of any goods shall be equal to or more than the number tobe specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ofwhich the minimum shall be three (3) times.
(5) The technical standards for measurement of the flame retardancy prescribed in the preced‐
ing paragraph shall be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications.
Article 4‐4
The acts to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 8‐3 paragraph (3) ofthe Act shall be the Act on Standardization and Proper Quality Labeling of Agricultural andForestry Products (Act No. 175 of 1950) and the Household Goods Quality Labeling Act (ActNo. 104 of 1962).
(Standards for Municipal Ordinances Concerning the Position, Structure and Management ofSpecified Fire‐Risk Equipment, etc.)
Article 5
The standards for enactment of municipal ordinance pursuant to the provisionof Article 9 of the Act pertaining to matters necessary for the prevention of fire concerning
the position, structure and management of equipment which uses fire or equipment which
may pose a fire risk when used to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications (hereinafter referred to as “specified fire‐risk equipment, etc.”
in the rest of this article and Article 5‐4) (hereinafter referred to as “ the municipal ordinanceenactment standards” in this Article through Article 5‐5) shall be those in the following.
(i)Specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. shall be installed in those positions which maintain asafe distance for the fire prevention purpose to be specified by an ordinance of the Min‐
istry of Internal Affairs and Communications for each type of specified fire‐risk equip‐
ment, etc. from any structure such as building firmly anchored to the land (referred toas “the building, etc.” in paragraph (1) item (i) of the following article) and also fromcombustible goods except in the case prescribed otherwise by an ordinance of the Min‐
istry of Internal Affairs and Communications for the reason of not constituting a hin‐drance to fire prevention.
(ii)
Specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. shall be installed in those positions where there is no13

Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 5)risk of combustible goods falling to or contacting with combustible goods as well as norisk of combustible vapour or gas being generated or remaining.
(iii)
In the case where specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. are installed indoors, they shall be
installed on an incombustible floor, etc. to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministryof Internal Affairs and Communications except in a case prescribed otherwise by an or‐
dinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for the reason of notconstituting a hindrance to fire prevention.
(iv)
In the case where specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. of which the calorific consumption
exceeds the level to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications are installed indoors, they shall be installed in those rooms where
measures to prevent the spread of fire to the outside are employed except in a case pre‐scribed otherwise by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communica‐
tions for the reason of not constituting a hindrance to fire prevention.
(v)
Each type of specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. shall have a structure whereby effective
fire prevention measures, including a construction using incombustible materials, areemployed as to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications for parts prone to the occurrence of fire when in use.
(vi)
Each type of specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. shall have a structure whereby effective
fire prevention measures are employed as to be specified by an ordinance of the Minis‐try of Internal Affairs and Communications to reduce the risk of the occurrence of firein the surrounding area.
(vii)
Each type of specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. shall have a structure which shall noteasily tumble, fall, break or crack or where the connections of wiring and piping, etc.
shall not easily loosen due to vibration or shock as to be specified by an ordinance ofthe Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(viii) The fuel tanks and piping of specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. shall have a structure
whereby measures are employed to prevent fuel leakage and to remove foreign mattersas to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communica‐
tions.
(ix)
Each type of specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. shall have a structure whereby measuresare employed to prevent the entry of dust, rainwater and others which may hinder thefunctions of the said specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. to such areas as ducts and fueltanks, etc. as to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications.
(x)Each type of specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. shall have a device which is necessary toensure safety in the case of abnormalities, including an excessive rise of the temperature
or vapour pressure inside, taking place during the use of the said specified fire‐risk
equipment, etc. as to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications.
(xi)
Specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. shall be properly managed, including the necessary
checking and maintenance as well as conscious efforts to ensure the tidiness and clean‐liness of the surrounding area.
(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the municipal ordinance en‐actment standards pertaining to matters necessary for fire prevention concerning the posi‐tion, structure and management of specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. shall be specified by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for each type of specified
fire‐risk equipment, etc.
(3) For specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. other than equipment using fire for which applicationof the municipal ordinance enactment standards specified in paragraph (1) is deemed to beinappropriate in view of such aspects as its function and structure., exceptions to the said
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municipal ordinance enactment standards can be specified by an ordinance of the Ministryof Internal Affairs and Communications for each type of the said specified fire‐risk equip‐
ment, etc.
(Standards for Municipal Ordinances Concerning the Handling of Specified Fire‐Risk Appli‐
ances, etc.)
Article 5‐2
The municipal ordinance enactment standards pertaining to matters necessary
for the prevention of fire concerning the handling of appliances which use fire or appliances
which may pose a fire risk when used as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Inter‐
nal Affairs and Communications (hereinafter referred to as “specified fire‐risk appliances,etc.” in the rest of this article and Article 5‐4) shall be those in the following.
(i)Specified fire‐risk appliances, etc. shall maintain a safe distance for the fire prevention
purpose to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications for each type of specified fire‐risk appliance, etc. and each type of fuel tobe used from the building, etc. as well as combustible goods except in a case prescribedotherwise by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications forthe reason of not constituting a hindrance to fire prevention.
(ii)
Specified fire‐risk appliances, etc. shall be used at those places where there is no risk ofeasy fall of combustible goods or contact with combustible goods due to vibration or
shock as well as no risk of generation or remaining of combustible vapour or gas.
(iii)
Specified fire‐risk appliances, etc. shall be used in a condition where there is no risk of
their easy tumbling or falling due to vibration or shock.
(iv)
In the case where specified fire‐risk appliances, etc. are used indoors, they shall be usedon an incombustible floor, table or other to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministryof Internal Affairs and Communications.
(v)
Specified fire‐risk appliances, etc. shall be properly managed, including conscious ef‐
forts to ensure the tidiness and cleanliness of the surrounding area.
(vi)
In the case where specified fire‐risk appliances, etc. are used for such events as festivals,
street fairs, firework displays and exhibitions where many people gather, the said ap‐
pliances, etc. shall be used with fire extinguishers being prepared.
(2) In addition to what is specified in the preceding paragraph, the municipal ordinance enact‐
ment standards pertaining to matters necessary for fire prevention concerning the handlingof specified fire‐risk appliances, etc. shall be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of In‐
ternal Affairs and Communications for each type of specified fire‐risk appliance, etc. andeach type of fuel to be used.
(3) For those specified fire‐risk appliances, etc. other than appliances using fire for which theapplication of the municipal ordinance enactment standards specified in paragraph (1) isdeemed to be inappropriate because of their function or structure, etc., exceptions to the said
municipal ordinance enactment standards can be specified by an ordinance of the Ministryof Internal Affairs and Communications for each type of the said specified fire‐risk appliance,
etc. and each type of fuel to be used.
(Standards for Municipal Ordinances Concerning Other Matters Necessary for Fire Prevention)
Article 5‐3
In addition to what is specified in accordance with the municipal ordinance en‐actment standards set forth in the two preceding articles or any ordinance of the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications pursuant to the provision of the said articles, the pro‐visions of municipal ordinances pursuant to Article 9 of the Act shall be clearly reasonablefrom the viewpoint of contributing to prevention of fire.

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 5‐4~5‐7)(Standards for Municipal Ordinances Concerning Exemption from Application of the Provi‐sions of Municipal Ordinances Pertaining to Specified Fire‐Risk Equipment, etc.)
Article 5‐4
A municipal ordinance to be enacted pursuant to the provision of Article 9 of the
Act shall include a provision concerning the exemption of specified fire‐risk equipment, etc.
or specified fire‐risk appliances, etc. from the application of the provisions of the said munic‐
ipal ordinance when either a fire chief or fire station chief considers that the level of safety
equivalent to or higher than the case based on the provisions of a municipal ordinance en‐acted in accordance with the municipal ordinance enactment standards set forth in Article 5
or Article 5‐2 or an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications pur‐suant to the provisions of Article 5 or Article 5‐2 can be achieved by the use of an unexpected
special equipment or appliance or that the said specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. does notconstitute a hindrance to fire prevention based on judgment on the position, structure andmanagement of the said specified fire‐risk equipment, etc. or the handling of the said speci‐
fied fire‐risk appliances, etc. and on the situation of the surrounding area.
(Standards for Municipal Ordinances Concerning Exceptions to the Standards)
Article 5‐5
In the case where a municipality enacts a municipal ordinance pursuant to theprovision of Article 9 of the Act, when it finds it difficult due to the peculiarity of the weath‐er or climate of the region to sufficiently achieve the purpose of preventing fire with theprovisions of Article 5 or Article 5‐2 or a municipal ordinance which is specified in accord‐
ance with the municipal ordinance enactment standards set forth by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications pursuant to the provisions of the said Arti‐cles, it may not follow the said municipal ordinance enactment standards.
(Disaster Prevention Devices for Residences)
Article 5‐6Machines, appliances or systems to be specified by a cabinet order as disasterprevention devices for residences set forth in Article 9‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act shall bethose listed in the following of which the shape, structure, material and performance shallconform to the technical specifications to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of In‐
ternal Affairs and Communications.
(i)Disaster prevention alarms for residences [meaning alarms which detect the occurrenceof a fire at a residence (meaning a residence prescribed in Article 9‐2 paragraph (1) of
the Act; the same shall apply in the rest of this chapter) in advance or at an early stage
and issue an alarm; the same shall apply in the following article and Article 37 item(vii)](ii)
Disaster alarm systems for residences [meaning fire alarm systems which detect the oc‐
currence of a fire at a residence in advance or at an early stage and issue an alarm (in thecase of parts of the system in question which are machines or tools, etc. subject to inspec‐tion set forth in Article 21‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act and which fall under any of Article
37 item (iv) through item (vi), limited to those conforming to the technical specifications
set forth in Article 21‐2 paragraph (2) of the Act specifying such machines or tools, etc.
subject to inspection); the same shall apply in the following article](Standards for Municipal Ordinances Concerning the Installation and Maintenance of Disas‐
ter Prevention Devices for Residences)
Article 5‐7
The standards for enactment of municipal ordinance pursuant to the provisionof Article 9‐2 paragraph (2) of the Act pertaining to matters necessary for the prevention offire at residences in relation to the installation and maintenance of disaster prevention de‐vices for residents shall be those in the following.
(i)
Detectors of a disaster prevention alarm for residences or a disaster prevention alarm16

Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 5‐7~5‐9)system for residences shall be installed in a part of a residence listed in the following [inthe case of a part of the residence listed in sub‐item (b) or sub‐item (c), excluding any
shared area with other residences to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of In‐
ternal Affairs and Communications].
(a) Room [meaning a room prescribed in Article 2 item (iv) of the Building Standards Act(Act No. 201 of 1950); the same shall apply in sub‐item (c)] used for sleeping(b) Staircase (excluding an outdoor staircase) which links the floor where the part of theresidence listed in sub‐item (a) is located (excluding an evacuation floor) with the floor
immediately below(c) In addition to what is listed in sub‐item (a) or sub‐item (b), parts to be specified by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as parts of a resi‐
dence where the advance or early as well as effective detection of the occurrence of afire on a floor accommodating rooms is especially necessary from the viewpoint of fire
prevention at the residence(ii)
Detectors of a disaster prevention alarm for residences or a disaster prevention alarmsystem for residences shall be installed on a part of a ceiling or wall facing inwards (inthe case of no ceiling, a part of the roof or wall facing inwards) in a manner which al‐lows the advance or early as well as effective detection of the occurrence of a fire.
(iii)
Notwithstanding the provisions of the two preceding items, in the case where a sprin‐kler system (limited to those equipped with closed sprinkler heads to be specified by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) or automatic fire
alarm system is installed in those parts of a residence which are listed in item (i) in ac‐
cordance with the technical standards specified in Article 12 or Article 21 respectively
or in any other case where other system of which the performance is equivalent to or
higher than that of either of the systems mentioned above is installed and when it is so
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, adisaster prevention alarm or disaster prevention alarm system may not be installed inparts of the residence falling within the effective range of the said system.
(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the standards for enactment ofmunicipal ordinance pursuant to the provision of Article 9‐2 paragraph (2) of the Act per‐taining to such matters necessary for the prevention of fire at residences concerning the in‐stallation and maintenance of disaster prevention devices for residences as details of the in‐stallation method for disaster prevention devices for residences and checking method shallbe specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(Standards for Municipal Ordinances Concerning Exemption from Application of the Provi‐sions of Municipal Ordinances Pertaining to Disaster Prevention Devices for Residences)
Article 5‐8
A municipal ordinance pursuant to the provision of Article 9‐2 paragraph (2) ofthe Act shall include a provision concerning the exemption of disaster prevention devices forresidences from the application of the provisions of the said municipal ordinance when ei‐
ther a fire chief or fire station chief judges on the basis of the location, structure or conditionsof equipment of a residence that the risk of the occurrence or spread of a fire is extremely
small and that the damage to a residence by fire will be kept to a minimum.
(Application Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 5‐9
The provisions of Article 5‐3 and Article 5‐5 shall apply mutatis mutandis to thestandards for enactment of municipal ordinance pursuant to the provision of Article 9‐2 par‐agraph (2) of the Act. In this case, the phrase “the municipal ordinance enactment stand‐ards”, the phrase “the two preceding articles or any ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Af‐
fairs and Communications pursuant to the provision of the said articles” and the term “fire”
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in Article 5‐3 shall be deemed to be replaced by “the standards for enactment of municipal
ordinance pursuant to the provision of Article 9‐2 paragraph (2) of the Act”, “Article 5‐7 par‐agraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the said article” and “fire at a residence” respectively and theterm “fire”, the phrase “Article 5 or Article 5‐2 or a municipal ordinance which is specified inaccordance with the municipal ordinance enactment standards set forth by an ordinance ofthe Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications pursuant to the provisions of the said
Articles” and the phrase “the said municipal ordinance enactment standards” in Article 5‐5shall be deemed to be replaced by “fire at a residence”, “a municipal ordinance enacted inaccordance with the standard for enactment of municipal ordinance pursuant to the provi‐sion of Article 9‐2 paragraph (2) of the Act specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of In‐
ternal Affairs and Communications pursuant to the provision of Article 5‐7 paragraph (1) orparagraph (2) of the said article” and “the said standards” respectively.

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CHAPTER 2 FIRE DEFENSE EQUIPMENT, ETC.
Part 1

Designation of Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures(Designation of Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures)
Article 6
The properties under fire prevention measures to be specified by a cabinet orderset forth in Article 17 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be those listed in Appended Table 1.
Part 2Types(Types of Fire Defense Equipment, etc.)
Article 7
Equipment for fire defense to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article
17 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be fire extinguishing equipment, fire alarms and fire escapesystems.
(2) Fire extinguishing equipment prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be machines, ap‐
pliances or systems using water or another fire extinguishing agent to extinguish a fire as
listed in the following.
(i)Fire extinguishers and simple fire extinguishing appliances as listed in the following(a) Water buckets(b) Water cisterns(c) Dry sand(d) Dilated vermiculite or dilated perlite(ii)
Indoor fire hydrant system(iii)
Sprinkler system(iv)
Water spray fire extinguishing system(v)
Foam fire extinguishing system(vi)
Inert gas fire extinguishing system(vii)
Halogenated fire extinguishing system(viii) Dry chemical fire extinguishing system(ix)
Outdoor fire hydrant system(x)Power fire pump system(3) The fire alarms prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be machines, appliances or systems which
informs of the occurrence of a fire as listed in the following.
(i)
Automatic fire alarm system(i‐2)
Gas leakage and fire alarm system (excluding systems designed to detect the leakage ofliquefied petroleum gas which is sold by liquefied petroleum gas sales businesses pre‐scribed in Article 2 paragraph (3) of the Act on Maintenance of Safety and Regulation ofTrade of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Act No. 149 of 1967); the same shall apply hereinafter)(ii)
Electrical leakage and fire alarm device(iii)
Fire alarm system reporting to a fire department(iv)
Emergency alarm devices such as fire bell, portable loud speaker and manual siren, andemergency alarm systems listed in the following(a) Emergency bell(b) Automatic siren(c) Public address system(4) Fire escape systems prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be machines, appliances or systems aslisted in the following(i)Escape equipment such as slide, escape ladder, escape chute, descender and escapebridge(ii)
Guiding lamp and guiding sign
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 7~10)(5) Water supply sources for fire defense to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 17
paragraph (1) of the Act shall be fire cisterns or other water supply sources such as reser‐voirs as alternatives to fire cisterns(6) The facilities necessary for fire extinguishing activities to be specified by a cabinet order set
forth in Article 17 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be ventilation systems, sprinkler systems
with hose connection, fire department hydrants, emergency power outlets and auxiliary fa‐
cilities for radio communication(7) In addition to what is prescribed in paragraph (1) and the two preceding paragraphs, theequipment, etc. used for fire defense which have the required fire prevention and safety per‐formance prescribed in Article 29‐4 paragraph (1) shall be equipment used for fire defense,water supply sources for fire defense and facilities necessary for fire extinguishing activities
to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 17 paragraph (1) of the Act
Part 3

Technical Standards for Installation and Maintenance

Section 1

General Rules(General Rules)
Article 8
When a property under fire prevention measures is compartmented by walls ora floor with a fireproof construction (meaning a fireproof construction prescribed in Article 2
item (vii) of the Building Standards Act; the same shall apply hereinafter) without openings,
each compartmented part is deemed to constitute a separate property under fire prevention
measures for the application of the provisions of Part 3.
Article 9
Any part of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16) of
Appended Table 1 which is used for any intended purpose of a property under fire preven‐tion measures listed in each row of the said table [excluding row (16) through row (20)] shallbe deemed to constitute a single property under fire prevention measures for the applicationof the provisions of this Part (excluding Article 12 paragraph (1) item (iii) and item (x)through item (xii), Article 21 paragraph (1) item (iii), item (vii), item (x) and item (xiv), Arti‐cle 21‐2 paragraph (1) item (v), Article 22 paragraph (1) item (vi) and item (vii), Article 24
paragraph (2) item (ii) and paragraph (3) item (ii) and item (iii), Article 25 paragraph (1) item(v) and Article 26).
Article 9‐2
A basement floor of a property under fire prevention measures listed in row (1)through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6), row (9)‐(a) or row (16)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 anddesignated by a fire chief or fire station chief as an integral part of a property under fire pre‐vention measures listed in row (16‐2) of the said table shall be deemed to constitute a part ofa property under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) of the said table for the appli‐
cation of the provisions of Article 12 paragraph (1) item (vi), Article 21 paragraph (1) item(iii) (limited to the part pertaining to row (16‐2) of the said table), Article 21‐2 paragraph (1)item (i) and Article 24 paragraph (3) item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to row (16‐2) of
the said table).
Section 2

Standards for Fire Extinguishing Systems(Standards Concerning Fire Extinguishing Appliances)
Article 10
Fire extinguishers or simple fire extinguishing appliances (hereinafter referred to
as “fire extinguishing appliances”) shall be installed in properties under fire prevention
measures listed in the following or parts thereof.
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Any properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1)‐(a), row (2), row (6)‐(b),row (16‐2), row (16‐3), row (17) and row (20) of Appended Table 1(ii)
Any of the fire prevention properties listed in row (1)‐(b), row (3) through row (5), row(6)‐(a), (c) and (d), row (9) and row (7) through row (14) of Appended Table 1 of which
the gross area is one hundred and fifty square meters (150 m2) or more(iii)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (7), row (8), row (10),row (11) and row (15) of Appended Table 1 of which the gross area is three hundred
square meters (300 m2) or more(iv)
In addition to those listed in the three preceding items, any structures such as buildings
listed in Appended Table 1 and which store or handle small quantities of hazardous
materials (of hazardous materials, those of which the quantities are one‐fifth or more of
the designated numerical quantities prescribed in Article 1‐11 of the Cabinet Order
Concerning the Control of Hazardous Materials (Cabinet Order No. 306 of 1959) but
less than the designated numerical quantities) or designated combustible goods (those
goods listed in the name column of Appended Table 4 of the said cabinet order ofwhich the quantities are equal to or more than the quantities specified in the quantity
column of the said table)(v)
Basement floor (in the case of an underground building, each floor of the said building;the same shall apply hereinafter), windowless floor (of the floors above ground, those
floors with no effective openings for evacuation or fire extinguishing activities to be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; thesame shall apply hereinafter) or third or higher floors of the buildings listed in Ap‐
pended Table 1 with a floor area of fifty square meters (50 m2) or more other than prop‐
erties under fire prevention measures listed in each of the preceding items(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of fire extinguishing appliances shall be as specified in the fol‐lowing.
(i)
At properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of the preceding para‐graph and parts thereof, fire extinguishing appliances which are deemed to be suitablefor fire fighting as listed in Appended Table 2 shall be installed in correspondence with
the intended purpose, structure or size of each property under fire prevention measuresor type or performance of fire extinguishing appliances as specified by an ordinance ofthe Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications provided, however, that fire ex‐tinguishers releasing either carbon dioxide or halogenated (excluding those to be speci‐
fied by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) shall not
be installed in the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) androw (16‐3) of Appended Table 1 and such places to be specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as basement floors and windowless
floors.
(ii)
Fire extinguishing appliances shall be installed in places where they do not obstructpassage or evacuation and where they can be easily reached for their use.
(3) When an indoor fire hydrant system, sprinkler system, water spray fire extinguishing sys‐tem, foam fire extinguishing system, inert gas fire extinguishing system, halogenated fire ex‐tinguishing system or dry chemical fire extinguishing system is installed in the properties
under fire prevention measures listed in each item of Paragraph 1 or parts thereof in accord‐
ance with the technical standards specified in the following article, Article 12, Article 13, Ar‐ticle 14, Article 15, Article 16, Article 17 or Article 18 or in accordance with an example of thesaid technical standards, the number of fire extinguishing appliances to be installed may be
reduced as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communica‐
tions notwithstanding the provisions of the said paragraph.
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Article 11
An indoor fire hydrant system shall be installed in properties under fire preven‐tion measures listed in the following or parts thereof.
(i)
Any of the properties listed in row (1) of Appended Table 1 with a gross area of five
hundred square meters (500 m2) or more(ii)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (2) through row (10),row (12) and row (14) of Appended Table 1 with a gross area of seven hundred square
meters (700 m2) or more(iii)
Any of the properties listed in row (11) and row (15) of Appended Table 1 with a grossarea of one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more(iv)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) of Appended
Table 1 with a gross area of one hundred and fifty square meters (150 m2) or more(v)
In addition to what is listed in each of the preceding items, structures such as buildings
which are listed in Appended Table 1 and which store or handle any designated com‐bustible goods (excluding those pertaining to combustible liquids) in a quantity of sev‐
en hundred and fifty (750) times the specified quantity in Appended Table 4 of the Cab‐
inet Order Concerning the Control of Hazardous Materials or more(vi)
Basement floors, windowless floors or fourth and higher floors of the properties underfire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (12), row (14) and row (15) of
Appended Table 1 and which are not those properties under fire prevention measureslisted in each of the preceding items with a floor area of one hundred square meters(100 m2) or more for the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) of
the said table, one hundred and fifty square meters (150 m2) or more for the properties
under fire prevention measures listed in row (2) through row (10), row (12) and row(14) of the said table or two hundred square meters (200 m2) or more for the properties
under fire prevention measures listed in row (11) and row (15) of the said table(2) For the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the gross area or floor areaof any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of the said para‐graph or parts thereof [excluding item (v)] shall be three times the corresponding numericalvalue [in the case where the provision of item (ii) of the preceding paragraph is applied toproperties under fire prevention measures listed in paragraph (1) item (i) of the following ar‐
ticle, the said tripled numerical value or the value calculated by adding the total of the floor
areas for parts to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications set forth in paragraph (2) item (iii‐2) of the said article to one thousand square
meters (1,000 m2), whichever is the smaller] for those properties under fire prevention
measures where the main structural sections (meaning the main structural sections pre‐scribed in Article 2 item (v) of the Building Standards Act; the same shall apply hereinafter)
are of a fireproof construction and parts (excluding moldings, window sills or similar; thesame shall apply in the rest of this paragraph) of the walls and ceiling (roof in the case of noceiling; the same shall apply in the rest of this paragraph) facing inwards are finished with aflame resisting material (meaning a flame resisting material prescribed in Article 1 item (vi)of the Order for Enforcement of the Building Standards Act; the same shall apply in the restof this paragraph) or double the corresponding value [in the case where the provision ofitem (ii) of the preceding paragraph is applied to properties under fire prevention measureslisted in paragraph (1) item (i) of the following article, the said doubled numerical value or
the value calculated by adding the total of the floor areas for parts to be specified by an or‐
dinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications set forth in paragraph (2)item (iii‐2) of the said article to one thousand square meters (1,000 m2), whichever is thesmaller] for other properties under fire prevention measures where the main structural sec‐
tions are of a fireproof construction or the properties under fire prevention measures which
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fall under either Article 2 item (ix‐3)‐(a) or (b) of the Building Standards Act and of whichthose parts of the walls and ceiling facing inwards are finished with a flame resisting materi‐al.
(3) In addition to what is prescribed in the two preceding paragraphs, the technical standards
for the installation and maintenance of indoor fire hydrant systems shall be as specified in
the following in correspondence with the category of properties under fire prevention
measures listed in each of the following items or parts thereof.
(i)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed in paragraph (1) item (ii) and item (vi)[limited to those pertaining to the properties under fire prevention measures in row(12)‐(a) or row (14) of Appended Table 1] or parts thereof and the properties under fire
prevention measures listed in paragraph (1) item (v) or parts thereof: the following
standards(a) Indoor fire hydrants shall be installed on each floor of a property under fire prevention
measures so that the horizontal distance from any part of the said floor to a hose con‐nection port is twenty five meters (25 m) or less.
(b) The length of a fire hose of an indoor fire hydrant system shall be the length which en‐
ables effective water discharge from a hose connection port of the said indoor fire hy‐
drant system to any part of the floor in question within the range of a horizontal dis‐
tance of twenty five meters (25 m2).
(c) A water supply source shall be installed so that its water quantity is equal to or morethan the quantity obtained by multiplying the greatest number of installed indoor fire
hydrants on a single floor [two (2) in the case where the number of installed fire hy‐
drants exceeds two (2)] by 2.6 cubic meters (2.6 m3).
(d) The performance of an indoor fire hydrant system on any floor shall be a dischargepressure at the tip of each nozzle of 0.17 MPa or more with a water discharge rate ofone hundred and thirty liters (130 liters) or more per minute when all indoor fire hy‐
drants [two (2) in the case where the number of installed indoor fire hydrants exceeds
two (2)] on the said floor are used simultaneously.
(e) A pressurised water supply unit connected to a water supply source shall be installed ina place which is convenient for checking and is less likely to be damaged by fire or an‐other disaster.
(f) An indoor fire hydrant system shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.
(ii)
Properties under fire prevention measures which are listed in each item of paragraph(1) or parts thereof other than the properties under fire prevention measures listed in
the preceding item or parts thereof: the standards listed under the preceding item or thefollowing (a) or (b)(a) Standards listed below
1. Indoor fire hydrants shall be installed on each floor of a property under fire pre‐vention measures so that the horizontal distance from any part of the said floor toa hose connection port is fifteen meters (15 m) or less.
2. The length of a fire hose of an indoor fire hydrant system shall be the length whichenables effective water discharge from a hose connection port of the said indoor
fire hydrant system to any part of the floor in question within the range of a hori‐zontal distance of fifteen meters (15 m).
3. The structure of a fire hose of an indoor fire hydrant system shall allow its opera‐tion by a single person and shall conform to the standards to be specified by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
4. A water supply source shall be installed so that its water quantity is equal to or
more than the quantity obtained by multiplying the greatest number of installedindoor fire hydrants on a single floor [two (2) in the case where the number of in‐23

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stalled fire hydrants exceeds two (2)] by 1.2 cubic meters (1.2 m3).
5. The performance of an indoor fire hydrant system on any floor shall be a dischargepressure at the tip of the nozzle of 0.25 MPa or more with a water discharge rate of
sixty liters (60 liters) or more per minute when all indoor fire hydrants [two (2) inthe case where the number of installed indoor fire hydrants exceeds two (2)] on thesaid floor are used simultaneously.
6. A pressurised water supply unit connected to a water supply source shall be in‐stalled in a place which is convenient for checking and is less likely to be damagedby fire or another disaster.
7. An indoor fire hydrant system shall be accompanied by an emergency powersource.
(b) Standards listed below
1. Indoor fire hydrants shall be installed on each floor of a property under fire pre‐vention measures so that the horizontal distance from any part of the said floor toa hose connection port is fifteen meters (15 m) or less.
2. The length of a fire hose of an indoor fire hydrant system shall be the length whichenables effective water discharge from a hose connection port of the said indoor
fire hydrant system to any part of the floor in question within the range of a hori‐zontal distance of fifteen meters (15 m).
3. The structure of a fire hose of an indoor fire hydrant system shall allow its opera‐tion by a single person and shall conform to the standards to be specified by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
4. A water supply source shall be installed so that its water quantity is equal to or
more than the quantity obtained by multiplying the greatest number of installedindoor fire hydrants on a single floor [two (2) in the case where the number of in‐stalled fire hydrants exceeds two (2)] by 1.6 cubic meters (1.6 m3).
5. The performance of an indoor fire hydrant system on any floor shall be a dischargepressure at the tip of the nozzle of 0.17 MPa or more with a water discharge rate ofeighty liters (80 liters) or more per minute when all indoor fire hydrants [two (2) inthe case where the number of installed indoor fire hydrants exceeds two (2)] on thesaid floor are used simultaneously.
6. A pressurised water supply unit connected to a water supply source shall be in‐stalled in a place which is convenient for checking and is less likely to be damagedby fire or another disaster.
7. An indoor fire hydrant system shall be accompanied by an emergency powersource.
(4) When a sprinkler system, water spray fire extinguishing system, foam fire extinguishing sys‐tem, inert gas fire extinguishing system, halogenated fire extinguishing system, dry chemicalfire extinguishing system, outdoor fire hydrant system or power pump fire defense system
is installed in the properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of paragraph(1) or parts thereof in accordance with the technical standards specified in the following arti‐cle, Article 13, Article 14, Article 15, Article 16, Article 17, Article 18, Article 19 or Article 20
or in accordance with an example of the said technical standards, an indoor fire hydrant sys‐
tem may not be installed in those parts within the effective range of the said installed system(limited to parts on the first and second floors in the case of an outdoor fire hydrant systemor power pump fire defense system) notwithstanding the provisions of the said paragraph.
(Standards Concerning Sprinkler Systems)
Article 12
A sprinkler system shall be installed in those properties under fire prevention
measures listed in the following or parts thereof.
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 12)(i)Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in the following [excluding
those listed in item (iii) and item (iv)], those other than those which have a construction
to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
as a construction equipped with a function to contain the spread of fire at the time ofthe occurrence of a fire(a) Properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b)‐1. and 3. of Appended
Table 1(b) Properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b)‐2., 4. And 5. of Append‐
ed Table 1 [in the case of those other than those which house persons to be specified byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as persons who
cannot evacuate without assistance, limited to properties of which the gross area is two
hundred and seventy five square meters (275 m2)(ii)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) of Appended Table 1 (ex‐cluding those listed in the following item and item (iv) below) of which the stage sec‐tion (meaning the stage and the set and property rooms connected to the stage; thesame shall apply hereinafter) has a floor area of three hundred square meters (300 m2)
or more in the case where the said stage section is located on a basement or windowless
floor or the fourth or higher floor or five hundred square meters (500 m2) or more in thecase where the said stage section is located on another floor(iii)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a),row (6), row (9)‐(a) and row (16)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 of which the number of floors
other than the basement floor(s) is eleven (11) or more (excluding parts to be specified
by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)(iv)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4),row (5)‐(a), row (6) and row (9)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 (excluding those listed in thepreceding item), properties under fire prevention measures which are not single story
properties and of which the total floor area of parts other than parts to be specified byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is three thousandsquare meters (3,000 m2) or more for the properties under fire prevention measureslisted in row (4) of the said table or hospitals among the properties under fire preven‐tion measures listed in row (6)‐(a) of the said table or six thousand square meters (6,000m2) for other properties under fire prevention measures(v)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (14) of Appended
Table 1, rack type warehouses [meaning warehouses equipped with racks or similar
and a system to transport stored goods using a lift(s)] of which the height of the ceiling(lower face of the roof in the case of no ceiling; the same shall apply in the following
paragraph) exceeds ten meters (10 m) with a gross area of seven hundred square meters(700 m2) or more(vi)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) of Appended
Table 1, those with a gross area of one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more(vii)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐3) of Appended
Table 1, those with a gross area of one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) and also witha total floor area of five hundred square meters (500 m2) or more for parts used for theintended purposes of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1)through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) or row (9)‐(a) of the said table(viii) In addition to those listed in each of the preceding items, structures such as buildings
which are listed in Appended Table 1 and which store or handle designated combus‐
tible goods (excluding those pertaining to combustible liquids) in a quantity of one
thousand (1,000) times or more the specified quantity in Appended Table 4 of the Cabi‐
net Order Concerning the Control of Hazardous Materials
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Among the parts of properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) ofAppended table 1 [excluding those listed in item (vi) above], those used for the intend‐
ed purpose of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of thesaid table (excluding those which have a construction to be specified by an ordinance ofthe Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as a construction equipped withthe function to contain the spread of fire at the time of the occurrence of a fire)(x)
Among the floors of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a)of Appended Table 1 [excluding those listed in item (iii) above] where the total floor ar‐ea of the parts used for the intended purposes of the properties under fire prevention
measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) or row (9)‐(a) of the said
table (excluding parts to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications) is three thousand square meters (3,000 m2) or more, those floors
where the said parts are located(xi)
Among the basement floors, windowless floors or fourth through tenth floors of theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1 other than thoselisted in each of the preceding items or parts thereof (excluding parts to be specified byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications), those listed in
the following(a) Floor of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1), row (3), row(5)‐(a), row (6) and row (9)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 of which the floor area is one thou‐sand square meters (1,000 m2) or more for a basement or windowless floor or one thou‐sand and five hundred square meters (1,500 m2) or more for the fourth floor up to thetenth floor(b) Floor of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (2) and row (4) ofAppended Table 1 of which the floor area is one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) ormore(c) Among the floors of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row(16)‐(a)of Appended Table 1, any floor where parts used for the intended purposes of theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a),row (6) or row (9)‐(a) of the said table are located and where the floor area of the said
parts is one thousand square meters (1,000 m2)or more for a basement or windowless
floor or one thousand and five hundred square meters (1,500 m2) [one thousand square
meters (1,000 m2) in the case of a floor where parts used for the intended purposes ofthe properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (2) or row (4) of the said ta‐
ble are located] or more for the fourth floor up to the tenth floor(xii)
Eleventh or higher floor (excluding parts to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministryof Internal Affairs and Communications) of the properties under fire prevention
measures listed in Appended Table 1 other than the properties under fire prevention
measures listed in each of the preceding items or parts thereof(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the technical standards con‐cerning the installation and maintenance of sprinkler systems shall be as specified in the fol‐lowing.
(i)
Sprinkler heads shall be mounted at the stage section in the case of the properties underfire prevention measures listed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, parts for the
storage or handling of designated incombustible goods (excluding those pertaining to
combustible liquids) in the case of the properties under fire prevention measures listed
in item (viii) of the said paragraph or parts to be specified by an ordinance of the Minis‐try of Internal Affairs and Communications for the properties under fire prevention
measures listed in item (i), item (iii), item (iv), item (vi), item (vii) and item (ix) throughitem (xii) of the said paragraph.
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Sprinkler heads shall be mounted as specified in the following.
(a) In the case of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of thepreceding paragraph [excluding item (i), item (v) through item (vii) and item (ix)] or
parts thereof [excluding the parts prescribed in (b) below and also excluding thoseparts where sprinkler heads of the type specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of In‐
ternal Affairs and Communications are mounted in accordance with the provisions ofan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in the properties
under fire prevention measures listed in row (5) or row (6) of Appended Table 1 orparts of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16) of the said ta‐
ble to serve the intended purposes of the properties under fire prevention measureslisted in row (5) or row (6) of the said table], sprinkler heads of the type to be specified
by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications shall bemounted on the ceiling or in the under‐roof area of the parts listed in the preceding
item so that the horizontal distance from any part of the said ceiling or in the under‐
roof area to a sprinkler head is the distance specified in the right‐hand column of thefollowing table according to the category of the properties under fire prevention
measures and parts thereof listed in the left‐hand column of the said table.

Properties Under Fire Prevention Measuresor Parts Thereof
Properties under fire prevention measures listed inparagraph (1) item (ii) through item (iv) and item(x) through item (xii) or parts thereof [limited tothe stage section of the properties under fire pre‐vention measures listed in row (1) of Appended
Table 1]
Properties under fire prevention measures listed inparagraph (1) item (viii)

Properties under fire
prevention
measures
listed in paragraph (1)item (iii), item (iv) anditem (x) through item(xii) or parts thereof[excluding the stage
section of the properties
under fire prevention
measures listed in row(1) of Appended Table
1]

Buildings other thanfireproof
buildings(meaning the fireproof
buildings prescribed in
Article 2 item (ix‐2) of
the Building Standards
Act; the same shall ap‐
ply hereinafter)
Fireproof buildings

Distance
1.7 meters of less

1.7 meters (in the case of sprinkler heads specified
by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications as sprinkler heads capableof detecting a fire early and sprinkling water overa wide area (hereinafter referred to as “high sen‐sitivity heads” in the rest of this table), the dis‐
tance to be specified by an ordinance of the Min‐
istry of Internal Affairs and Communications incorrespondence with the performance of the said
sprinkler heads) or less
2.1 meters (in the case of high sensitivity heads,
the distance to be specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
in correspondence with the performance of thesaid sprinkler heads) or less

2.3 meters (in the case of high sensitivity heads,
the distance to be specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
in correspondence with the performance of thesaid sprinkler heads) or less(b) Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in item (iii), item (iv), item
(viii) and item (x) through item (xii) of the preceding paragraph or parts thereof [ex‐cluding the stage section of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row(1) of Appended Table 1], those parts which are specified by an ordinance of the Minis‐

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(c)

(iii)

(iii‐2)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)
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try of Internal Affairs and Communications as difficult parts for fire extinguishing be‐cause of the existence of a large quantity of combustible goods and of which the heightfrom the floor surface to the ceiling exceeds six meters (6 m) and other parts of which
the height from the floor surface to the ceiling exceeds ten meters (10 m) shall havesprinkler heads of the type to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications mounted as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications.
In the case of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in item (i), item (v)through item (vii) and item (ix) of the preceding paragraph, sprinkler heads of the type
to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
shall be mounted as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications.
In addition to what is listed in the preceding item, one sprinkler head shall be mounted
on the upper frame of each opening [in the case of openings located in parts on thetenth floor and below of the properties under fire prevention measures, limited to thoselocated in parts liable to the spread of fire (meaning parts liable to the spread of fire asprescribed in Article 2 item (vi) of the Building Standards Act)] at intervals of 2.5 metersor less; provided, however, that this shall not apply to those openings located in partson the tenth floor and below of the properties under fire prevention measures if fire
prevention equipment (limited to equipment such as fire door to be specified by an or‐
dinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) prescribed in Article 2
item (ix‐2)‐(b) of the Building Standards Act is installed at the said openings.
A sprinkler system connected to the water supply for a specified facility (meaning asprinkler system which is connected to a water service pipe as a source of water supply
and which does not have a facility to store a quantity of water to be prescribed in thefollowing item; the same shall apply hereinafter in this paragraph) may be installed on‐
ly to properties under fire prevention measures listed in item (i) and item (ix) of thepreceding paragraph or parts of which the total floor area, excluding parts specified byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as parts having a
structure whereby effective fire prevention measures are employed, is less than one
thousand square meters (1,000 m2).
A sprinkler system (excluding a sprinkler system connected to the water supply for a
specified facility) shall have a facility as a water supply source to store a quantity of wa‐
ter equal to or more than the quantity to be calculated as specified by an ordinance ofthe Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in correspondence with the in‐tended purpose, structure or size of the property under fire prevention measures ortype of sprinkler head.
A sprinkler system shall be able to achieve the performance of discharging water to be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications incorrespondence with the intended purpose, structure or size of the property under fire
prevention measures or type of sprinkler head.
A sprinkler system (excluding a sprinkler system connected to the water supply for a
specified facility to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications) shall have a pressurized supply unit in a place which is convenient
for checking and is less likely to be damaged by fire or another disaster).
A sprinkler system shall be accompanied by an emergency power source and also witha Y‐shaped hose connection port at a place which can be easily approached by a fire en‐gine; provided, however, that this shall not apply to a sprinkler system connected to thewater supply for a specified facility.
A sprinkler system may be equipped with auxiliary indoor hydrants as specified by anCabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 12~13)
ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(3) When a water spray fire extinguishing system, foam fire extinguishing system, inert gas fire
extinguishing system, halogenated fire extinguishing system or dry chemical fire extinguish‐
ing system is installed in the properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item ofparagraph (1) or parts thereof in accordance with the technical standards specified in the fol‐lowing article, Article 14, Article 15, Article 16, Article 17 or Article 18 or in accordance withan example of the said technical standards, a sprinkler system may not be installed in thoseparts within the effective range of the said system notwithstanding the provisions of the said
paragraph.
(4) The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding article shall apply mutatis mutandis to theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in paragraph (1) item (v).
(Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures at Which Water Spray Fire Extinguishing System,
etc. Should be Installed)
Article 13
One of water spray fire extinguishing system, foam fire extinguishing system,
inert gas fire extinguishing system, halogenated fire extinguishing system or dry chemicalfire extinguishing system listed in the right‐hand column of the following table shall be in‐stalled in the properties under fire prevention measures listed in the left‐hand column of thesaid table or parts thereof.
Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures or Parts Thereof
Any property under fire prevention measures listed in row(13)‐(b) of Appended Table 1
Roof top of any property under fire prevention measures listed
in Appended Table 1which is used for the taking off and land‐ing of a helicopter or the vertical taking off and landing(VTOL) aircraftPart of any property under fire prevention measures listed inAppended Table 1 which is used as a road (limited to thosewhich serve vehicle traffic and which are specified as such byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations; the same shall apply hereinafter) with a floor area ofsix hundred square meters (600 m2) or more for a roof top or
four hundred square meters (400 m2) or more for other parts
Part of any property under fire prevention measures listed inAppended Table 1 which is used for the repair or maintenanceof automobiles with a floor area of two hundred square meters(200 m2) or more if located on a basement floor or on the sec‐
ond or higher floor or five hundred square meters (500 m2) ormore if located on the first floor
Part of any property under fire prevention measures listed inAppended Table 1 which is used for the parking of automo‐biles and which is listed in the following(i) The floor area of the part in question on the floor where the said
part is located (including the roof top but excluding those floors
with a structure which allows all parked vehicles to simultaneously exit) is two hundred square meters (200 m2) or more if located on a basement floor or the second or higher floors, five
hundred square meters (500 m2) or more if located on the firstfloor or three hundred square meters (300 m2) or more if locatedon the roof top.
(ii) The part in question has a structure to park vehicles using a lift or
another mechanical system with a parking capacity of ten (10) or
more vehicles.

Fire Extinguishing System
Foam fire extinguishing system or dry
chemical fire extinguishing system
Foam fire extinguishing system or dry
chemical fire extinguishing system

Water spray fire extinguishing system,
foam fire extinguishing system, inert
gas fire extinguishing system or dry
chemical fire extinguishing system

Foam fire extinguishing system, inert
gas fire extinguishing system, halo‐
genated fire extinguishing system or
dry chemical fire extinguishing system

Water spray fire extinguishing system,
foam fire extinguishing system, inert
gas fire extinguishing system, halo‐
genated fire extinguishing system or
dry chemical fire extinguishing system

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Part of any property under fire prevention measures listed inAppended Table 1 where a generator, transformer and othersimilar electrical equipment are installed with a floor area of
two hundred square meters (200 m2) or more
Forging shop, boiler room, drying room or any other part
where fire is used in great quantity with a floor area of two
hundred square meters (200 m2) or more in any property un‐
der fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1
Communication equipment room with a floor area of five
hundred square meters (500 m2) or more in any property un‐
der fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1
Any structure such as build‐
ing listed in Appended Ta‐
ble 1 which stores or han‐dles a designated combus‐
tible good(s) in a quantity of
one thousand (1,000) times
or more the quantity speci‐
fied in Appended Table 4 of
the Cabinet Order Concern‐
ing the Control of Hazard‐
ous Materials (hereinafterreferred to as “Appended
Table 4 of the Hazardous
Materials Control Order” inthe rest of this paragraph)

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Those pertaining to cotton, wool
filaments and shavings, waste
cloth and waste paper (exclud‐ing waste cloth or waste paper
soaked with animal fat or plant
oil and products made of such
waste cloth or waste paper),yarn, straw or fuel made of recy‐cled materials or synthetic resins(limited to rubber products, in‐termediate rubber products, raw
rubber and waste rubber which
are not incombustible or fire
resistant) charcoal listed in Ap‐
pended Table 4 of the Hazard‐
ous Materials Control Order
Those pertaining to waste cloth
and waste paper (limited towaste cloth or waste paper
soaked with animal fat or plant
oil and products made of such
waste cloth or waste paper) orcoal and charcoal listed in Ap‐
pended Table 4 of the Hazard‐
ous Materials Control Order
Those pertaining to combus‐
tible solids, combustible liq‐
uids or synthetic resins listed
in Appended Table 4 of the
Hazardous Materials Control
Order (excluding rubber prod‐
ucts,
intermediaterubberproducts, raw rubber andwaste rubber which are notincombustible or fire resistant)Those pertaining to processedwood and wood chips listed inAppended Table 4 of the Haz‐
ardous Materials Control Or‐
derInert gas fire extinguishing system,
halogenated fire extinguishing systemor dry chemical fire extinguishingsystemInert gas fire extinguishing system,
halogenated fire extinguishing systemor dry chemical fire extinguishingsystemInert gas fire extinguishing system,
halogenated fire extinguishing systemor dry chemical fire extinguishingsystemWater spray fire extinguishing sys‐tem, foam fire extinguishing systemor whole area discharge type inert gas
fire extinguishing system

Water spray fire extinguishing system
or foam fire extinguishing system

Water spray fire extinguishing sys‐tem, foam fire extinguishing system,
inert gas fire extinguishing system,
halogenated fire extinguishing systemor dry chemical fire extinguishingsystemWater spray fire extinguishing sys‐tem, foam fire extinguishing system,
whole area discharge type inert gas
fire extinguishing system or wholearea discharge type halogenated fire
extinguishing system

Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 13~15)(2) When a sprinkler system is installed in any structure such as building which stores or han‐dles the designated combustible goods listed in the table in the preceding paragraph (ex‐cluding those pertaining to combustible liquids) in accordance with the technical standards
specified in the preceding article or in accordance with an example of the said technicalstandards, a fire extinguishing system listed in the right‐hand column of the said table may
not be installed for parts within the effective range of the said installed system notwith‐standing the provisions of the said paragraph.
(Standards Concerning Water Spray Fire Extinguishing Systems)
Article 14
In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding article, the technical standards
for the installation and maintenance of water spray fire extinguishing systems shall be as
specified in the following.
(i)
The necessary number of spray heads in appropriate locations to be specified by an or‐
dinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications shall be mounted sothat any fire at a protected property (meaning a property of which a fire is to be extin‐
guished by the said fire extinguishing system; the same shall apply hereinafter) can beeffectively extinguished by the standard spray rate (meaning the spray rate of water,
foam, inert gas fire extinguishing agent, halogenated fire extinguishing agent or dry
chemical fire extinguishing agent to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of In‐
ternal Affairs and Communications for the heads of each fire extinguishing system set
forth in paragraph 1 of the preceding article; the same shall apply hereinafter) in corre‐
spondence with the shape, structure, properties, quantity or handling method of thesaid protected property.
(ii)
When a water spray fire extinguishing system is installed in those parts serving as
roads or parking areas of any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed inAppended Table 1, an effective drainage facility shall be installed as specified by an or‐
dinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(iii)
At places where high voltage electrical equipment is installed, the necessary space toensure electrical insulation shall be maintained between the said electrical equipment
and spray heads as well as pipework.
(iv)
A water supply source shall be installed as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications so that its water quantity is equal to or more than
the required quantity to effectively extinguish a fire at the protected property.
(v)
A pressurised water supply unit connected to a water supply source shall be installed ina place which is convenient for checking and is less likely to suffer from the spread offire at the time of the occurrence of a fire or to be damaged by impact; provided, how‐ever, that this shall not apply when an effective measure for protection has been taken.
(vi)
A water spray fire extinguishing system shall be accompanied by an emergency powersource.
(Standards Concerning Foam Fire Extinguishing Systems)
Article 15
In addition to what is prescribed in Article 13, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of foam fire extinguishing systems shall be as specified in thefollowing.
(i)
The necessary number of foam outlets of a fixed type foam fire extinguishing systemshall be installed in appropriate locations as specified by an ordinance of the Ministryof Internal Affairs and Communications so that any fire at a protected property can beeffectively extinguished by the standard spray rate in correspondence with the shape,
structure, properties, quantity or handling method of the said protected property.
(ii)
The hose connection ports of a mobile foam fire extinguishing system shall be installed
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(iii)

(iv)
(v)

(vi)

(vii)

in all protected properties so that the horizontal distance from any part of the said pro‐tected property to a hose connection port is fifteen meters (15 m) or less.
The length of a fire hose of a mobile foam fire extinguishing system shall be the length
which enables effective spray from a hose connection port of the said foam fire extin‐
guishing system to any part of the said protected property within the range of a hori‐zontal distance of fifteen meters (15 m).
A box to store the foam spraying apparatus of a mobile fire extinguishing system shallbe installed within a distance of three meters (3 m) of a hose connection port.
The water quantity at the water supply source or the stored quantity of the foam fire ex‐tinguishing agent shall be equal to or more than the required quantity to be specified byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to effectively ex‐tinguish a fire at a protected property.
A storage place for a foam fire extinguishing agent and pressurised liquid supply unit
shall be installed in a place which is convenient for checking and is less likely to sufferfrom the spread of fire at the time of a fire or to be damaged by impact and where there
is little risk of the degeneration of the agent; provided, however, that this shall not ap‐
ply when an effective protection measures has been taken.
A foam fire extinguishing system shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.

(Standards Concerning Inert Gas Fire Extinguishing Systems)
Article 16
In addition to what is prescribed in Article 13, the technical standards for the
installation of maintenance of inert gas fire extinguishing systems shall be as specified in thefollowing.
(i)
The necessary number of discharge heads of a whole area discharge type inert gas fire
extinguishing system shall be installed in appropriate locations at a part which is com‐
partmented by walls, pillars, floor or ceiling [beam or roof in the case of no ceiling)
made of an incombustible material (meaning an incombustible material prescribed in
Article 2 item (ix) of the Building Standards Act; the same shall apply in the rest of thisitem) and of which the opening has an automatic closing device [meaning a fire preven‐tion equipment prescribed in Article 2 item (ix‐2)‐(b) of the Building Standards Act (lim‐ited to equipment such as fire door to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications) or a device which is made of an incombustible
material and which automatically closes the opening immediately before the dischargeof the inert gas fire extinguishing agent] as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications so that any fire at a protected property located atsuch part can be effectively extinguished at the standard spray rate in correspondencewith the internal capacity of the said part and the properties of the protected property
located at the said part; provided, however, that an automatic closing device may not
be installed at the said opening in the case of a system capable of additionally and effec‐
tively discharging a quantity of inert gas fire extinguishing agent which is more than
the quantity leaking outside the said part.
(ii)
The necessary number of discharge heads of a localised discharge type inert gas fire ex‐tinguishing system shall be installed in appropriate locations so that any fire at a pro‐tected property can be effectively extinguished at the standard spray rate through thedirect spray of an inert gas fire extinguishing agent on to the said protected property as
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications incorrespondence with the shape, structure, properties, quantity or handling method of
the protected property.
(iii)
At all protected properties, hose connection ports for an inert gas fire extinguishing sys‐
tem shall be installed so that the horizontal distance from any part of the said protected
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(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

properties to a hose connection port shall be fifteen meters (15 m) or less.
The length of a fire hose of an inert gas fire extinguishing system shall be the length
which enables effective spray from a hose connection port of the said inert gas fire ex‐tinguishing system to any part of the said protected property within the range of a hor‐izontal distance of fifteen meters (15 m).
The quantity of an inert gas fire extinguishing agent to be stored in an inert gas fire ex‐tinguishing agent container shall be equal to or more than the quantity to be specified
by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as the required
quantity to effectively extinguish a fire at a protected property.
An inert gas fire extinguishing agent container shall be installed in a place which isconvenient for checking and is less likely to suffer from the spread of fire at the time ofa fire and to be damaged by impact and where there is little temperature fluctuation;
provided, however, that this shall not apply when an effective measure for protection
has been taken.
A whole area discharge type or localised discharge type inert gas fire extinguishing sys‐
tem shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.

(Standards Concerning Halogenated Fire Extinguishing Systems)
Article 17
In addition to what is prescribed in Article 13, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of halogenated fire extinguishing systems shall be as specified
in the following.
(i)
The installation of the discharge heads of a whole area discharge type or localised dis‐charge type halogenated fire extinguishing system shall follow the installation of thedischarge heads of a whole area discharge type or localised discharge type inert gas fire
extinguishing system prescribed in item (i) or item (ii) of the preceding article as therelevant example.
(ii)
At all protected properties, hose connection ports for a mobile halogenated fire extin‐
guishing system shall be installed so that the horizontal distance from any part of thesaid protected properties to a hose connection port shall be twenty meters (20 m) or less.
(iii)
The length of a fire hose of a mobile halogenated fire extinguishing system shall be thelength which enables effective spray from a hose connection port of the said halogenat‐
ed fire extinguishing system to any part of the said protected property within the range
of a horizontal distance of twenty meters (20 m).
(iv)
The quantity of a halogenated fire extinguishing agent to be stored in a halogenated fire
extinguishing agent container shall be equal to or more than the quantity to be specified
by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as the required
quantity to effectively extinguish a fire at a protected property.
(v)
A halogenated fire extinguishing agent container and a pressurising container shall be
installed in a place which is convenient for checking and is less likely to suffer from the
spread of fire at the time of a fire and to be damaged by impact and where there is little
temperature fluctuation; provided, however, that this shall not apply when an effective
measure for protection has been taken.
(vi)
A whole area discharge type or localised discharge type halogenated fire extinguishingsystem shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.
(Standards Concerning Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems)
Article 18
In addition to what is prescribed in Article 13, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of dry chemical fire extinguishing systems shall be as specified
in the following.
(i)
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(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

charge type dry chemical fire extinguishing system shall follow the installation of thedischarge heads of a whole area discharge type or localised discharge type inert gas fire
extinguishing system prescribed in Article 16 item (i) or item (ii) as the relevant exam‐ple.
At all protected properties, hose connection ports for a mobile dry chemical fire extin‐
guishing system shall be installed so that the horizontal distance from any part of thesaid protected properties to a hose connection port shall be fifteen meters (15 m) or less.
The length of a fire hose of a mobile dry chemical fire extinguishing system shall be thelength which enables effective spray from a hose connection port of the said dry chemi‐
cal fire extinguishing system to any part of the said protected property within a range
of a horizontal distance of fifteen meters (15 m).
The quantity of a dry chemical fire extinguishing agent to be stored in a dry chemicalfire extinguishing agent container shall be equal to or more than the quantity to be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as
the required quantity to effectively extinguish a fire at a protected property.
A dry chemical fire extinguishing agent container and a pressurising gas container shallbe installed in a place which is convenient for checking and is less likely to suffer fromthe spread of fire at the time of a fire and to be damaged by impact and where there islittle temperature fluctuation; provided, however, that this shall not apply when an ef‐
fective measure for protection has been taken.
A whole area discharge type or localised discharge type dry chemical fire extinguishingsystem shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.

(Standards Concerning Outdoor Fire Hydrant Systems)
Article 19
An outdoor fire hydrant system shall be installed in those buildings which arelisted in row (1) through row (15), row (17) and row (18) of Appended Table 1 of which thefloor area (meaning the floor area of the first floor for buildings of which the number offloors, excluding the basement floor(s), is one (1) or the total floor area of the first floor andsecond floor for buildings of which the number of floors, excluding the basement floor(s), is
two (2) or more; the same shall apply in Article 27) is nine thousand square meters (9,000 m2)
or more for fireproof buildings, six thousand square meters (6,000 m2) or more for quasi‐
fireproof buildings (meaning quasi‐fireproof buildings prescribed in Article 2 item (ix‐3) of
the Building Standards Act; the same shall apply hereinafter) or three thousand square me‐ters (3,000 m2) or more for other buildings.
(2) For the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, two or more buildings
listed in row (1) through row (15), row (17) and row (18) of Appended Table 1 (excluding
fireproof buildings and quasi‐fireproof buildings) shall be deemed to constitute a single
building when these buildings have such parts where the horizontal distance between thecenter lines of the external walls of these buildings is three meters (3 m) or less in the case of
the first floor or five meters (5 m) or less in the case of the second floor.
(3) In addition to what is prescribed in the two preceding paragraphs, the technical standards
for the installation and maintenance of outdoor fire hydrant systems shall be as specified in
the following.
(i)
Outdoor fire hydrants shall be installed so that the horizontal distance from any part ofa building to a hose connection port is forty meters (40 m) or less.
(ii)
The length of a fire hose of an outdoor fire hydrant system shall be the length whichenables effective water discharge from a hose connection port of the said outdoor fire
hydrant system to any part of the floor in question within the range of a horizontal dis‐
tance of forty meters (40 m).
(iii)
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than the quantity obtained by multiplying the number of installed outdoor fire hy‐
drants [two (2) in the case where the number of installed outdoor fire hydrants exceeds
two (2)] by seven cubic meters (7 m3).
(iv)
The performance of an outdoor fire hydrant system shall be a discharge pressure at the
tip of the nozzle of 0.25 MPa or more with a water discharge rate of three hundred andfifty liters (350 liters) or more when all outdoor fire hydrants [two (2) in the case where
the number of installed outdoor fire hydrants exceeds two (2)] are used simultaneously.
(v)
Outdoor fire hydrants and a box to store the discharge devices for an outdoor fire hy‐
drant system shall not be installed in places, including those which will be used as es‐
cape routes, where the operation of an outdoor fire hydrant system is likely to be great‐
ly inhibited.
(vi)
An outdoor fire hydrant system shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.
(4) When a sprinkler system, water spray fire extinguishing system, foam fire extinguishing sys‐tem, inert gas fire extinguishing system, halogenated fire extinguishing system, dry chemicalfire extinguishing system or power pump fire defense system is installed in buildings set
forth in paragraph (1) in accordance with the technical standards specified in Article 12, Ar‐ticle 13, Article 14, Article 15, Article 16, Article 17, the preceding article or the following ar‐
ticle or in accordance with an example of the said technical standards, an outdoor fire hy‐
drant system may not be installed in those parts within the effective range of the said in‐stalled system notwithstanding the provisions of the said paragraph.
(Standards Concerning Power Pump Fire Defense System)
Article 20
A power pump fire defense system shall be installed in the properties under thefire prevention measures listed in each of the following items or parts thereof.
(i)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item [excluding item (iv)] of
Article 11 paragraph (1) or parts thereof(ii)
Buildings set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding article(2) The provision of Article 11 paragraph (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the properties un‐
der fire prevention measures listed in item (i) of the preceding paragraph or parts thereof
and the provision of paragraph (2) of the preceding article shall apply mutatis mutandis to thebuildings listed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph.
(3) A power pump fire defense system shall have the water discharge rate specified by the tech‐nical specifications set forth in Article 21‐16‐3 paragraph (1) of the Act (referred to as “thespecified water discharge rate” in the following paragraph) of 0.2 cubic meters (0.2 m3) per
minute or more for a system installed in the properties under fire prevention measures listed
in paragraph (1) item (i) or parts thereof or 0.4 cubic meters (0.4 m3) per minute or more for asystem installed in the buildings listed in item (ii) of the said paragraph.
(4) In addition to what is prescribed in the three preceding paragraphs, the technical standards
for the installation and maintenance of a power pump fire defense system shall be as speci‐
fied in the following.
(i)Water supply sources for a power pump fire defense system shall be installed so thatthe horizontal distance from any part of a property under fire prevention measures to awater source shall be one hundred meters (100 m) or less for a system of which thespecified water discharge rate is 0.5 cubic meters (0.5 m3) per minute or more, forty me‐ters (40 m) or less for a system of which the specified water discharge rate is 0.4 cubic
meters (0.4 m3) per minute or more but less than 0.5 cubic meters (0.5 m3) per minute or
twenty five meters (25 m) or less for a system of which the specified water discharge
rate is less than 0.4 cubic meters (0.4 m3) per minute.
(ii)
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fense system to any part of the said property under fire prevention measures within therange of a horizontal distance of one hundred meters (100 m) for a system of which thespecified water discharge rate is 0.5 cubic meters (0.5 m3) per minute or more, forty me‐ters (40 m) for a system of which the specified water discharge rate is 0.4 cubic meters(0.4 m3) or more but less than 0.5 cubic meters (0.5 m3) per minute or twenty five meters(25 m) for a system of which the specified water discharge rate is less than 0.4 cubic me‐ters (0.4 m3) per minute.
(iii)
A water supply source shall be installed so that its water quantity exceeds the quantity
capable of sustaining water discharge for twenty (20) minutes at the specified water
discharge rate [twenty cubic meters (20 m3) in the case where the said quantity exceeds
twenty cubic meters (20 m3)] when the power pump for fire defense in question is used.
(iv)
A power pump for fire defense shall be permanently positioned in a place within awalking distance of one thousand meters (1,000m) from a water supply source if it is
the type to be towed by a fire engine or truck or in a place adjacent to a water supply
source for other types of power pump for fire defense.
(5) When a fire extinguishing system listed in each of the following items is installed in theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of paragraph (1) or parts
thereof in accordance with the respective provision of each of the said following items, a
power pump fire defense system may not be installed in those parts within the effective
range of the said fire extinguishing system notwithstanding the provisions of the said para‐graph.
(i)
In the case where an outdoor fire hydrant system is installed in the properties underfire prevention measures listed in each item of paragraph (1) of parts thereof in accord‐
ance with the technical standards specified in the preceding article or in accordancewith an example of the said technical standards(ii)
In the case where an indoor fire hydrant system, sprinkler system, water spray fire ex‐tinguishing system, foam fire extinguishing system, inert gas fire extinguishing system,
halogenated fire extinguishing system or dry chemical fire extinguishing system is in‐stalled on the first floor or second floor of the properties under fire prevention
measures listed in paragraph (1) item (i) in accordance with the technical standards
specified in Article 11, Article 12, Article 13, Article 14, Article 15, Article 16, Article 17
or Article 18 or in accordance with an example of the said technical standards(iii)
In the case where a sprinkler system, water spray fire extinguishing system, foam fire
extinguishing system, inert gas fire extinguishing system, halogenated fire extinguish‐
ing system or dry chemical fire extinguishing system is installed on the first floor orsecond floor of the buildings listed in paragraph (1) item (ii) in accordance with thetechnical standards specified in Article 12, Article 13, Article 14, Article 15, Article 16,
Article 17 or Article 18 or in accordance with an example of the said technical standards
Section 3

Standards for Alarm Systems(Standards Concerning Automatic Fire Alarm Systems)
Article 21
An automatic fire alarm system shall be installed in the properties under fire
prevention measures listed in the following or parts thereof.
(i)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed below(a) Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (2)‐(d), row (5)‐(a),row (6)‐(b), row (13)‐(b) and row (17 of Appended Table 1(b) Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(a) and (c) (lim‐ited to those which house or accommodate users)(ii)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (9)‐(a) of Appended
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(iii)
(a)
(b)
(iv)

(v)

(vi)
(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

(a)
(b)
(x)

Table 1 with a gross area of two hundred square meters (200 m2) or more
Properties under fire prevention measures listed below with a gross area of three hun‐dred square meters (300 m2) or more
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1), row (2)‐a) through(c), row (3), row (4), row (6)‐(d), row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) of Appended Table 1
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(a) and (c) (lim‐ited to those which house or accommodate users)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(b), row (7), row(8), row (9)‐(b), row (10), row (12), row (13)‐(a) and row (14) of Appended Table 1 with agross area of five hundred square meters (500 m2) or moreAmong the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐3) of Appended
Table 1, any of those with a gross area of five hundred square meters (500 m2) or more
and with a total floor area of parts serving the intended purposes of properties underfire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) or row(9)‐(a) of three hundred square meters (300 m2) or more
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (11) and row (15) of
Appended Table 1 with a gross area of one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or moreAmong the properties under fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1 otherthan the properties under fire prevention measures listed in each of the preceding items,
any of those properties under fire prevention measures where parts serving the intend‐
ed purposes of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) throughrow (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) or row (9)‐(a) exist on a floor other than the evacuation floor
and where there are no more than two (2) staircases which directly lead from a floorother than the said evacuation floor to the evacuation floor or ground level (one (1) inthe case where the staircase in question is located outdoors or in the case where an ef‐
fective structure for evacuation to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Inter‐
nal Affairs and Communications exists)
Among structures such as buildings listed in Appended Table 1 other than the proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures listed in each of the preceding items, any of thosewhich store or handle a designated combustible good of five hundred (500) times ormore the quantity specified in Appended Table 4 of the Cabinet Order Concerning theControl of Hazardous Materials
Among parts of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) ofAppended Table 1 (excluding those listed in item (iii) and the two preceding items), anyof those serving the intended purposes of a property under fire prevention measureslisted below
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (2)‐(d), row (5)‐(a)and row (6)‐(b) of Appended Table 1
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(a) and (c) of
Appended Table 1 (limited to those which house or accommodate users)
Any basement floor or windowless floor [in the case of basement floors or windowless
floors of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) of Ap‐
pended Table 1, limited to those floors where a part serving the intended purposes ofany of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (2) or row (3) of thesaid table exists] with a floor area of one hundred square meters [in the case of any
basement floor or windowless floor of the properties under fire prevention measureslisted in row (16)‐(a) of the said table, the total floor area of parts serving the said pur‐pose is one hundred square meters (100 m2)] or more of the properties under fire pre‐vention measures listed in row (2)‐(a) through (c), row (3) and row (16)‐(a) of the said
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In addition to those listed in each of the preceding items, any basement floor, window‐
less floor or third or higher floor with a floor area of three hundred square meters (300m2) or more of any of the buildings listed in Appended Table 1(xii)
In addition to those listed in each of the preceding items, any part of the properties un‐
der fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1 which is used as a road with afloor area of six hundred square meters (600 m2) or more in the case of a roof top or four
hundred square meters (400 m2) or more in the case of any other part(xiii) In addition to those listed in each of the preceding items, any basement or second or
higher floor of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table
1 which has a part serving as a parking space (excluding those floors with a structure
which allows all parked vehicles to simultaneously exist) with a floor area of the said
part of two hundred square meters (200 m2) or more(xiv) In addition to those listed in each of the preceding items, the eleventh or higher floor of
the properties under fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1(xv)
In addition to those listed in each of the preceding items, a communication equipment
room with a floor area of five hundred square meters (500 m2) or more of any property
under fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the technical standards con‐cerning the installation and maintenance of an automatic fire alarm system shall be as speci‐
fied in the following.
(i)A detection zone of an automatic fire alarm system (meaning a zone constituting theminimum unit which can be recognised as a zone of fire occurrence from other zones;
the same shall apply in the following item) shall not cover two or more floors; provided,
however, that this shall not apply to a case to be specified by an ordinance of the Minis‐try of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(ii)
The area of a single detection zone shall be six hundred square meters (600 m2) or lessand the length of one side shall be fifty meters (50 m) or less [one hundred meters (100m) or less in the case where photoelectric beam type detectors specified in Appended
Table 3 are installed]; provided, however, that the area may be one thousand square
meters (1,000 m2) or less in the case where the interior of the property under fire pre‐vention measures in question can be seen unobstructed from the main entrance of thesaid property.
(iii)
The detectors of an automatic fire alarm system shall be mounted on parts of the ceilingand walls facing inwards and in the loft (in the case of no ceiling, parts of the roof orwalls facing inwards) as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications so that the occurrence of a fire can be effectively detected; pro‐vided, however, that these detectors may not be mounted in the loft of those buildingsof which the main structural sections are of a fireproof construction.
(iv)
An automatic fire alarm system shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.
(3) When a sprinkler system, water spray fire extinguishing system or foam fire extinguishingsystem (limited to any of those systems equipped with closed type sprinkler heads to be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) is in‐stalled in the properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of paragraph (1)or parts thereof (excluding those to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications) in accordance with the technical standards specified in Article
12, Article 13, Article 14 or Article 15 or in accordance with an example of the said technicalstandards, an automatic fire alarm system may not be installed in those parts within the ef‐
fective range of the said system notwithstanding the provisions of the said paragraph.

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 21‐2)(Standards Concerning Gas Leakage and Fire Alarm Systems)
Article 21‐2
A gas leakage and fire alarm system shall be installed in properties under fire
prevention measures listed in the following or parts thereof (excluding those to be specified
by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications).
(i)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) of Appended
Table 1 of which the gross area is one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more(ii)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐3) of Appended
Table 1, any property of which the gross area is one thousand square meters (1,000 m2)
or more and of which the total floor area of parts serving the intended purposes of theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a),row (6) or row (9)‐(a) of the said table is five hundred square meters (500 m2) or more(iii)
Among structures such as buildings listed in Appended Table 1 other than the proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures listed in the two preceding items (excluding thosestructures such as buildings of which the capacity is less than the number to be speci‐
fied by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications), any of
those where a system to extract hot spring water to be specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications [excluding a system used by a person
verified under Article 14‐5 paragraph (1) of the Hot Spring Act (Act No. 125 of 1948) toextract hot spring water at a place of extracting hot spring water pertaining to the said
verification] is installed(iv)
Among the basement floors of the properties under fire prevention measures listed inrow (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) and row (9)‐(a) of Appended Table 1, any
basement floor of which the total floor area is one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or
more(v)Among the basement floors of the properties under fire prevention measures listed inrow (16)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 [excluding those listed in item (iii) above], any base‐ment floor of which the total floor area is one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) ormore and also of which the total floor area of parts serving the intended purposes of theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a),row (6) or row (9)‐(a) of the said table is five hundred square meters (500 m2) or more
(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of gas leakage and fire alarm systems shall be as specified in
the following.
(i)A detection zone of a gas leakage and fire alarm system (meaning a zone constituting
the minimum unit which can be distinguished from other zones in the event of a fire in
the said zone; the same shall apply in the following item) shall not cover two or more
floors of a property under fire prevention measures; provided, however, that this shallnot apply in a case to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications.
(ii)
An area of a single detection zone of a gas leakage and fire alarm system shall be six
hundred square meters (600 m2) or less; provided, however, that this shall not apply ina case to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations.
(iii)
A gas leakage detector of a gas leakage and fire alarm system shall be installed so thatgas leakage can be effectively detected as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications.
(iv)
A gas leakage and fire alarm system shall be accompanied by an emergency powersource.

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 22~23)(Standards Concerning Electrical Leakage and Fire Alarm Devices)
Article 22
Electric leakage and fire alarm devices shall be installed in the properties underfire prevention measures listed in the following which have steel‐wired walls with theirstuds or common ground being made of materials other than quasi‐incombustible materials[meaning quasi‐incombustible materials prescribed in Article 1 item (v) of the Order for En‐
forcement of the Building Standards Act; the same shall apply in the rest of this paragraph],steel‐wired floors with their joists or common ground being made of materials other thanquasi‐incombustible materials or steel‐wired ceilings with their ceiling joists or common
ground being made of materials other than quasi‐incombustible materials.
(i)
Any of the buildings listed in row (17) of Appended Table 1(ii)
Any of the buildings listed in row (5) and row (9) of Appended Table 1 with a gross ar‐ea of one hundred and fifty square meters (150 m2) or more(iii)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4),row (6), row (12) and row (16‐2) of Appended Table 1 with a gross area of three hun‐dred square meters (300 m2) or more(iv)
Any of the buildings listed in row (7), row (8), row (10) and row (11) with a gross areaof five hundred square meters (500 m2) or more(v)
Any of the buildings listed in row (14) and row (15) of Appended Table 1 with a grossarea of one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more(vi)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) of Append‐
ed Table 1, any of those of which the gross area is five hundred square meters (500 m2)
or more and of which the total floor area of parts serving the intended purposes of theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a),row (6) or row (9)‐(a) of the said table is three hundred square meters (300 m2) or more(vii)
In addition to what is listed in each of the preceding items, any of the buildings listed inrow (1) through row (6), row (15) and row (16) of Appended Table 1 which has a con‐tracted electric current capacity (the largest contracted electric current capacity in thecase where electric power is supplied to the same building under two or more contracts
involving different electric current capacities) exceeding fifty amperes (50 A)(2) The electric leakage and fire alarm devices set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be in‐stalled so that they can effectively detect a fire pertaining to the indoor electric wiring of abuilding.
(Standards Concerning Fire Alarm Systems Reporting to a Fire Department)
Article 23
A fire alarm system reporting to a fire department shall be installed in the prop‐
erties under fire prevention measures listed in the following; provided, however, that thisshall not apply to the properties under fire prevention measures located far away from a fire
department or those located in other places to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministryof Internal Affairs and Communications.
(i)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in item (6)‐(b), item (16‐2)
and item (16‐3) of Appended Table 1(ii)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1), row (2), row (4),row (5)‐(a), row (6)‐(a), (c) and (d), row (12) and row (17) of Appended Table 1 with agross area of five hundred square meters (500 m2) or more(iii)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (3), row (5)‐(b), row(7) through row (11) and row (13) through row (15) of Appended Table 1 with a grossarea of one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more
(2) A fire alarm system set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be installed as specified by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in accordance with thetype of the said fire alarm system.
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 23~24)(3) When a telephone capable of reporting to a fire department at any time is installed in any ofthe properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of paragraph (1) [excluding
the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of Appended Table 1
among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in item (1) of the said paragraphand the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(a) and row (6)‐(a) and(c) of the said table among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in item (ii) of
paragraph (1)], a fire alarm system set forth in the said paragraph may not be installed not‐withstanding the provisions of the said paragraph.
(Standards Concerning Emergency Alarm Devices or Emergency Alarm Systems)
Article 24
Emergency alarm devices shall be installed in the properties under fire preven‐tion measures listed in row (4), row (6)‐(b), (c) and (d), row (9)‐(b) and row (12) of Appended
Table 1 with a capacity of twenty (20) persons or more but less than fifty (50) persons (ex‐cluding those listed in the following paragraph); provided, however, that this shall not apply
within the effective range of an automatic fire alarm system or emergency alarm system
when such an alarm system is installed in those properties under fire prevention measuresin accordance with the technical standards specified in Article 21 or paragraph (4) below orin accordance with an example of the said technical standards.
(2) Emergency bells, automatic sirens or a public address system shall be installed in the prop‐
erties under fire prevention measures listed in the following (excluding those subject to theprovisions of the following paragraph); provided, however, that this shall not apply within
the effective range of an automatic fire alarm system when such an alarm system is installedin those properties under fire prevention measures in accordance with the technical stand‐ards specified in Article 21 or in accordance with an example of the said technical standards.
(i)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(a), row (6)‐(a)and row (9)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 with a capacity of twenty (20) persons or more(ii)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (17)of Appended Table 1 with a capacity of fifty (50) persons or more or with the capacity ofthe basement floor or windowless floor of twenty (20) persons or more other than theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in the preceding item.
(3) Emergency bells and a public address system or automatic sirens and a public address systemshall be installed in the properties under fire prevention measures listed in the following.
(i)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) and row (16‐3) of Appended Table 1(ii)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1 (ex‐cluding those listed in the preceding item), any of those of which the number of floors
excluding basement floors is eleven (11) or more or which have three or more basement
floors(iii)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) of Appended
Table 1, any of those of which the capacity is five hundred (500) persons or more(iv)
In addition to what is listed in the two preceding items, any of the properties under fire
prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) and row (9)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 with a capacity of three hundred (300) persons or more or anyof the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(b), row (7) and row(8) with a capacity of eight hundred (800) persons or more
(4) In addition to what is prescribed in the three preceding paragraphs, the technical standards
concerning the installation and maintenance of emergency alarm devices or emergency
alarm systems shall be as specified in the following.
(i)An emergency alarm device or emergency alarm system shall be installed so that theoccurrence of a fire can be effectively and promptly notified to all zones of the property
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 24~25)
under fire prevention measures.
(ii)
Switches for an emergency alarm device or emergency alarm system shall be installedin those places where they are likely to be noticed by many people and can be quickly
operated at the time of a fire.
(iii)
An emergency alarm system shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.
(5) At those properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of paragraph (3)where an automatic fire alarm system or public address system to be specified by an ordi‐
nance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is installed in accordance withthe technical standards specified in Article 21 or the preceding paragraph or in accordancewith an example of the said technical , an emergency bell or automatic siren may not be in‐stalled within the effective range of the said installed system notwithstanding the provisionsof paragraph (3).
Section 4

Standards for Fire Escape Systems(Standards Concerning Escape Equipment)
Article 25
Escape equipment shall be installed on the floors (excluding evacuation floors
and eleventh or higher floors) of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in thefollowing.
(i)
Any of the second or higher floors or basement floors of the properties under fire pre‐vention measures listed in row (6) of Appended Table 1 with a capacity of twenty (20)persons or more [ten (10) persons or more for those floors where any of the properties
under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (9), row (12)‐(a),row (13)‐(a), row (14) or row (15) of the said table exist on the floor below](ii)
Any of the second or higher floors or basement floors of the properties under fire pre‐vention measures listed in row (5) of Appended Table 1 with a capacity of thirty (30)persons or more [ten (10) persons or more for those floors where any of the properties
under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (9), row (12)‐(a),row (13)‐(a), row (14) or row (15) of the said table exists on the floor below](iii)
Any of the second or higher floors (excluding the second floor of a building where themain structural section is of a fireproof construction) or basement floors of the proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4) and row (7)through row (11) of Appended Table 1 with a capacity of fifty (50) persons or more(iv)
Any of the third or higher windowless floors or basement floors of the properties underfire prevention measures listed in row (12) and row (15) of Appended Table 1 with acapacity of one hundred (100) persons or more for a windowless third or higher floor orbasement floor or one hundred and fifty (150) persons or more for other floors(v)
In addition to what is listed in each of the preceding items, among the third floor of theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1 [second floor in
the case of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (2) and row (3)of the said table and the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a)of the said table where parts serving the intended purposes of any of the properties un‐
der fire prevention measures listed in row (2) or row (3) of the said table exist on thesecond floor] or higher, any floor with a capacity of ten (10) persons or more where two
or more staircases directly leading to an evacuation floor or ground level from the said
floor (in the case where a part compartmented by walls with no effective openings forevacuation specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations exists on the said floor, the said compartmented part ) do not exist(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of escape equipment shall be as specified in the following.
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 25)(i)Those floors listed in each item of the preceding paragraph shall be provided with one of
the escape equipment which is deemed suitable for individual floors in the following ta‐
ble in accordance with the category of the properties under fire prevention measures set
forth in each item of the said paragraph in such suitable number as one or more for any of
the floors listed in item (i), item (ii) and item (v) of the said paragraph with a capacity of
one hundred (100) persons or less or one plus the number calculated on the basis of one
additional equipment for every one hundred (100) additional persons when the capacity
exceeds one hundred (100) persons, one or more for any of the floors listed in item (iii) of
the said paragraph with a capacity of two hundred (200) persons or less or one plus thenumber calculated on the basis of one additional equipment for each two hundred (200)
additional persons when the capacity exceeds two hundred (200) persons or one or more
for any of the floors listed in item (iv) of the said paragraph with a capacity of three hun‐dred (300) persons or less or one plus the number calculated on the basis of one addition‐
al equipment for each three hundred (300) additional persons ; provided, however, thatthe number of installed equipment may be reduced or escape equipment may not be in‐stalled as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communica‐
tions when the location, structure or conditions of equipment of the relevant property
under fire prevention measures are considered not to hinder escape.
Property under fire
prevention
measures

Floor
Basement floor
Second floor

Property underfire
prevention
measures listed initem (i) of thepreceding para‐graph
Escape ladder;escape steps
Slide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridge;escapesteps

Third floor

Slide;
escapechute; descender;
escape bridge

Fourth or fifth floor

Slide;
escapechute; descend‐er; escape bridge

Sixth or higher floor

Slide;
chute;
bridge

(ii)

(iii)

escapeescapeProperty underfire
prevention
measures listed initem (ii) and item(iii) of the preced‐
ing paragraph
Escape ladder;escape steps
Slide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridge; slide pole;
escape rope; es‐cape steps
Slide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridge;escapesteps
Slide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridgeSlide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridgeProperty underfire
prevention
measures listed initem (iv) of thepreceding para‐graph
Escape ladder;escape steps

Slide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridge;escapesteps
Slide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridgeSlide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridgeProperty underfire
prevention
measures listed initem (v) of thepreceding para‐
graph

Slide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridge; slide pole;
escape rope; es‐cape steps
Slide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridge;escapesteps
Slide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridgeSlide; escape lad‐der; escape chute;descender; escapebridgeEscape equipment shall be installed in those openings which are easily accessible for
evacuation, are at a reasonable distance from escape facilities such as a staircase and es‐
cape exit and have a safe construction for the use of the said equipment.
Escape equipment shall be either fixed permanently at the openings set forth in the pre‐ceding item or shall be kept in such a state that they may be swiftly fixed to the said
openings as required.

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 26)(Standards Concerning Guiding Lamps and Guiding Signs)
Article 26
Guiding lamps and guiding signs shall be installed in those properties under fire
prevention measures specified in each of the following items or parts thereof in accordancewith the category listed in each said item; provided, however, that this shall not apply tothose from which escape can be easily made and which are specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as such.
(i)
Exit lamps: properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4),row (5)‐(a), row (6), row (9), row (16)‐(a), row (16‐2) and row (16‐3) of Appended Table
1 and basement floors, windowless floors and eleventh and higher floors of the proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(b), row (7), row (8), row (10)through row (15) and row (16)‐(b) of the said table(ii)
Exit route lamps: properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) throughrow (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6), row (9), row (16)‐(a), row (16‐2) and row (16‐3) of Append‐
ed Table 1 and basement floors, windowless floors and eleventh and higher floors of theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(b), row (7), row (8), row(10) through row (15) and row (16)‐(b) of the said table(iii)
Auditorium guiding lamps: properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1)of Appended Table 1 and parts of the properties under fire prevention measures listed
in row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) of the said table which are used for the intended purpos‐
es of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) of the said table(iv)
Guiding signs: properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row(16) of Appended Table 1(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of guiding lamps and guiding signs shall be as specified in thefollowing.
(i)
Exit lamps shall be green lamps with the indication of “exit” thereon and shall be in‐stalled in each escape exit of the properties under fire prevention measures or parts
thereof in a manner which makes them effective for the purpose of escape.
(ii)
Exit route lamps shall be green lamps which clearly indicate the direction for escapeand shall be installed in the corridors, staircases, passageways and other places where
fire escape systems are situated of the properties under fire prevention measures orparts thereof in a manner which makes them effective for the purpose of escape; pro‐vided, however, that clear indication of the direction for escape may not be required for
those which are installed in staircases.
(iii)
Auditorium guiding lamps shall be installed in auditoriums so that the illuminance ofan auditorium shall be 0.2 lux or more when measured by a method to be specified byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(iv)
Guiding lamps shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.
(v)
Guiding signs shall be green signs with a clear indication of “exit” or the direction forescape and shall be installed in those places readily seen by many people in a manner
which makes them effective for the purpose of escape.
(3) When exit lamps or exit route lamps are installed in any of the properties under fire preven‐tion measures listed in paragraph (1) item (iv) or parts thereof in accordance with the tech‐nical standards specified in the preceding paragraph or in accordance with an example ofthe said technical standards, guiding signs may not be installed in those parts within the ef‐
fective range of these lamps notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1).

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 27)
Section 5

Standards for Water Supply Sources for Fire Defense(Standards for Water Supply Sources for Fire Defense)
Article 27
A water supply source for fire defense shall be installed in those buildings listed
in the following.
(i)
Any of the buildings listed in row (1) through row (15), row (17) and row (18) of Ap‐
pended Table 1 of which the site has an area of twenty thousand square meters (20,000m2) with a floor area of fifteen thousand square meters (15,000 m2) or more in the caseof a fireproof building, ten thousand square meters (10,000 m2) or more in the case of aquasi‐fireproof building or five thousand square metres (5,000 m2) or more in the caseof any other building (excluding the buildings listed in the following item)(ii)
Any of the buildings listed in Appended Table 1 of which the height exceeds thirty one
meters (31 m) with a gross area (excluding the area pertaining to basement floors; thesame shall apply in the rest of this article) of twenty five thousand square meters(25,000 m2) or more
(2) In the case where two or more of the buildings [excluding those of which the height exceeds
thirty one meters (31 m) with a gross area of twenty five thousand square meters (25,000 m2) or
more; the same shall apply in the rest of this paragraph] listed in row (1) through row (15),row (17) and row (18) of Appended Table 1 exist on the same site, these buildings shall bedeemed to constitute a single building for the application of the provisions of the preceding
paragraph when these buildings have such parts where the horizontal distance from the centerline of the external walls of the said buildings is three meters (3 m) or less for the first floor andfive meters (5 m) or less for the second floor and where the sum of the quotients obtained by
dividing the floor areas of these buildings by fifteen thousand square meters (15,000 m2) for a
fireproof building, ten thousand square meters (10,000 m2) for a quasi‐fireproof building andfive thousand square meters (5,000 m2) for any other building is one (1) or more.
(3) In addition to what is prescribed in the two preceding paragraphs, the technical standards
for the installation and maintenance of water supply sources for fire defense shall be as spec‐
ified in the following.
(i)Water supply sources for fire defense shall be installed so that the total of their effective
water volumes [meaning the volume of water in parts which come within four and ahalf meters (4.5 m) from the surface of the ground for those water supply sources forfire defense which are installed below the ground surface; the same shall apply herein‐
after in the rest of this article] is equal to or exceeds the volume obtained by multiply‐
ing the quotient [any fractions of less than one (1) shall be counted as one (1)] which is
obtained by dividing the floor area in the case of the buildings listed in paragraph (1)item (i) or the gross area in the case of the buildings listed in item (ii) of the said para‐graph by the area specified in the following table in accordance with the category of thebuilding(s) in question by twenty cubic meters (20 m3). In this case, if the said watersupply sources for fire defense use running water, the flow rate of 0.8 cubic meters (0.8m3) per minute shall be converted to a water volume of twenty cubic meters (20 m3).
Building Category
Buildings listed in paragraph (1) item (i)Buildings listed in paragraph (1) item (ii)Fireproof buildings
Quasi‐fireproof buildings
Other buildings

Area
7,500 m2
5,000 m2
2,500 m2
12,500 m2

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 27~28‐2)
(ii)

(iii)

(iv)
(v)
Section 6

A water supply source for fire defense shall be installed so that the horizontal distancefrom any part of a building to a water supply source for fire defense shall be one hun‐dred meters (100 m) or less and the effective water volume of each water supply source
for fire defense shall be not less than twenty cubic meters (20 m3) [less than 0.8 cubic
meters (0.8 m3) per minute in the case of using running water].
The water depth at the part of a water supply source for fire defense where the suction
pipe is dropped shall be sufficiently deep to ensure the effective suction of the whole of
the required water volume from the said water supply source for fire defense.
A water supply source for fire defense shall be installed so that a fire engine can be ap‐
proached within a distance of two meters (2 m) therefrom.
Each fire cistern shall have a suction pipe insertion hole of an appropriate size.
Standards for Facilities Necessary for Fire Extinguishing Activities(Standards Concerning Ventilation Systems)
Article 28
A ventilation system shall be installed in any of the properties under fire preven‐tion measures listed in the following or parts thereof.
(i)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) of Appended
Table 1 with a gross area of one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more(ii)
Any of the stage section with a floor area of five hundred square meters (500 m2) ormore of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) of Appended
Table 1(iii)
Any of the basement floors or windowless floors with a floor area of one thousandsquare meters (1,000 m2) or more of the properties under fire prevention measureslisted in row (2), row (4), row (10) and row (13) of Appended Table 1(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of ventilation systems shall be as specified in the following.
(i)A ventilation system shall be capable of effectively removing smoke generated at thetime of a fire in accordance with the intended purpose, structure or size of the proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of the preceding paragraph orparts thereof.
(ii)
A ventilation system shall be equipped with a manual switch or an automatic switch
which operates when the occurrence of a fire is detected.
(iii)
The vents, ducts and other parts of a ventilation system which are likely to be in contact
with smoke shall be made of materials which pose no risk of hindering the functions of
the said system as a result of heat and the ingredients of smoke.
(iv)
A ventilation system shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.
(3) Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in each item of paragraph (1) orparts thereof, a ventilation system may not be installed, notwithstanding the provisions of
the said paragraph, in parts to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Af‐
fairs and Communications as parts not posing a risk of hindering fire extinguishing activi‐
ties such as those where windows and other effective openings for the purpose of ventilation
are installed.
(Standards Concerning Sprinkler Shower Systems with Hose Connection)
Article 28‐2
A sprinkler show system with hose connection shall be installed in any of theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (15), row (16‐2) androw (17) of Appended Table 1 of which the total floor area of the basement floors [gross areain the case of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) of the said
table] is seven hundred square meters (700 m2) or more.
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 28‐2~29)(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of a sprinkler system with hose connection shall be as specified
in the following.
(i)Watering heads shall be installed in a manner to be specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the ceiling or in the loft of thoseparts to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations among the parts of basement floors of the properties under fire prevention
measures set forth in the preceding paragraph.
(ii)
Each fire department supply port shall be installed in such a place which can be easily
approached by a fire engine.
(3) When a sprinkler system, water spray fire extinguishing system, foam fire extinguishing sys‐tem, inert gas fire extinguishing system, halogenated fire extinguishing system or dry chemi‐
cal fire extinguishing system accompanied by a fire department supply port(s) is installed in
the properties under fire prevention measures listed in paragraph (1) in accordance with thetechnical standards specified in Article 12, Article 13, Article 14, Article 15, Article 16, Article 17
or Article 18 or in accordance with an example of the said technical standards, a sprinkler sys‐
tem with hose connection may not be installed in those parts within an effective range of thesaid installed system notwithstanding the provisions of the said paragraph.
(4) When a fire department hydrant is installed in the properties under fire prevention measures
set forth in paragraph (1) in accordance with the technical standards set forth in the following
article or in accordance with an example of the said technical standards, a sprinkler systemwith hose connection may not be installed in those parts of the properties under fire preven‐tion measures which are specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications as parts not posing a risk of hindering fire extinguishing activities notwith‐standing the provisions of the said paragraph.
(Standards Concerning Fire Department Hydrants)
Article 29
A fire department hydrant shall be installed in the properties under fire preven‐tion measures listed in each of the following items.
(i)
Any of the buildings listed in Appended Table 1 of which the number of floors exclud‐ing the basement floor(s) is seven (7) or more(ii)
In addition to what is listed in the preceding item, any of the buildings listed in Ap‐
pended Table 1 of which the number of floors excluding the basement floor(s) is five (5)or more and of which the gross area is six thousand square meters (6,000 m2) or more(iii)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) of Appended
Table 1 of which the gross area is one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more(iv)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (18) of Appended
Table 1(v)
In addition to what is listed in each of the preceding items, any of the properties underfire prevention measures listed in Appended Table 1 which have a part serving as a road(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of a fire department hydrant shall be as specified in the follow‐
ing.
(i)
A fire department discharge port shall be installed in each of the properties under fire
prevention measures listed in the following or its floor or part so that the horizontal
distance from any place of the said property under fire prevention measures or its flooror part to a fire department discharge port shall be within the specified distance forsuch property, floor or part and at such location as a stairwell, access lobby to an emer‐
gency elevator or any other similar place where a firefighting team can effectively con‐duct fire extinguishing activities.
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 29~29‐2)(a) Third or higher floor of any of the buildings listed in item (i) and item (ii) of the preced‐
ing paragraph: fifty meters (50 m)(b) Any basement floor of a property under fire prevention measures listed in item (iii) of
the preceding paragraph: fifty meters (50 m)(c) Property under fire prevention measures listed in item (iv) of the preceding paragraph:twenty five meters (25 m)(d) Part serving as a road of any property under fire prevention measures listed in item (v)of the preceding paragraph: twenty five meters (25 m)(ii)
The inside diameter of the main pipe shall be one hundred millimetres (100 mm) or
more; provided, however, that this shall not apply in the case to be specified by an or‐
dinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(iii)
A fire department supply port shall be a Y hose connection port and shall be installed ina location which can be easily approached by a fire engine.
(iv)
A fire department hydrant to be installed in buildings of which the number of floors ex‐cluding the basement floor(s) is eleven or more, the provisions specified in the follow‐
ing (a) through (c) shall be observed.
(a) All fire department discharge ports to be installed in parts on the eleventh and higher
floors of the said buildings shall be Y hose connection ports.
(b) A pressurised water supply unit accompanied by an emergency power source shall be
installed as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations.
(c) A box storing discharge devices shall accompany a fire department discharge port pre‐scribed in (a) as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications; provided, however, that this shall not apply to buildings to be specified byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as buildings
where the transportation of discharge devices is considered to be easy.
(Standards Concerning Emergency Power Outlets)
Article 29‐2
Emergency power outlets shall be installed in the properties under fire preven‐tion measures listed in the following.
(i)
Any of the buildings listed in Appended Table 1 where the number of floors excluding
the basement floor(s) is eleven (11) or more(ii)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2) of Appended
Table 1 with a gross area of one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more
(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the technical standards for the
installation and maintenance of emergency power outlets shall be as specified in the following.
(i)
Emergency power outlets shall be installed on each floor of the properties under fire
prevention measures listed in the following so that the horizontal distance from any
part of the floor in question to an emergency power outlet is the distance specified forthe floor in question or less and at such locations as stairwells, access lobbies for emer‐
gency elevators and any other similar places where a firefighting team can effectively
conduct fire extinguishing activities.
(a) Eleventh or higher floor of a building listed in item (i) of the preceding paragraph: fifty
meters (50 m)(b) Basement floor of a property under fire prevention measures listed in item (ii) of thepreceding paragraph: fifty meters (50 m)(ii)
Emergency power outlets shall be capable of supplying electricity of a single phase al‐
ternative current of fifteen amperes (15 A) or more with one hundred volts (100 V).
(iii)
Emergency power outlets shall be accompanied by an emergency power source.

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 29‐3~30)(Standards Concerning Auxiliary Facilities for Radio Communication)
Article 29‐3
Auxiliary facilities for radio communication shall be installed in the properties
under fire prevention measures listed in row (xvi‐2) of Appended Table 1 with a gross areaof one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more.
(2) In addition to what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the standards for the installa‐tion and maintenance of auxiliary facilities for radio communication shall be as specified in
the following.
(i)
Auxiliary facilities for radio communication shall be installed in such a manner as toenable their easy checking and to make their damage by fire or other disasters less like‐ly.
(ii)
Auxiliary facilities for radio communication shall be installed in such a manner as toenable easy radio communication between firefighting teams at the properties underfire prevention measures prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
Section 7

Standards for Equipment, etc. Used for Fire Defense Which Have the Required
Fire Prevention and Safety Performance(Standards Concerning Equipment, etc. Used for Fire Defense Which Have the Required Fire
Prevention and Safety Performance)
Article 29‐4
The persons concerned set forth in Article 17 paragraph (1) of the Act may use
systems used for fire defense, water supply sources for fire defense or facilities necessary forfire extinguishing activities of which the fire prevention and safety performance (meaning
the performance to control the spread of a fire at the initial stage, the performance to assist
safe evacuation at the time of a fire or the performance to assist the activities of firefighting
teams; the same shall apply in the rest of this article) is considered by a fire chief or fire sta‐tion chief to be equivalent to or higher than the fire prevention and safety performance of
normally used fire defense equipment, etc. as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications [hereinafter referred to as “equipment, etc. used forfire defense which have the required fire prevention and safety performance” in the rest of
this article, Article 34 item (vii) and Article 36‐2] in lieu of the fire defense equipment, etc.
prescribed in the said paragraph which must be installed and maintained in accordance withthe provisions of Section 2 through the preceding section of this Part (hereinafter referred toas “normally used fire defense equipment, etc.” in the rest of this article).
(2) In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the persons concerned set forth in thesaid paragraph shall install and maintain the equipment, etc. used for fire defense whichhave the required fire prevention and safety performance so that it has a fire prevention andsafety performance equivalent to or higher than that of normally used fire defense equip‐
ment, etc.
(3) The provisions of Section 2 through the preceding section of this Part shall not apply tonormally used fire defense equipment, etc. (limited to that which is to be replaced by theequipment, etc. used for fire defense which have the required fire prevention and safety per‐formance).
Section 8

Miscellaneous Provisions(Specifications for Fire Defense Equipment, etc.)
Article 30
Among the fire defense equipment, etc. set forth in Article 17 paragraph (1) of
the Act (hereinafter referred to as “fire defense equipment, etc.”) or machines or tools, etc.
subject to inspection set forth in Article 21‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act or machines or tools,
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referred to as “fire defense machines or tools, etc.” in the rest of this article) which are partsof the fire defense equipment, etc., those which fall under any of the items of Article 37 or
any of the items of Article 41 shall conform to the technical specifications set forth in Article
21‐2 paragraph (2) of the Act or Article 21‐16‐3 paragraph (1) of the Act concerning such fire
defense machines or tools, etc.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, when enforcing or retrospec‐tively applying the provisions of an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications concerning the technical specifications based on the provisions of Article 21‐2
paragraph (2) of the Act or Article 21‐16‐3 paragraph (1) of the Act, special provisions for thepreceding paragraph may be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications for a specified period of time regarding technical standards pertaining
to fire defense machines or tools, etc. at actually existing properties under fire prevention
measures [excluding those pertaining to fire defense equipment, etc. to which the provisionsof Article 17‐2‐5 paragraph (1) of the Act apply] or fire defense machines or tools, etc. per‐taining to properties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new con‐struction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodeling [excluding those per‐taining to fire defense equipment, etc. to which the provisions of Article 17‐2‐5 paragraph (1)of the Act apply] which fall under any of the items of Article 37 or any of the items of Article
41 and which do not conform to the provisions of an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications concerning the said technical specifications referred to at the
beginning of this paragraph. The same shall apply to fire defense machines or tools, etc.
which fall under any of the items of Article 37 or any of the items of Article 41 but which do
not conform to the provisions of an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications concerning the said technical specifications among fire defense machines ortools, etc. pertaining to properties under fire prevention measures for which the work for
new construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodeling started be‐
tween the date of enforcement or retrospective application of the provisions of an ordinanceof the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications concerning the said technical speci‐
fications and one day before the date specified by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications as the date from which the fire defense machines or tools, etc. conforming to
the said technical specifications may be used pursuant to the said special provisions.
(Special Provisions for Standards)
Article 31
For those to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (12)‐(a)of Appended Table 1, special provisions concerning the standards specified in Section 2 ofthis Part may be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations.
(2) For those to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communica‐
tions among the parts serving as roads of the properties under fire prevention measureslisted in Appended Table 1, special provisions concerning the standards specified in this Part
may be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Article 32
The provisions of this Part shall not apply to fire defense equipment, etc. when afire chief or fire station chief finds on the basis of the judgment on the location, structure orconditions of the equipment of a property under fire prevention measures that there is avery low risk of the occurrence or spread of a fire and that any damage by a fire or anotherdisaster will be kept to a minimum without conforming to the standards for fire defense
equipment, etc. which are prescribed in this Part.

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Article 33
In addition to what is specified in this Part, the details of the installation meth‐ods, indications for installed fire defense equipment, etc., checking methods and other nec‐
essary matters concerning the installation and maintenance of fire defense equipment, etc.
shall be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(Fee for Performance Evaluation Conducted by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations)
Article 33‐2
The amount of fees to be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 17‐2‐4
paragraph (4) of the Act shall be five hundred and fifty seven thousand and one hundredyen (¥557,100).
Part 4

Fire Defense Equipment, etc. and Scope of Extension, etc. Not Exempt from the Application(Fire Defense Equipment, etc. Not Exempt from Application)
Article 34
The fire defense equipment, etc. to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in
Article 17‐2‐5 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be the fire defense equipment, etc. listed in eachof the following items.
(i)
Simple fire extinguishing appliances(ii)
Automatic fire alarm systems (limited to those to be installed in the properties underfire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6), row (9)‐(a), row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) through row (17) of Appended Table 1)(iii)
Gas leakage and fire alarm systems (limited to those to be installed in the properties
under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6),row (9)‐(a), row (16)‐(a), row (16‐2) and row (16‐3) of Appended Table 1 and properties
under fire prevention measures which are not the properties under fire prevention
measures referred to above and which are listed in Article 21‐2 paragraph (1) item (iii))(iv)
Electric leakage and fire alarm devices(v)
Emergency alarm devices and emergency alarm systems(vi)
Guiding lamps and guiding signs(vii)
Among the equipment, etc. used for fire defense which have the required fire preven‐tion and safety performance, those to be specified by the Commissioner of the Fire andDisaster Management Agency as similar to the fire extinguishers, escape equipment
and fire defense equipment, etc. listed in each of the preceding items.
(Scope of Extension and Reconstruction)
Article 34‐2
The extension work and reconstruction work to be specified by a cabinet orderset forth in Article 17‐2‐5 paragraph (2) item (ii) of the Act and Article 17‐3 paragraph (2)item (ii) of the Act shall be the extension or reconstruction work of a property under fire de‐fense measures as listed in each of the following items.
(i)Case where the total floor area of the parts of the property under fire prevention
measures pertaining to extension or reconstruction work which commenced after thereference date is one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more(ii)
In addition to what is listed in the preceding item, case where the total floor area of theparts of the property under fire prevention measures pertaining to extension or recon‐
struction work which commenced after the reference date is one‐half of the gross areaof the said property under fire prevention measures on the reference date or more
(2) The reference date set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be the first day of the period inwhich the provisions of Article 8 through Article 33 or ordinances of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications based on these provisions or the provisions of municipal ordi‐
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nances based on the provisions of Article 17 paragraph (2) of the Act (in the case where theseprovisions have been revised, the provisions prior to such revision shall be included) do not
apply to fire defense equipment, etc. at the properties under fire prevention measures listed
in Appended Table 1 to which the said provisions do not apply in accordance with the pro‐visions of the first half of Article 17‐2‐5 paragraph (1) of the Act or the first half of Article 17‐
3 paragraph (1) of the Act.
(Scope of Large‐Scale Repair and Remodelling)
Article 34‐3
The large‐scale repair or remodeling work to be specified by a cabinet order set
forth in Article 17‐2‐5 paragraph (2) item (ii) of the Act and Article 17‐3 paragraph (2) item(ii) of the Act is repair or remodeling covering more than half of the walls which constitutethe main structural sections of the property under fire prevention measures.
(Scope of Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures Not Exempt from Application)
Article 34‐4
The multi‐purpose properties under fire prevention measures to be specified bya cabinet order set forth in Article 17‐2‐5 paragraph (2) item (iv) of the Act shall be the prop‐
erties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) of Appended Table 1.
(2) The properties under fire prevention measures to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in
Article 17‐2‐5 paragraph (2) item (iv) of the Act as properties under fire prevention measures
to which a large number of people have access shall be those other than department stores,
Ryokan (Japanese‐style hotels) and hospitals among the properties under fire prevention
measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6), row (9)‐(a) and row (16‐3) ofAppended Table 1.
Part 5Inspection and Checking of Fire Defense Equipment, etc.

(Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures, etc. Which Must be Inspected by a Fire Depart‐
ment)
Article 35
The properties under fire prevention measures to be specified by a cabinet orderset forth in Article 17‐3‐2 of the Act shall be the properties under fire prevention measureslisted in the following.
(i)
Properties under fire prevention measures listed in the following(a) Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (2)‐(d), row (5)‐(a)and row (6)‐(b) of Appended table 1(b) Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(a) and (c) of
Appended Table 1 (limited to those which house or accommodate users)(c) Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a), row (16‐2)
and row (16‐3) of Appended Table 1 [limited to those where a part serving the intended
purpose of a property under fire prevention measures listed in (a) or (b) exists](ii)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1), row (2)‐(a)through (c), row (3), row (4), row (6)‐(a), (c) and (d), row (9)‐(a), row (16)‐(a), row (16‐2)
and row (16‐3) of Appended Table 1 with a gross area of three hundred square meters(300 m2) or more(iii)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(b), row (7), row(8), row (9)‐(b), row (10) through row (15), row (16)‐(b), row (17) and row (18) of Ap‐
pended Table 1 with a gross area of three hundred square meters (300 m2) or more, anyof those designated by a fire chief or fire station chief because of the necessity to pre‐vent a fire.
(iv)
In addition to what is listed in the three preceding items, any of the properties underfire prevention measures of which any part serving the intended purpose of a property
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under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) orrow (9)‐(a) exists on a floor other than an evacuation floor and where there are no morethan two (2) staircases directly leading to an evacuation floor or ground level from afloor other than the said evacuation floor [one (1) in the case where the said staircase isinstalled outside or has an effective structure for evacuation to be specified by an ordi‐
nance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications](2) The fire defense equipment, etc. to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 17‐3‐2of the Act or the special fire defense equipment, etc. prescribed in Article 17 paragraph (3) ofthe Act (hereinafter referred to as “special fire defense equipment, etc.”) shall be simple fire
extinguishing appliances and emergency alarm devices.
(Properties Under Fire Prevention Measures, etc. Where Fire Defense Equipment, etc. or Spe‐cial Fire Defense Equipment, etc. Do Not Require Checking)
Article 36
The properties under fire prevention measures of which the fire defense equip‐
ment, etc. or special fire defense equipment, etc. does not require checking set forth in Arti‐cle 17‐3‐3 of the Act shall be the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (20)of Appended Table 1.
(2) The properties under fire prevention measures set forth in Article 17‐3‐3 of the Act of which
the fire defense equipment, etc. and special fire defense equipment, etc. must be checked by aperson who has obtained a fire defense equipment officer’s license or another person with aqualification to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations shall be the properties under fire prevention measures listed in the following.
(i)
Any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4),row (5)‐(a), row (6), row (9)‐(a), row (16)‐(a), row (16‐2) and row (16‐3) of Appended
Table 1 with a gross area of one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more(ii)
Among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(b), row (7), row(8), row (9)‐(b), row (10) through row (15), row (16)‐(b), row (17) and row (18) of Ap‐
pended Table 1 with a gross area of one thousand square meters (1,000 m2) or more, anyof those designated by a fire chief or fire station chief because of the necessity to pre‐vent a fire(iii)
In addition to what is listed in the two preceding items, any of the properties under fire
prevention measures of which any part serving the intended purpose of a property un‐
der fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) orrow (9)‐(a) exists on a floor other than an evacuation floor and where there are no morethan two (2) staircases directly leading to an evacuation floor or ground level from afloor other than the said evacuation floor [one (1) in the case where the staircase inquestion is installed outside or has an effective structure for evacuation to be specified
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 36‐2~36‐3)

CHAPTER 3 FIRE DEFENSE EQUIPMENT OFFICER(Installation or Improvement Work Which Can Only be Conducted by a Fire Defense Equip‐
ment Officer)
Article 36‐2
The type of work pertaining to the installation of fire defense equipment, etc. or
special fire defense equipment, etc. to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 17‐5of the Act shall be the work pertaining to the installation of the fire defense equipment, etc.
listed in the following [excluding such parts as the power source, water source and pipe‐
work in the case of the fire defense equipment, etc. listed in item (i) through item (iii) anditem (viii) and excluding the power source part in the case of the fire defense equipment, etc.
listed in item (iv) through item (vii) and item (ix) through item (x)] or the equipment, etc.
used for fire defense which have the required fire prevention and safety performance or spe‐cial fire defense equipment, etc. (limited to those to be specified by the Commissioner of theFire and Disaster Management Agency as similar to the fire defense equipment, etc. listed in
the following, excluding such parts as the power source, water source and pipework; thesame shall apply in the following paragraph).
(i)
Indoor fire hydrant systems(ii)
Sprinkler systems(iii)
Water spray fire extinguishing systems(iv)
Foam fire extinguishing systems(v)
Inert gas fire extinguishing systems(vi)
Halogenated fire extinguishing systems(vii)
Dry chemical fire extinguishing systems(viii) Outdoor fire hydrant systems(ix)
Automatic fire alarm systems(ix‐2) Gas leakage and fire alarm systems(x)
Fire alarm systems reporting to a fire department(xi)
Metal escape ladders (limited to the fixed type)(xii)
Escape chutes(xiii) Descenders(2) The improvement work for the fire defense equipment, etc. or special fire defense equipment,
etc. to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 17‐5 of the Act shall be the im‐provement work for the fire defense equipment, etc. or the equipment, etc. used for fire de‐fense which have the required fire prevention and safety performance or the special fire de‐fense equipment, etc. listed in the following (excluding the replacement of the indicator
lamps of an indoor fire hydrant system and other minor maintenance work to be specified
by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications).
(i)Fire defense equipment, etc. listed in each item of the preceding paragraph [excluding
such parts as the power source, water source and pipework in the case of the fire de‐fense equipment, etc. listed in item (i) through item (iii) and item (viii) of the said para‐graph and excluding the power source part in the case of the fire defense equipment,
etc. listed in item (iv) through item (vii) and item (ix) through item (x)](ii)
Fire extinguishers(iii)
Electrical leakage and fire alarm devices(Application for the Issue of a License)
Article 36‐3
A person intending to apply for the issue of a fire defense equipment officer’s
license set forth in Article 17‐7 paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as “the li‐
cense” in the rest of this chapter) shall submit an application form accompanied by the doc‐
uments to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communica‐
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tions to the prefectural governor who conducted the fire defense equipment officer’s qualifi‐
cation examination pertaining to the said license (in the case of a person who has taken thefire defense equipment officer’s qualification examination conducted by a designated quali‐
fication examination body prescribed in Article 17‐11 paragraph (3) of the Act, the prefectur‐
al governor who has entrusted the said designated qualification examination body to con‐duct the said fire defense equipment officer’s qualification examination).
(Details of the License)
Article 36‐4
The license shall state the following details.
(i)Date of issue and serial number of the license(ii)
Name and date of birth(iii)
Prefecture of the person’s legal domicile(iv)
Type of license(v)
Other matters to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications(Rewriting of a License)
Article 36‐5
A person who has been issued with a license shall without delay apply for re‐
writing of the license to the prefectural governor who issued the said license or the prefec‐
tural governor under whose jurisdiction his/her place of residence or place of work falls bysubmitting the said license accompanied by the documents to be specified by an ordinanceof the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications when any of the details on the li‐
cense has changed.
(Reissue of a License)
Article 36‐6
A person who has been issued with a license may apply for its reissue to the pre‐fectural governor who issued or rewrote the said license as specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications when he/she has lost, destroyed, stained ordamaged the said license.
(2) A person who has been reissued with a license because of its loss but who has since discov‐ered the license presumed lost shall submit the discovered license to the prefectural gover‐nor who reissued the license within ten (10) days of its discovery.
(Delegation to an Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
Article 36‐7
In addition to what is specified in Article 36‐3 through the preceding article, thenecessary matters concerning the issue, return, rewriting and reissue of a license shall be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(Fees Concerning Construction or Improvement Training by a Designated Training Agency for
Equipment, etc. Subject to Construction or Improvement Work)
Article 36‐8
The amount of the fee to be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 17‐
11 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be seven thousand yen (¥7,000).

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 37~40)

CHAPTER 4 INSPECTION OF MACHINES OR TOOLS, ETC. USED FOR FIRE
DEFENSE(Scope of Machines or Tools, etc. Subject to Inspection)
Article 37
The machines or tools, etc. used for fire defense to be specified by a cabinet or‐
der set forth in Article 21‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be those listed in the following [ex‐cluding the parts of special fire defense equipment, etc. for which certification is granted
under the provisions of Article 17 paragraph (3) of the Act, those to be exported (limited tothose which are authorised by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications as items
to be exported as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Commu‐
nications) or those which have successfully passed an inspection or test pursuant to the pro‐visions of the Ship Safety Act or Civil Aeronautics Act (Act No. 231 of 1952)].
(i)Fire extinguishers(ii)
Fire extinguishing agents (excluding carbon dioxide) for fire extinguishers(iii)
Foam fire extinguishing agents (excluding those to be specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; the same shall apply in Appended
Table 3)(iv)
Detectors (limited to those which automatically detect the occurrence of a fire using theheat, smoke or flames generated by a fire) or transmitters of fire alarm systems(v)
Relays used for fire alarm systems or gas leakage and fire alarm systems (excluding
those to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations; the same shall apply hereinafter up to the following item) (including relays
used for both fire alarm systems and gas leakage and fire alarm systems; referred to as“relays” in Appended Table 3)(vi)
Receivers used for fire alarm systems or gas leakage and fire alarm systems (including
receivers used for both fire alarm systems and gas leakage and fire alarm systems; re‐ferred to as “receivers” in Appended Table 3)(vii)
Disaster prevention alarm systems for residences(viii) Closed‐type sprinkler heads(ix)
Water flow detection devices used for sprinkler systems, water spray fire extinguishingsystems or foam fire extinguishing systems (referred to as “sprinkler systems, etc.” inthe following item) (referred to as “water flow detection devices” in Appended Table 3)(x)
Deluge valves used for sprinkler systems, etc. (excluding those of which the inner di‐ameter at the connection part to the pipework exceeds three hundred millimetres (300mm); referred to as “deluge valves” in Appended Table 3)(xi)
Metal escape ladders(xii)
Descenders
Article 38

Deleted

Article 39

Deleted(Fee for Test and Type Conformity Inspection of Machines or Tools, etc. Subject to Inspection)
Article 40
The amount of the fee to be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 21‐
15 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be that listed in Appended Table 3; provided, however, thatthe amount of the fee for the test and type conformity inspection listed in each of the follow‐
ing items shall be the amount to be specified by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications within the range which is not below the amount of expenses necessary for the
implementation of the said test or type conformity inspection.

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 40~41)(i)Test for machines or tools, etc. subject to inspection of a type which differs in an unim‐
portant part(s) from a type which has received type approval(ii)
Test and type conformity inspection of machines or tools, etc. subject to inspection per‐taining to new technological development which are specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to follow the special provisions to thetechnical specifications specified by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communica‐
tions(2) When a person intending to apply for a test pursuant to the provisions of Article 21‐11 para‐graph (1) of the Act (limited to those who conduct such business as the manufacture or saleof machines or tools, etc. subject to inspection to be exported to Japan in a foreign country)
has attached documents which state the results of the inspection concerning the shape, struc‐ture, materials, ingredients and performance pertaining to the said application (referred toas “the shape, etc.” in the following paragraph) conducted by a designated body (limited tosuch bodies with a foreign address) by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications andwhich are deemed to be appropriate by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communicationsin accordance with the technical specifications set forth in Article 21‐2 paragraph (2) of the
Act to the application form for the said test, the amount of the fee to be paid by the person
intending to apply for the said test shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the amountspecified in Appended Table 3 (in the case where the proviso of the preceding paragraph isapplicable, the amount to be specified by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communica‐
tions pursuant to the provisions of the proviso of the said paragraph) by one‐fifth (1/5) not‐withstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(3) When a person intending to apply for type conformity inspection pursuant to the provisionsof Article 21‐11 paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to those who conduct such business as the
manufacture or sale of machines or tools, etc. subject to inspection to be exported to Japan in
a foreign country) has attached documents which state the results of inspection enabling
judgment of the sameness between the shape, etc. of the machines or tools, etc. subject to in‐spection pertaining to the said application and which was conducted by a designated body(limited to such bodies with a foreign address) by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communi‐
cations and the shape, etc. pertaining to the type of the machine or tool, etc. subject to in‐spection which has received type approval pursuant to the provisions of Article 21‐4 para‐graph (2) of the Act and which are deemed to be appropriate by the Minster of Internal Af‐
fairs and Communications to the application form for the said type conformity inspection,
the amount of the fee to be paid by the person intending to apply for the said type conformi‐
ty inspection shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the amount specified in Append‐
ed Table 3 (in the case which falls under item (ii) of paragraph (1) above, the amount to be
specified by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications pursuant to the proviso of
the said paragraph) by one‐third (1/3) (any fractions of less than one yen (¥1) shall be dis‐carded) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(4) Any fee which has already been paid shall not be refunded except when a test or type con‐formity inspection regarding a machine or tool, etc. subject to inspection has not yet started.
(Scope of Machines or Tools, etc. Subject to Self‐Labelling)
Article 41
The machines or tools, etc. for fire defense to be specified by a cabinet order set
forth in Article 21‐16‐2 of the Act shall be those listed in the following [excluding the parts ofspecial fire defense equipment, etc. for which certification is granted under the provisions ofArticle 17 paragraph (3) of the Act, those to be exported (limited to those which are author‐
ised by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications as items to be exported as spec‐
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ified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) or thosewhich have successfully passed an inspection or test pursuant to the provisions of the Ship
Safety Act or Civil Aeronautics Act].
(i)
Power pumps for fire defense(ii)
Fire hoses(iii)
Suction pipes for fire defense(iv)
Snap type or screw type metal couplings used with fire hoses and screw type metal
couplings used with fire suction hoses(v)
Aerosol type simple fire extinguishing devices(vi)Electrical leakage and fire alarm devices

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 41‐2~41‐3)

CHAPTER 4‐2 REGISTERED INSPECTION BODY
(Fee for Renewal of Registration of Registered Inspection Body)
Article 41‐2
The amount of the fee to be paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 21‐47 par‐agraph (2) of the Act shall be sixty four thousand and seven hundred yen (¥64,700) (sixty
four thousand and six hundred yen (¥64,600) when an application for the renewal of regis‐
tration set forth in Article 21‐47 paragraph (1) is made using an electric data processing sys‐
tem prescribed in Article 3 paragraph (1) of the Act on the Use of Information and Commu‐
nications Technology in Administrative Procedure in accordance with the provisions of thesaid paragraph).
(Valid Period for Registration of Registered Inspection Body)
Article 41‐3
The period to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article21‐47 paragraph(1) of the Act shall be three (3) years).

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 42~44‐2)

CHAPTER 5 AMBULANCE SERVICES(Scope, etc. of Matters Such as Accidents Which Are Equivalent to Accidents, etc. Due to Dis‐
asters)
Article 42
Matters such as accidents which are equivalent to accidents, etc. due to disasters
to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 2 paragraph (9) of the Act shall be in‐door accidents or illnesses endangering life or showing symptoms of likely severe aggrava‐tion, and the cases to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in the said paragraph shall bethose cases where there are no appropriate means of urgently transporting injured or sickpersons resulting from such matters as the said accidents to places such as medical institu‐
tions.
Article 43

Deleted(Standards for the Organization and Equipment of Ambulance Teams)
Article 44
An ambulance team (excluding those specified in paragraph (1) of the following
article) shall be organized with one (1) ambulance and three (3) or more ambulance teammembers or one (1) aircraft and two (2) or more ambulance team members; provided, how‐ever, that an ambulance team may be organized with one (1) ambulance and two (2) ambu‐
lance team members in such cases to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications where the provision of ambulance services is not hampered bysuch organization of an ambulance team.
(2) The ambulance and aircraft set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be provided with suit‐able equipment for the transportation of a person suffering an injury or illness and also withthe devices and materials required to provide ambulance services.
(3) The ambulance team members set forth in paragraph (1) shall be fire defense officials who
fall under one of the following items.
(i)A person who has completed a course of training sessions on ambulance services to be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(ii)
A person who is specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications as a person with knowledge and experience concerning ambulances
services equal or superior to those of a person listed in the preceding paragraphArticle 44‐2
An air ambulance team dispatched by a prefectural government to assist the fireservice of a municipality in its area of jurisdiction in response to a request made by themayor of the said municipality pursuant to the provisions of Article 30 paragraph (1) of theFire and Disaster Management Organization Act (Act No. 226 of 1947) shall be organizedwith one (1) aircraft and two (2) or more ambulance team members.
(2) The aircraft set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be provided with equipment suitable
for the transportation of a person suffering an injury or illness and also with the devices andmaterials required to provide ambulance services.
(3) The ambulance team members set forth in paragraph (1) shall be prefectural officials who
fall under one of the following items.
(i)A person who has completed a course of training sessions on ambulance services to be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(ii)
A person who is specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications as a person with knowledge and experience concerning ambulances
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 45~47)

CHAPTER 6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS(Disasters Requiring Disaster Prevention Management)
Article 45
Disasters other than fire to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 36
paragraph (1) of the Act and disasters other than fire to be specified by a cabinet order set
forth in Article 8‐2‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act which is applied mutatis mutandis in the said
paragraph by replacing the relevant phrases shall be those disasters listed in the following.
(i)
Earthquakes(ii)
Special disasters originating from causes such as the spread of a toxicant to be specified
by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(Structures Such as Buildings Requiring Disaster Prevention Management)
Article 46
Structures such as buildings to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article
36 paragraph (1) of the Act shall be the properties under fire prevention measures set forthin Article 4‐2‐4.
(Qualification of a Disaster Prevention Manager)
Article 47
A qualified person to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 8 para‐graph (1) of the Act which is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 36 paragraph (1) of the Act
by replacing the relevant phrases shall be a person who is listed in one of the following
items and who holds a managerial or supervisory position capable of properly performing
the operations necessary for disaster prevention management at the properties under fire
prevention measures set forth in the preceding article (hereinafter referred to as “the proper‐
ties subject to disaster prevention management”) (in the case of the properties subject to dis‐
aster prevention management to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Af‐
fairs and Communications, a person who satisfies all requirements to be specified by an or‐
dinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as a person who has thenecessary authority and knowledge to properly conduct the necessary operations for fire
prevention management).
(i)
A person listed in Article 3 paragraph (1) item (i)‐(a) or (b) who has successfully com‐pleted training sessions on disaster prevention management organized by a prefectural
governor, fire chief of a municipality with a fire defense headquarters and fire station(s)or a juridical person registered by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(ii)
A person listed in Article 3 paragraph (1) item (i)‐(b) who has practical experience ofdisaster prevention management of one (1) year or more(iii)
A fire defense official of a municipality who has held a managerial or supervisory posi‐tion for one (1) year or more(iv)
A person who is equivalent to any of the persons listed in the three preceding items andwho is recognised as having the relevant knowledge and experience required of a disas‐
ter prevention manager as specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications.
(2) The necessary matters concerning the implementation of the training sessions prescribed initem (i) of the preceding paragraph shall be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of In‐
ternal Affairs and Communications.

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 48~49)(Responsibilities of Disaster Prevention Managers)
Article 48
A disaster prevention manager shall prepare a fire defense plan pertaining todisaster prevention management for the property under fire prevention measures in ques‐tion and shall notify the competent fire chief or fire station chief to that effect as specified byan ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(2) A disaster prevention manager shall perform the operations necessary for disaster preven‐tion management such as the implementation of evacuation drills on fire extinguishing ac‐
cording to the said fire defense plan set forth in the preceding paragraph.
(3) When conducting the operations necessary for disaster prevention management, a disasterprevention manager shall sincerely perform his/her duties by requesting instructions from aperson with the authority for the management of the said property subject to disaster pre‐vention management as required.
(Qualification of Disaster Prevention Management Supervisor)
Article 48‐2
A qualified person to be specified by a cabinet order set forth in Article 8‐2 para‐graph (1) of the Act which is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 36 paragraph (1) of the Act
by replacing the relevant phrases shall be a person who is listed in one of the items of Article
47 paragraph (1) and who satisfies all requirements to be specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as a person who has the necessary authori‐ty and knowledge to properly conduct the necessary operations for disaster prevention
management for the entire properties under fire prevention measures in question.
(Obligations of Disaster Prevention Management Supervisor)
Article 48‐3
A disaster prevention management supervisor shall prepare a fire defense planpertaining to the entire property under fire prevention measures in question and shall notify
the competent fire chief or fire station chief to that effect as specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(2) A disaster prevention management supervisor shall conduct the operations necessary fordisaster prevention management, including the implementation of evacuation drills andmanagement of the facilities required for evacuation, such as corridors, staircases, escape ex‐
its and others of the entire property under fire prevention measures in question, according
to the fire defense plan set forth in the preceding paragraph.
(3) When a disaster prevention management supervisor conducts the operations necessary fordisaster prevention management of the entire property under fire prevention measures inquestion, he/she shall sincerely conduct such operations while requesting instructions fromthe person holding the title to manage the said property under fire prevention measures as
required.
(Operations of Fire Defence Organization for Self‐Protection at the Time of A Disaster Other
Than a Fire)
Article 49
For the application of the provisions of Article 4‐2‐6 and Article 4‐2‐7 in the casewhere the provisions of Article 36 paragraph (7) of the Act apply to fire defense organiza‐
tions for self‐protection, the term “fire prevention manager” and the phrase “in a fire de‐fense plan pertaining to fire prevention management” in Article 4‐2‐6 shall be deemed to be
replaced by “disaster prevention manager” and “to deal with a fire in a fire defense planpertaining to fire prevention management, and matters concerning the operations of a fire
defense organization for self‐protection to deal with disasters other than fire in a fire defense
plan pertaining to disaster prevention management” respectively and the phrase “damage
caused by a fire” in Article 4‐2‐7 shall be deemed to be replaced by “damage caused by dis‐
asters such as fire”.
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Article 50)(Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Order for Enforcement of the Basic Act on Disaster Con‐
trol Measures)
Article 50
The provisions of Article 25 through Article 27 of the Order for Enforcement of
the Basic Act on Disaster Control Measures (Cabinet Order No. 288 of 1962) shall apply mu‐
tatis mutandis to a public notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 64 paragraph (3) of the
Basic Act on Disaster Control Measures (Act No. 223 of 1961) as well as sale pursuant to theprovisions of paragraph (4) of the said article which are applied mutatis mutandis in Article 3
paragraph (3) of the Act and Article 5‐3 paragraph (4) of the Act. In this case, the term “struc‐ture, etc.”, “municipal mayor” and “municipal office” in these provisions shall be deemed tobe replaced by “object”, “a fire chief (mayor in the case of a municipality which has no fire
defense headquarters) or fire station chief” and “the fire defense headquarters (the office ofthe said municipality in the case of a municipality which has no fire defense headquarters)
or fire station” respectively.

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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)

Supplementary Provisions(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (April 1, 1961) of
the Act to Revise Parts of the Fire Service Act (Act No. 117 of 1960).
(2) The Cabinet Order for the Inspection Fee for Fire Defense Machines or Tools, etc. (Cabinet
Order No. 160 of 1952; hereinafter referred to as “the Old Order”) shall be abolished.
(3) Fire defense machines or tools, etc. which have actually passed the preliminary inspection
prescribed in the Old Order at the time of the enforcement of this Cabinet Order shall be re‐garded as fire defense machines or tools, etc. which have received the type approval pre‐scribed in this Cabinet Order.
(4) The technical standards for the installation and maintenance of fire defense equipment, etc.
of properties under fire prevention measures located in the area of Okinawa Prefecture shallfollow the examples of the provision of laws and regulations governing Okinawa which areequivalent to the provisions set forth in Chapter 2 Part 3 for the period from the day of en‐forcement of the Act on Special Measures Incidental to the Reversion of Okinawa (Act No.
129 of 1971; referred to as “the Act on Special Measures for Okinawa” in the following para‐graph) to March 30, 1973 notwithstanding the provisions of the said Part 3.
(5) The technical standards pertaining to those which do not conform to the provisions of Chap‐ter 2 Part 3 among fire defense equipment, etc. at actually existing properties under fire pre‐vention measures or properties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing workfor new construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling located in
the area of Okinawa Prefecture on April 1, 1973 shall follow the examples of the provisionsof laws and regulations governing Okinawa which are equivalent to the provisions set forthin the said Part 3 for the period from the day of enforcement of the Act on Special Measures
for Okinawa to March 31, 1975 notwithstanding the provisions of the said Part 3.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 427 of December 26, 1961)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 380 of December 19, 1963)
Excerpt(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from January 1, 1964 provided, however, that therevised provisions of Article 22 paragraph (1) and Article 34 shall come into force as fromJanuary 1, 1967 and the revised provisions added one chapter after Chapter 4 shall come into
force as from April 10, 1964.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 223 of July 1, 1964)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of promulgation provided, however,that the revised provisions of Article 26 shall come into force as from the day on which one year
from the day of promulgation has elapsed.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 380 of December 28, 1964)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from June 1, 1965 provided, however, that the provi‐sions of Article 2 and Article 3 shall come into force as from July 1 of the said year.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 127 of April 22, 1966)
Excerpt(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of promulgation provided, however,that the part concerning Article 36‐2 among the revised provisions adding one chapter before
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Chapter 4 shall come into force as from October 1, 1966.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 342 of October 4, 1966)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from October 1, 1967.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 379 of December 15, 1966)
The revised provisions of Article 4, Article 21 and Appended Table 4 in this Cabinet Order shallcome into force as from the day of promulgation and the revised provisions of Article 25 and Ar‐
ticle 34 shall come into force as from October 1, 1969.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 68 of May 12, 1967)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from September 1, 1967.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 47 of March 30, 1968)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1968 provided, however, that the re‐vised provisions of Article 43 shall come into force as from September 1 of the said year.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 18 of March 10, 1969)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1969 provided, however, that therevised provisions of Article 37 and Appended 5 shall come into force as from October 1 ofthe said year and that the revised provisions of Article 34 shall come into force as from April
1, 1971.
(2) With regard to an automatic fire alarm system, electric fire alarm device, emergency alarm
device and guiding lamps pertaining to an actually existing property under fire prevention
measures or property under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new
construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation or remodelling on March 31, 1969, theprovisions then in force shall remain applicable up to September 30, 1970 notwithstanding
the provisions of Article 21, Article 22, Article 24 and Article 26 of the Cabinet Order for En‐
forcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision as long as the person concerned with thesaid property has notified the fire chief (mayor in the case of a municipality which has nofire defense headquarters) or fire station chief to that effect as specified by an ordinance ofthe Ministry of Home Affairs.
(3) When enforcing the revised provisions of Appended Table 5, the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable with regard to the fee for the individual inspection of either thetransmitter or receiver of a fire alarm system pertaining to the type approval of which thevalidity has been approved for a limited period pursuant to the provision of the proviso of
Article 21‐5 paragraph (1) of the Fire Service Act.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 97 of April 17, 1969)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from September 1, 1969
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 20 of March 24, 1969)
Excerpt(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from January 1, 1971.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 63 of April 17, 1970)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from October 1, 1970.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 333 of December 2, 1970)
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (January 1, 19710 of
the Act to Revise Parts of the Building Standards Act (Act No. 109 of 1970; hereinafter re‐ferred to as “the Revising Act”).
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 348 of December 26, 1970)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from January 1, 1971).
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet order No. 169 of June 1, 1971)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force from the day of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 5 of January 21, 1972)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from January 1, 1973 provided, however, that therevised provisions of Article 7 paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), Article 11, Article 19, Article
22, Article 34, Article 36‐2, Article 37, Appended Table 4 and Appended Table 5 shall comeinto force as from the day of promulgation.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to fire extinguishers, simplified fire extin‐
guishing appliances, automatic fire alarm systems, electricity leakage and fire alarm devices,
emergency alarm systems, escape equipment and guiding lamps at actually existing proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures or properties under fire prevention measures actually
undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation or remodellingon January 1, 1973, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable up to June 30 of thesaid year notwithstanding the provisions of Article 10, Article 21, Article 22 and Article 24
through Article 26 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the re‐vision (hereinafter referred to as “the New Cabinet Order”).
(3) With regard to fabric blinds, plywood or fibreboard used for display and plywood or fibre‐board used for large props on stage which are currently used on January 1, 1973, the provi‐sions of Article 4‐3 of the New Cabinet Order shall not apply up to December 31, 1974.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 117 of April 28, 1972)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (May 15, 1972) of the Act
on Special Measures Incidental to the Reversion of Okinawa (Act No. 129 of 1971).
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 411 of December 1, 1972)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from June 1, 1973 provided, however, that therevised provisions of Article 4, Article 4‐3 and Article 4‐4 and the revised provisions chang‐ing Article 4‐4 to Article 4‐5 and adding one article for the said Article shall come into force
as from the day of promulgation and the revised provisions of Article 34 shall come into
force as from December 1, 1975.
(2) With regard to automatic fire alarm systems, electricity leakage and fire alarm devices, emer‐
gency alarm systems and escape equipment at actually existing properties under fire preven‐tion measures or properties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new
construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation or remodelling on June 1, 1973, the provi‐sions then in force shall remain applicable up to May 31, 1974 notwithstanding the provisionsof Article 21 paragraph (1), Article 22 paragraph (1), Article 24 paragraph (3) and Article 25 of
the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 188 of June 1, 1974)
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 252 of July 1, 1974)
Excerpt(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from January 1, 1975 provided, however, that theprovisions under each of the following items shall come into force as from the day listed ineach said item.
(i)
The revised provisions of Article 36‐2 paragraph (2), Article 36‐4 and Article 36‐7: dayof promulgation(ii)
The revised provisions of the Contents (limited to the parts pertaining to Chapter 2 Part
4 and Part 5), the revised provisions changing Article 35 to Article 34‐2 and Article 36 to
Article 34‐3, the revised provisions added one Part to Chapter 2 and the revised provi‐sions of Article 43: April 1, 1975
(iii)
The revised provisions adding one item after Article 37 item (ii) and the revised provi‐sions of Appended Table 5 (limited to parts pertaining to foam fire extinguishing
agents): January 1, 1976
(iv)
The revised provisions adding one article after Article 34‐3 in Chapter 2 Part 4 [limited
to the part pertaining to Article 34‐4 paragraph (1)]: April 1, 1977(v)
The revised provisions adding one article after Article 34‐3 in Chapter 2 Part 4 [limited
to the part pertaining to Article 34‐4 paragraph (2)]: April, 1979
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to fire extinguishers, automatic fire alarmsystems, electricity leakage and fire alarm devices, emergency alarm devices and guiding
lamps at actually existing properties under fire prevention measures or properties under fire
prevention measures actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruc‐tion, relocation or remodelling on January 1, 1975, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable up to December 31 of the said year notwithstanding the provisions of Article 10,
Article 21, Article 22, Article 24 and Article 26 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of theFire Service Act after the revision (hereinafter referred to as “the New Cabinet Order”).
(3) For the limited period from April 1, 1975 to March 31, 1977, Article 34‐4 of the Contents of
the New Cabinet Order shall remain as Article 34‐3.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 215 of July 8, 1975)
Excerpt(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from December 1, 1975.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to those which do not conform to the tech‐nical standards specified in Article 30 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Ser‐vice Act which has been revised by this Cabinet Order among the water flow detection de‐vices or deluge valves prescribed in Article 37 item (x) or item (xi) of the said Cabinet Orderfor Enforcement located at either existing properties under fire prevention measures orproperties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new construction,
extension, reconstruction, relocation or remodelling at the time of enforcement of this Cabi‐
net Order [referred to as “water flow detection devices or deluge valves” in the Supplemen‐tary Provisions paragraph (4)], the provisions then in force shall remain applicable notwith‐standing the provisions of the said Article 30.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 293 of September 30, 1975)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from October 1, 1975).

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Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 345 of December 2, 1975)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from January 1, 1976.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 381 of December 27, 1975)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (January 11, 1976) of the
Act to Revise Parts of the School Education Act.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 301 of November 30, 1976)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from January 1, 1977 provided, however, that therevised provisions of Article 4 paragraph (2) and Article 30 shall come into force as fromMarch 1 of the said year and the revised provisions of Article 40 shall come into force as
from April 1 of the said year.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to fire defense machines or tools, etc.
[meaning fire defense machines or tools, etc. set forth in Article 30 paragraph (1) of the Cab‐
inet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision, excluding those pertain‐
ing to fire defense equipment, etc. to which the provisions of Article 17‐2 paragraph (1) of
the Fire Service Act are applied; the same shall apply hereinafter] which fall under any item
in Article 37 of the said Cabinet Order and which are to be specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications among those failing to conform to thetechnical standards set forth in Article 21‐2 paragraph (2) of the said Act prescribing the said
fire defense machines or tools, etc. among fire defense machines or tools, etc. at actually ex‐
isting properties under fire prevention measures or fire defense machines or tools, etc. per‐taining to properties under fire prevention measures which are actually undergoing workfor new construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling on March 1,
1977, special provisions for Article 30 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Ser‐vice Act after the revision may be prescribed for a specified period of time by an ordinanceof the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications notwithstanding the provisions of
the said Article 30.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 10 of February 1, 1977)
Excerpt(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from February 15, 1977 provided, however, thatthe revised provisions of Article 22 of the Cabinet Order on the Control of Hazardous Mate‐rials set forth in Article 1 and the provisions of the Supplementary Provisions paragraph (4)shall come into force as from March 1, of the said year, the revised provisions of row (vi)through row (x) in the table in Article 40 of the said Cabinet Order set forth in Article 1 shallcome into force as from April 1 of the said year and the provisions of Article 2 shall come in‐to force as from the day of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 363 of November 1, 1978)(1) The revised provisions of Article 4‐3 paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) [excluding item (iii) anditem (iv) of this cabinet order and the provisions of the following paragraph shall come into
force as from July 1, 1979, the revised provisions of Article 9, Article 21 paragraph (1) and Ar‐
ticle 25 paragraph (1) item (v) and the table in paragraph (2) item (i) and the provisions of the
Supplementary Provisions paragraph (3) shall come into force as from April 1 of the said year,
the revised provisions adding one paragraph to Article 44 shall come into force as from April 1,
1982 and other provisions shall come into force as from the day of promulgation.
(2) With regard to rugs, etc. [meaning rugs, etc. prescribed in Article 4‐3 paragraph (3) of the
Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the revisions (hereinafter re‐ferred to as “the New Cabinet Order”)] used at a property under fire prevention measures
68Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)on July 1, 1979, the provisions of the said paragraph and paragraph (4) of the said Article
shall not apply up to June 30, 1981 as long as they are continually used at the said property
under fire prevention measures [in the case where the person concerned with the said prop‐
erty under fire prevention measures (meaning the person concerned prescribed in Article 2paragraph (4) of the Fire Service Act) has notified the fire chief (mayor in the case of a mu‐
nicipality which has no fire defense headquarters) or fire station chief to that effect as speci‐
fied by an ordinance of the Ministry of Home Affairs, June 30, 1984].
(3) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to automatic fire alarm systems and escapeequipment at actually existing properties under fire prevention measures or property underfire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, recon‐
struction, relocation or remodelling on April 1, 1979, the provisions then in force shall re‐main applicable up to March 31, 1982 notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 para‐graph (1) and Article 15 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the New Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 260 of September 26, 1979)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1980.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 6 of January 23, 1981)
Excerpt(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from July 1, 1981.
(2) With regard to goods under the flame retardency requirements which are actually used atproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐13) of Appended Table 1 of the
Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (hereinafter referred to as “the New
Cabinet Order) at the time of the enforcement of this Cabinet Order and which are pre‐scribed in Article 8‐3 paragraph (1) of the Fire Service Act, the provisions of Article 4‐3 para‐graph (1) of the New Cabinet Order shall not apply up to June 30, 1984 as long as they arecontinually used at the said properties under fire prevention measures.
(3) With regard to actually existing properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐3) of Appended Table 1 of the New Cabinet Order or properties under fire prevention
measures actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruction, reloca‐
tion, repair or remodelling at the time of the enforcement of this Cabinet Order, the provi‐sions of Article 12, Article 21 and Article 24 shall not apply up to December 31, 1983.
(4) With regard to actually existing properties under fire prevention measures or properties un‐
der fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, re‐construction, relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of the enforcement of this Cabinet
Order, the provisions of Article 21‐2 paragraph (1) item (i) and item (ii) of the New Cabinet
Order shall not apply up to December 31, 1981 and the provisions of Article 21‐2 paragraph(1) item (iii) and item (iv) shall not apply up to June 30, 1984.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 15 of February 21, 1984)
Excerpt(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1984.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 148 of May 18, 1984)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from May 25, 1984.
(2) With regard to the fee to be paid by a person intending to take the fire defense equipment
officer’s qualification examination set forth in Article 17‐7 paragraph (1) of the Fire Service
Act or a course of training sessions prescribed in Article 17‐8‐2 of the said Act, of which theforthcoming implementation was publicly notified before the enactment of this Cabinet Or‐
der, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
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Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 267 of September 21, 1984)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from December 1, 1984 provided, however, that therevised provisions of Article 21 paragraph (2) item (ii) and Appended Table 5 of the Cabinet Or‐
der for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act in Article 2 shall come into force as from October 1 ofthe said year and the revised provisions of Article 41 of the said Cabinet Order in Article 2 shallcome into force as from April 1, 1985.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 335 of November 30, 1984)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 17 of February 28, 1986)
Excerpt(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force from the day of enforcement (March 1, 1986) of theprovisions of Article 12 of the Act on the Arrangement and Rationalisation of Control Suchas Permission and Approval Pertaining to Private Activities (Act No. 102 of 1985).
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 274 of August 5, 1986)
Excerpt(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (December 1, 1986)of the provisions of Article 26 of the Act on the Arrangement and Rationalization of Control
Such as Permission and Approval Pertaining to Private Activities (Act No. 102 of 1985) pro‐vided, however, that the revised provisions of Article 4‐3 paragraph (3) and the provisions of
the Supplementary Provisions paragraph (4) shall come into force as from the day of prom‐
ulgation and the revised provisions of Article 42 shall come into force as from January 1,
1987.
(Transitional Measures)(2) With regard to an actual application for an examination pursuant to the provisions of Article
21‐3 paragraph 3 of the Fire Service Act prior to its revision pursuant to the provisions of Ar‐
ticle 26 of the Act on the Arrangement and Rationalization of Control Such as Permission
and Approval Pertaining to Private Activities (hereinafter referred to as “the Old Act”), thefee pertaining to the said examination of a power fire pump or fire suction hose of which theexamination results have not been notified pursuant to the provisions of Article 21‐3 para‐graph (3) of the Old Fire Service Act [including the case where it is applied mutatis mutan‐
dis in Article 21‐11 paragraph (3) of the Old Fire Service Act] shall be returned.
(3) The indication actually attached to a power fire pump or fire suction hose pursuant to theprovisions of Article 21‐9 paragraph (1) of the Old Fire Service Act at the time of enforce‐
ment of this Cabinet Order shall be regarded as an indication pursuant to the provisions ofArticle 21‐16‐3 paragraph (1) of the Fire Service Act after the revision pursuant to the provi‐sions of Article 26 of the Act on the Arrangement and Rationalization of Control Such as
Permission and Approval Pertaining to Private Activities (hereinafter referred to as “theNew Act”). In this case, the provisions of Article 21‐9 paragraph (2) shall not apply.
(4) With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforce‐
ment of the revised provisions of Article 4‐3 paragraph (3), the provisions then in force shallremain applicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 369 of December 9, 1986)(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1987 provided, however, that therevised provisions of Article 29‐2 and the provisions of the Supplementary Provisions pa‐
70Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)ragraph (3) shall come into force as from the day of promulgation.
(Transitional Measures)(2) A person who has completed a course of training sessions concerning fire prevention man‐agement prescribed in Article 3 item (i) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Ser‐vice Act before the revision by this Cabinet Order shall be regarded as a person who hascompleted a course of training sessions concerning the fire prevention management of Class
A properties under fire prevention measures prescribed in Article 3 paragraph (1) item (i)‐(a)of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act before the revision by this Cab‐
inet Order.
(3) With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforce‐
ment of the revised provisions of Article 29‐2, the provisions then in force shall remain ap‐
plicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 343 of October 2, 1987)(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1988.
(Transitional Measures)(2) With regard to the technical standards for those which do not conform to the provisions ofArticle 11 paragraph (2) [including the case where they are applied mutatis mutandis in Arti‐cle 20 paragraph (2) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after therevision (hereinafter referred to as “the New Cabinet Order”)] and Article 12 paragraph (1)item (iii) of the New Cabinet Order among indoor fire hydrant systems, sprinkler systems
and power fire pump systems at actually existing properties under fire prevention measures[limited to hospitals prescribed in Article 12 paragraph 1 item (iii) of the New Cabinet Orderand properties under fire prevention measures specified by an ordinance of the Ministry ofHome Affairs set forth in the said item; the same shall apply hereinafter] or properties underfire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, recon‐
struction, relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of enforcement of this Cabinet Order,
the provisions then in order shall remain applicable notwithstanding the above provisions.
(3) With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforce‐
ment of this Cabinet Order, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 2 of January 4, 1988)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from January 20, 1988.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 89 of April 8, 1988)
Excerpt(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (July 1, 1988) of the
Act to Revise Parts of the Mental Health Act, etc.
(Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Revision of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of
the Fire Service Act)
(3) With regard to goods under the flame retardency requirements prescribed in Article 8‐3 par‐agraph (1) of the Fire Service Act (Act No. 186 of 1948) which are actually used at facilities
supporting the social reintegration of the mentally disabled (excluding properties under fire
prevention measures for which flame retardency is required prescribed in Article 4‐3 para‐graph (1) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act before the revision),the provisions of Article 4‐3 paragraph (1) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire
Service Act after the revision shall not apply up to April 1, 1991 as long as they are continu‐
ally used at the said facilities supporting the social reintegration of the mentally disabled.
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)(4) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to automatic fire alarm systems, emergen‐cy alarm devices, emergency alarm systems and escape equipment at actually existing facili‐ties supporting the social reintegration of the mentally disabled or facilities supporting thesocial reintegration of the mentally disabled actually undergoing work for new construction,
extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of enforcement of thisCabinet Order, the provisions then in force shall remain effective up to April 1, 1991 not‐withstanding the provisions of Article 21, Article 24 and Article 25 of the Cabinet Order for
Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision.
(Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions)(5) With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforce‐
ment of this Cabinet Order and to acts committed after the enforcement of this Cabinet Or‐
der in the case where the provisions then in force shall remain applicable pursuant to theprovisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 358 of December 27, 1988)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of partial enforcement(May 23, 1990) prescribed in the proviso of the Supplementary Provisions Article 1 of the Act
to Revise Parts of the Fire Service Act (Act NO. 55 of 1988; hereinafter referred to as “the Re‐
vising Act in 1988”) provided, however, that the provisions in each of the following items
shall come into force as from the day specified in each item.
(i) and (ii) Omitted(iii)
The revised provisions of row (7) through row (9) of the table in Article 40 paragraph(1) of the Cabinet Order Concerning the Control of Hazardous Materials set forth in Ar‐
ticle 1, the revised provisions of Article 36‐4 item (iv) of the Cabinet Order for Enforce‐
ment of the Fire Service Act in Article 2 and the revised provisions of the table in Article
36‐7 paragraph (1) of the said Cabinet Order: April 1, 1989
(Transitional Measures Concerning the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act)
Article 17
Among the actually existing properties under fire prevention measures or parts
thereof or properties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new con‐struction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling or parts thereof at thetime of enforcement of this Cabinet Order, those manufacturing, storage or handling facili‐ties which have permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 paragraph (1) of the Fire
Service Act before its revision by the Revising Act of 1988 on the day before the said day of
enforcement and which do not require permission pursuant to the provision of Article 11
paragraph (1) of the Fire Service Act after its revision by the Revising Act of 1988 shall not be
subject to the application of the provisions of Article 10, Article 22 and Article 24 through Ar‐
ticle 26 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision pursu‐
ant to the provisions of Article 2 up to May 22, 1991 and the provisions of Article 11 throughArticle 13, Article 19 through Article 21‐2, Article 23 and Article 27 through Article 29 up to
May 22, 1992.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to fire extinguishers and simple fire extin‐
guishing appliances at those properties under fire prevention measures or parts thereof (ex‐cluding those specified in the preceding paragraph) which store or handle small quantitiesof hazardous materials [meaning small quantities of hazardous materials set forth in Article
10 paragraph (1) item (iv) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after
the revision pursuant to the provisions of Article 2] or designated combustible goods among
actually existing properties under fire prevention measures or parts thereof or properties
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under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new construction, extension,reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling or parts thereof at the time of enforcementof this Cabinet Order, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable up to May 22, 1991
notwithstanding the provisions of Article 10 paragraph (1) item (iv) of the Cabinet Order for
Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.
(3) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to indoor hydrant systems, sprinkler sys‐tems, water spray fire extinguishing systems, foam fire extinguishing systems, carbon diox‐
ide fire extinguishing systems, halogenated fire extinguishing systems, dry chemical fire ex‐tinguishing systems and automatic fire alarm systems at those properties under fire preven‐tion measures or parts thereof which store or handle designated combustible goods [exclud‐ing those specified in paragraph (1)] among actually existing properties under fire preven‐tion measures or parts thereof or properties under fire prevention measures actually under‐
going work for new construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodel‐ling at the time of enforcement of this Cabinet order, the provisions then in force shall re‐main applicable up to May 22, 1992 notwithstanding the provisions of Article 11 paragraph(1) item (v), Article 12 paragraph (1) item (vi), Article 13 paragraph (1) and Article 21 para‐graph (1) item (vii)of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the re‐vision pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.
(Delegation to an Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
Article 18
In addition to what is specified in the Supplementary Provisions Article 2
through the preceding article, the necessary transitional measures concerning the storage,
handling or transportation of hazardous materials, including the technical standards per‐taining to the location, structure and equipment of manufacturing facilities, etc. shall be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
(Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions)
Article 19
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to theenforcement of this Cabinet Order and acts committed after the enforcement of this Cabinet
Order in the case where the provisions then in force shall remain applicable pursuant to the
Supplementary Provisions of this Cabinet Order, the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 83 of March 31, 1989)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1989.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 119 of May 22, 1990)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from June 1, 1990 provided, however, that therevised provisions of Article 37 item (vii) shall come into force as from June 1, 1991.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to those outdoor fire hydrant systems andfire department hydrants which do not conform to the provisions of Article 19 paragraph (3)item (v) and Article 29 paragraph (2) item (iv)‐(b) after the revision among actually existing
properties under fire prevention measures or properties under fire prevention measures ac‐
tually undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or
remodelling at the time of enforcement of this Cabinet order, the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable up to May 31, 1992 notwithstanding these provisions.
(3) With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforce‐
ment of this Cabinet Order and acts committed after the enforcement of this Cabinet Orderin the case where the provisions then in force shall remain applicable pursuant to the provi‐sions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
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Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet order 170 of June 19, 1990)
Excerpt(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from December 1, 1990 provided, however, that therevised provisions in Appended Table 2 shall come into force as from the day of promulgation.
(Transitional Measures)(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to sprinkler systems at actually existing
properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (iv) of Appended Table 1 of the Cab‐
inet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act or properties under fire prevention
measures listed in the said row which are actually undergoing work for new construction,
reconstruction, relocation or remodelling at the time of enforcement of this Cabinet Order,
the provisions then in force shall remain applicable up to November 30, 1993 notwithstand‐ing the provisions of Article 12 paragraph (1) item (iii) of the said Cabinet Order for En‐
forcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 160 of May 15, 1991)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from June 1, 1991 provided, however, that the revised
provisions of Article 9 shall come into force as from the day of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 9 of January 29, 1992)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from May 1, 1992.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 4 of January 22, 1993)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from February 1, 1993.
(2) With regard to the fee to be paid by a person intending to attend a course of training ses‐
sions pursuant to the provisions of Article 17‐16 of the Fire Service Act, of which the forth‐coming implementation was publicly notified before the enactment of this Cabinet Order,
the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 170 of May 12, 1993)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (June25, 1993) of the Act to Revise Parts of the City Planning Act and the Building Standards Act(hereinafter referred to as “the Revising Act”).
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 331 of September 13, 1995)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from October 1, 1995.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet order No. 20 of February 16, 1996)(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of promulgation provided, howev‐
er, that the revised provisions of Article 23 paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) and the provi‐sions of the following paragraph shall come into force as from April 1, 1996.
(Transitional Measures)(2) With regard to the installation of a fire alarm system prescribed in Article 23 paragraph (1)prescribed in Article 23 paragraph (3) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Ser‐vice Act after the revision (hereinafter referred to as “the New Cabinet Order”) when a tele‐phone capable of reporting to a fire department at any time prescribed in Article 23 para‐graph (3) of the New Cabinet Order is installed at actually existing properties under fire74

Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)prevention measures [limited to properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (v)‐(a) and row (vi)‐(a) and (b) of Appended Table 1 of the New Cabinet Order among proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures listed in Article 23 paragraph (1) item (ii) of the New
Cabinet Order; the same shall apply hereinafter] or properties under fire prevention
measures actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruction, reloca‐
tion, repair or remodelling on April 1, 1996, the provisions then in force shall remain appli‐
cable up to March 31, 1998.
(3) With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforce‐
ment of this Cabinet Order, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 56 of March 24, 1997)(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1997 provided, however, that therevised provisions of Article 11 and Article 19 shall come into force as from October 1, 1999.
(Transitional Measures)(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to indoor fire hydrant systems and outdoor
fire hydrant systems at actually existing properties under fire prevention measures or parts
thereof or properties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new con‐struction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling on October 1, 1999, theprovisions then in force shall remain applicable notwithstanding the provisions of Article 11
paragraph (3) item (i) and item (ii) and Article 19 paragraph (3) item (3) after the revision.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 291 of September 25, 1997)(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1998.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 50 of March 25, 1998)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 351 of October 30, 1998)(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1999.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 372 of November 26, 1998)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1999.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 5 of January 13, 1999)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (May 1, 1999) as part of
the Act to Revise Parts of the Building Standards Act.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 42 of March 17, 1999)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 1999 provided, however, that the re‐vised provisions of Article 28 shall come into force as from October 1, 1999.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 262 of September 3, 1999)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2000.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 324 of October 14, 1999)
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Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2000.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 211 of April 26, 2000)(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (June 1,2000) of the Act to Revise Parts of the Building Standards Act (Act No. 100 of 1999).
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 304 of June 7, 2000)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (January 6, 2001) of
the Act to Revise Parts of the Cabinet Act (Act No. 88 of 1999).
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 333 of June 7, 2000)
Excerpt(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order (excluding article 1) shall come into force as from April 1, 2001.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 10 of January 24, 2001)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2001.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 385 of December 5, 2001)(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (January 1, 2003) of
the provisions listed in the Supplementary Provisions Article 1 item (ii) of the Act to Revise
Parts of the Fire Service Act provided, however, that the provisions of the following para‐graph shall come into force from the day of promulgation.
(Transitional Measures)(2) When a municipality revises the provisions of a municipal ordinance which no longer con‐form to the standards specified in Article 5 through Article 5‐5 of the Cabinet Order for En‐
forcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision or specified by an ordinance of the Minis‐try of Internal Affairs and Communications based on these provisions in accordance withthe said standards in the case where this Cabinet Order is enforced, it may specify the re‐quired transitional measures by a municipal ordinance within a scope judged to be reasona‐
bly necessary following the said revision.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 274 of August 2, 2002)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (Octo‐
ber 25, 2002) of the Act to Revise Parts of the Fire Service Act (Act No. 30 of 2002; hereinafterreferred to as “the Revising Act”) provided, however, that the provisions listed in each of thefollowing items shall come into force as from the say specified in each of the said items.
(i)Provisions of Supplementary Provisions Article 3 [limited to the revised provisions ofArticle 17 paragraph (2) item (ii) of the Cabinet Order Concerning the Control of Haz‐
ardous Materials (Cabinet Order No. 306 of 1959): day of promulgation(ii)
Provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the following article: January 1, 2003
(iii)
The revised provisions added two articles after Article 4‐2 (limited to the parts concern‐
ing Article 4‐2‐2), the revised provisions of Article 9, Article 11 paragraph (2), Article 21
paragraph (1) and Article 25 paragraph (1), the revised provisions adding one item to
Article 35 paragraph (1), the revised provisions of Article 36 paragraph (2) and Ap‐
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)pended Table 1 and the provisions of paragraph (3) through paragraph (6) of the fol‐lowing article: day of enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the proviso of the
Supplementary Provisions Article 1 of the Revising Act (October 1, 2003)(Transitional Measures)
Article 2
An applicant prescribed in Article 8‐2‐3 paragraph (2) of the Fire Service Act af‐
ter the revision by the Revising Act (hereinafter referred to as “the New Act”) may receive
the certification set forth in Article 8‐2‐3 paragraph (1) of the New Act for a property underfire prevention measures set forth in Article 8‐2‐3 paragraph (3) of the New Act in the samemanner as prescribed in the provisions of Article 8‐2‐3 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of
the New Act even before the day of enforcement of the provisions prescribed in the provisoof the Supplementary Provisions Article 1 of the Revising Act. In this case, the said certifica‐tion shall become effective on the day of certification.
(2) When the fire chief (mayor of the municipality where there is no fire defense headquarters)
or fire station chief certifies pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph or de‐cides not to certify, he/she shall inform the applicant set forth in the preceding paragraph tothat effect in the same manner as prescribed in the provisions of Article 8‐2‐3 paragraph (3)of the New Act.
(3) With regard to goods under the flame retardency requirements prescribed in Article 8‐3 par‐agraph (1) of the New Act which are used at actually existing properties under fire preven‐tion measures [limited to those where parts serving the intended purposes of properties un‐
der fire prevention measures listed in row (2)‐(c) or row (5)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 of the
Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision (hereinafter referred
to as “the New Cabinet Order”) (excluding those parts serving the intended purposes ofproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 of the
Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act before the revision) exist; the same
shall apply hereinafter from this paragraph to paragraph (5)], the provisions of Article 4‐3
paragraph (1) of the New Cabinet Order shall not apply up to October 1, 2005 as long as they
are continually used at the said properties under fire prevention measures.
(4) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to fire extinguishers, simple fire extin‐
guishing appliances, electricity leakage and fire alarm devices and guiding lamps at actuallyexisting properties under fire prevention measures or properties under fire prevention
measures actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruction, reloca‐
tion, repair or remodelling at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed in item (iii) of
the preceding article, the provision then in force shall remain applicable up to October 1,
2004 notwithstanding the provisions of Article 10, Article 22 and Article 26 of the New Act.
(5) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to indoor fire hydrant systems, sprinkler
systems, outdoor fire hydrant systems, automatic fire alarm systems, gas leakage and fire
alarm systems, fire alarm systems reporting to a fire department, emergency alarm systems,
escape equipment, water supply sources for fire defense, ventilation systems and sprinkler
systems with hose connection at actually existing properties under fire prevention measuresor properties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new construc‐tion, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of enforcementof the provisions listed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable up to October 1, 2005 notwithstanding the provisions of Article 11,
Article 12, Article 19, Article 21, Article 21‐2, Article 23 through Article 25 and Article 27
through Article 28‐2 of the New Cabinet Order.
(6) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to automatic fire alarm systems and escapeequipment at actually existing properties under fire prevention measures or properties un‐
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)construction, relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of enforcement of the provisions
listed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force shall remain ap‐
plicable up to October 1, 2005 notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 and Article 25 of
the New Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 378 of August 29, 2003)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (September 1, 2003) of the
Act to Revise Parts of the Fire and Disaster Management Organization Act and the Fire Service Act.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 19 of February 6, 2004)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (June 1,2004) of the provisions listed in the Supplementary Provisions Article 1 item (ii) of the Act toRevise Parts of the Fire and Disaster Management Organization Act and the Fire Service Act(Act No. 84 of 2003) provided, however, that the provisions listed in each of the following
items shall come into force as from the day specified in each of the said items.
(i)
The revised provisions of Article 44, the revised provisions added one article after thesaid article and the revised provisions of Article 148 and Article 149 of the Cabinet Or‐
der for Organization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Cabinet
Order No. 246 of 2000) in the Supplementary Provisions Article 9: April 1, 2004
(ii)
The revised provisions of Article 1‐2 paragraph (3) and the provisions of the Supple‐
mentary Provisions Article 6 and Article 8: August 1, 2004
(iii)
The revised provisions of the Notes of Appended Table 1: April 1, 2005
(Transitional Measures)
Article 2
In the case where a fire chief (mayor in the case of a municipality which has nofire defense headquarters) or fire station chief finds fire defense equipment, etc. [meaning
fire defense equipment, etc. prescribed in Article 17 paragraph (1) of the Fire Service Act; thesame shall apply in the rest of this article] to be effective equivalent to or higher than that of
the case based on the standards for fire defense equipment, etc. pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 2 Part 3 of the Old Cabinet Order by the use of unexpected special equipment andother equipment, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable with regard to the said
fire defense equipment, etc.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to indoor fire hydrant systems, sprinkler
systems, outdoor fire hydrant systems, fire alarm systems reporting to a fire department,
emergency alarm systems, escape equipment and guiding lamps at actually existing proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures listed in row (17) of Appended Table 1 of the Cabinet
Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision (hereinafter referred to as“the New Act” in this paragraph) or properties under fire prevention measures actually un‐dergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remod‐
elling at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed in item (iii) of the preceding article
among the properties under fire prevention measures listed in the said row, the provisions
then in force shall remain applicable up to April 1, 2007 notwithstanding the provisions ofArticle 11, Article 12, Article 19 and Article 23 through Article 26 of the New Act.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 73 of March 26, 2004)
The provisions of Article 1 of this Cabinet Order shall come into force as from March 29, 2004, theprovisions of Article 2 shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (June 1, 2004) of theprovisions listed in the Supplementary Provisions Article 1 item (ii) of the Act to Revise Parts of
the Fire and Disaster Management Organization Act and the Fire Service Act (Act No. 84 of 2003)
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Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 225 of July 9, 2004)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from December 1, 2005.
(Transitional Measures Following Partial Revision of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of theFire Service Act)
Article 2With regard to the technical standards pertaining to indoor fire hydrant systems,
sprinkler systems, water spray fire extinguishing systems, foam fire extinguishing systems,
inert gas fire extinguishing systems and automatic fire alarm systems at those to store or
handle designated combustible goods among actually existing properties under fire preven‐tion measures or parts thereof or properties under fire prevention measures actually under‐
going work for new construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodel‐ling or parts thereof at the time of enforcement of this Cabinet Order, the provisions then inforce shall remain applicable up to November 30, 2008 notwithstanding the provisions of Ar‐
ticle 11 through Article 13 and Article 21 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire
Service Act after the revision pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet order No. 325 of October 27, 2004)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the ay of enforcement (June 1, 2006) of the pro‐visions of the Supplementary Provisions Article 1 item (ii) of the Act to Revise Parts of the Fire
Service Act and the Act on the Prevention of Disasters at Petroleum Industrial Complexes andOther Petroleum Facilities.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 22 of February 18, 2005)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2005.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 101 of March 31, 2005)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2005.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 159 of March 31, 2006)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2006.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 214 of June 14, 2006)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 320 of September 26, 2006)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (October 1, 2006) f partsof the Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 49 of March 16, 2007)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (June20, 2007) of the Act to Revise Parts of the Building Standards Act, etc. for the Purpose of En‐
suring the Safety of Buildings (hereinafter referred to as “the Revising Act”).

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Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 55 of March 22, 2007)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2007.
(Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions)
Article 3With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to theenforcement of this Cabinet Order, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 179 of June 13, 2007)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2009.
(Transitional Measures)
Article 2With regard to the technical standards pertaining to fire extinguishers and sim‐ple fire extinguishing appliances at actually existing properties under fire prevention
measures or properties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new
construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of en‐forcement of this Cabinet Order, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable up to
April 1, 2010 notwithstanding the provisions of Article 10 after the revision.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to indoor fire hydrant systems, sprinkler
systems, automatic fire alarm systems and fire alarm systems reporting to a fire department
at actually existing properties under fire prevention measures or properties under fire pre‐vention measures actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruction,
relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of enforcement of this Cabinet Order, the provi‐sions then in force shall remain applicable up to March 31, 2012 notwithstanding the provi‐sions of Article 11, Article 12, Article 21 and Article 23 after the revision.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 215 of July 2, 2008)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from October 1, 2008.
(Transitional Measures)
Article 2With regard to the technical standards pertaining to fire alarm systems reporting
to a fire department at actually existing properties under fire prevention measures or prop‐
erties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new construction, ex‐tension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of enforcement of thisCabinet Order, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable up to September 30, 2009.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to automatic fire alarm systems and gas
leakage and fire alarm systems at actually existing properties under fire prevention
measures or properties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new
construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling, the provisions
then in force shall remain applicable up to March 31, 2010.
(3) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to sprinkler systems and ventilation sys‐
tems at actually existing properties under fire prevention measures or properties under fire
prevention measures actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruc‐tion, relocation, repair or remodelling, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable
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Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 301 of September 24, 2008)(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement (June 1,
2009; hereinafter referred to as “the Enforcement Date”) of the Act to Revise Parts of the Fire
Service Act (Act No. 93 of 2007; hereinafter referred to as “the Revising Act”).
(Transitional Measures)
Article 2With regard to actually existing properties subject to disaster prevention man‐agement prescribed in Article 47 paragraph (1) of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of theFire Service Act after the revision by this Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as “the New
Cabinet Order”) at the time of enforcement of the Revising Act, the provisions of Article 8‐2‐
3 paragraph (1) of the Fire Service Act after the revision by the Revising Act (hereinafter re‐ferred to as “the New Act”) which are applied mutatis mutandis to Article 36 paragraph (1) of
the New Act and the provisions of Article 36 paragraph (4) shall not apply until the day on
which three (3) years have elapsed since the Enforcement Date.
(2) With regard to properties subject to disaster prevention management to which an indication
set forth in Article 8‐2‐2 paragraph (2) of the New Act is attached pursuant to the provisionsof the said paragraph among actually existing properties subject to disaster prevention man‐agement prescribed in Article 47 paragraph (1) at the time of enforcement of the Revising
Act, the provisions of Article 36 paragraph (3) of the New Act shall not apply until the dayon which the results of the first inspection pursuant to the provisions of Article 8‐2‐2 para‐graph (1) which are applied mutatis mutandis to paragraph (1) of Article 36 after the En‐
forcement Date are found or the day on which the period in which the said inspection must
be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the said paragraph has elapsed, whichever is theearlier.
Article 3
Training sessions which are specified by the Commissioner of the Fire and Dis‐
aster Management Agency as training sessions equivalent to training sessions prescribed in
Article 4‐2‐8 paragraph (3) item (i) or Article 47 paragraph (1) item (i) of the New Cabinet
Order among training sessions of which the courses were completed prior to the Enforce‐
ment Date are deemed to be training sessions prescribed in Article 4‐2‐8 paragraph (3) item(i) or Article 47 paragraph (1) item (i) of the New Cabinet Order respectively.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 296 of September 22, 2011)
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from October 1, 2011.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 26 of February 3, 2012)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2012.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 262 of October 19, 2012)
Excerpt(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2014 provided, however, that therevised provisions of Article 40 and Appended Table 3 and the provisions of the following
paragraph shall come into force as from April 1, 2013.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 5 of January 18, 2013)This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2013.

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Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 88 of March 27, 2013)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2014 provided, howev‐
er, that the provisions in each of the following items shall come into force on the say speci‐
fied in each said item.
(i)
The revised provisions of Article 12 paragraph (4): day of promulgation(ii)
The revised provisions of Article 11 paragraph (3), Article 15 through Article 18, Article
19 paragraph (3) and Article 20 paragraph (4) and the provisions of the Supplementary
Provisions Article 6: October 1, 2013
(iii)
The revised provisions of row (6)‐(b) and (c) of Appendix 1 and the provisions of the
Supplementary Provisions Article 5: April 1, 2015
(Transitional Measures Concerning Fire Hoses, Metal Couplings and Electricity Leakage and Fire
Alarm Devices)
Article 2With regard to fire hoses, metal couplings (meaning snap type or screw type
metal couplings used with fire hoses and screw type metal couplings used with fire suction
hoses; the same shall apply in the following paragraph) or electricity leakage or fire alarm
devices to which an indication prescribed in Article 21‐9 paragraph (1) of the Fire Service Act(hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) or which were sold, displayed for the purpose of sale orused for work pertaining to contract for their installation, change or repair prior to the en‐forcement of this Cabinet Order, the provisions of Chapter 4‐2 Part 1 of the Act (including
the penal provisions pertaining to these provisions) shall apply as they are deemed to bemachines or tools, etc. subject to inspection set forth in Article 21‐2 paragraph (1) of the Act
notwithstanding the provisions of Article 37 and Article 41 of the Cabinet Order for En‐
forcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision (to be referred to as “the new Cabinet Or‐
der” in the Supplementary Provisions Article 5) by this Cabinet Order.
(2) The fee which has already been paid as the fee pertaining to the test for a fire hose, metal
coupling or electricity leakage and fire alarm device for which an application for the test has
actually been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 21‐11 paragraph (1) of the Act andfor which the test results prescribed in Article 21‐3 paragraph (3) of the Act which is appliedmutatis mutandis to Article 21‐11 paragraph (3) of the Act have not been notified shall be re‐turned.
(Transitional Measures Concerning Disaster Prevention Alarms for Residences)
Article 3With regard to disaster prevention alarms for residences, the provisions of Arti‐cle 21‐2 paragraph (4) of the Act shall not apply notwithstanding the provisions of para‐graph (1) of the said article on the grounds that these alarms do not require the inspection
prescribed in Chapter 4‐2 Part 1 of the Act.
(Transitional Measures Concerning Aerosol Type Simple Fire Extinguishing Devices)
Article 4With regard to aerosol type simple fire extinguishing devices, the provisions ofArticle 21‐16‐2 shall not apply up to March 31, 2017.
(Transitional Measures in Connection with Revision of the Intended Purposes of Properties underFire Prevention Measures)
Article 5With regard to the technical standards pertaining to fire extinguishers, simple
fire extinguishing appliances, electricity leakage and fire alarm devices and guiding lamps at
actually existing properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) and (c), row(16)‐(a) and row (16‐3) of Appended Table 1 of the New Cabinet Order [in the case of proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐3) of the said table,
limited to those where a part serving the intended purpose of any property under fire pre‐vention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) or (c) exists; the same shall apply in the rest of thisparagraph] and properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) and (c), row
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)(16)‐(a) and row (16‐3) of the said table which are actually undergoing work for new con‐struction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of enforce‐
ment of the provisions listed in the Supplementary Provisions Article 1 item (iii), the provi‐sions then in force shall remain applicable up to March 31, 2016 notwithstanding the provi‐sions of Article 10 paragraph (1) item (i), item (iv) and item (v), Article 22 paragraph (1) item(vi) and item (vii) and Article 26 paragraph (1) item i) and item (ii) of the New Cabinet Order.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to fire extinguishers, simple fire extin‐
guishing appliances and electricity leakage and fire alarm devices at actually existing prop‐
erties listed in row (6)‐(b) and (c) and row (16)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 of the New Cabinet
Order [in the case of properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(c) of thesaid table, excluding nurseries and, in the case of properties under fire prevention measureslisted in row (16)‐(a) of the said table, limited to parts serving the intended purposes of theproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of the said table or listed in(c) of the said row (excluding nurseries); the same shall apply in the rest of this paragraph]and properties under fire prevention measures actually undergoing work for new construc‐tion, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of enforcementof the provisions listed in the Supplementary Provisions Article 1 item (iii), the provisions
then in force shall remain applicable up to March 31, 2016 notwithstanding the provisions ofArticle 10 paragraph (1) item (ii) and Article 22 paragraph (i) item (iii) of the New Cabinet
Order.
(3) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to indoor fire hydrant systems, sprinkler
systems, outdoor fire hydrant systems, power fire pump systems, automatic fire alarm sys‐tems, gas leakage and fire alarm systems, fire alarm systems reporting to a fire department,
emergency alarm systems, escape equipment, water supply sources for fire defense andsprinkler systems with hose connection at actually existing properties under fire prevention
measures listed in row (6)‐(b) and (c), row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) [in the case of properties
under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(c) of the said table, excluding nurseries and,in the case of properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2)of the said table, limited to parts serving the intended purposes of properties under fire pre‐vention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of the said table or listed in (c) of the said row (exclud‐ing nurseries); the same shall apply in the rest of this paragraph on the day of enforcementof the provisions listed in the Supplementary Provisions Article 1 item (iii), the provisions
then in force shall remain applicable up to March 31, 2018 notwithstanding the provisions ofArticle 11 paragraph (1) item (ii) and item (vi) and paragraph (2) [including the case where it
is applied mutatis mutandis to Article 20 paragraph 2 of the New Cabinet Order], Article 12
paragraph (1) item (i), item (iv) and item (xi) and paragraph (2) item (ii), Article 19 para‐graph (1), Article 20 paragraph (1) item (i) [limited to parts pertaining to Article 11 para‐graph (1) item (ii) and item (vi) of the New Cabinet Order] and item (ii) and paragraph (30,
Article 21 paragraph (1) item (i) and item (ix), Article 21‐2 paragraph (1) item (iv), Article 23
paragraph (1) item (i) [limited to parts pertaining to properties under fire prevention
measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of the said table] and item (ii), Article 24 paragraph (3) item(iv), Article 25 paragraph (1) item (i), Article 27 paragraph (1) item (i) and Article 28‐2 para‐graph (1) of the New Cabinet Order.
(4) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to indoor fire hydrant systems, sprinkler
systems, water spray fire extinguishing systems, foam fire extinguishing systems, inert gas
fire extinguishing systems, halogenated fire extinguishing systems, dry chemical fire extin‐
guishing systems, power fire pump systems, automatic fire alarm systems, gas leakage andfire alarm systems, fire alarm systems reporting to a fire department, emergency alarm sys‐
tems and escape equipment at actually existing properties under fire prevention measureslisted in row (6)‐(b) and (c), row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐3) of Appended Table 1 of the New83

Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)Cabinet Order [in the case of properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a)and row (16‐3) of the said table, limited to those where a part serving the intended purposeof any property under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) or (c) of the said table
exists; the same shall apply in the rest of this paragraph] and properties under fire preven‐tion measures which are listed in row (6)‐(b) and (c), row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐3) of the said
table and which are actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruc‐tion, relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of enforcement of the provisions listed in
the Supplementary Provisions Article 1 item (iii), the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable up to March 31, 2018 notwithstanding the provisions of Article 11 paragraph (1)item (v), Article 12 paragraph (1) item (iii), item (vii), item (viii), item (x) and item (xi), Arti‐cle 13 paragraph (1), Article 20 paragraph (1) item (i) [limited to the parts pertaining to Arti‐cle 11 paragraph (1) item (v) of the New Cabinet Order], Article 21 paragraph (1) item (iii),
item (v), item (vii), item (viii), item (x), item (xi), item (xiii) and item (xv), Article 21‐2 para‐graph (1) item (ii), item (iii) and item (v), Article 23 paragraph (1) item (i) [limited to parts
pertaining to properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐3) of the said table],
Article 24, paragraph (2) item (ii) and paragraph (3) item (i) through item (iii) and Article 25
paragraph (1) item (v) and paragraph (2) item (i).
(Transition Measures Concerning Penal Provisions)
Article 6With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to theenforcement of this Cabinet Order [in the case of the provisions listed in the Supplemental
Provisions Article 1 item (ii), the said provisions], the provisions then in force shall remain
applicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 319 of November 27, 2013)
Excerpt(Effective Date)(1) This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2014.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 368 of December 27, 2013)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2015 provided, howev‐
er, that the revised provisions of Article 5‐2 paragraph (1) and the provisions of the follow‐
ing article and the Supplementary Provisions Article 4 shall come into force as from the dayof promulgation.
(Transitional Measures)
Article 2With regard to the standards pertaining to a municipal ordinance set forth in
Article 9 of the Fire Service Act in the case where a municipal ordinance set forth in Article 9of the Fire Service Act and which is actually in force at the time of enforcement of the revised
provisions prescribed in the proviso of the preceding article does not conform to the munic‐
ipal ordinance enactment standards prescribed in Article 5‐2 paragraph (1) of the Cabinet
Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision by the revised provisions
prescribed in the proviso of the preceding article (hereinafter referred to as “the New Stand‐ards”), the provisions then in force shall remain applicable until such time when the said or‐
dinance is revised in accordance with the New Standards prior to August 1, 2014.
Article 3With regard to sprinkler systems at actually existing properties under fire pre‐vention measures listed in row (b) and row (16)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 of the Cabinet
Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the revision by this Cabinet Order [here‐
inafter referred to as “the New Cabinet Order”] [in the case of properties under fire preven‐tion measures listed in row (16)‐(a) of the said table, limited to parts serving the intended
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Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Supplementary Provisions)purposes of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(b) of the said
table; the same shall apply in the rest of this paragraph] and properties under fire preven‐tion measures which are listed in row (6)‐(b) and row (16)‐(a) and which are actually under‐
going work for new construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodel‐ling at the time of enforcement of this Cabinet Order, the provisions then in force shall re‐main applicable up to March 31, 2018 notwithstanding the provisions of Article 12 para‐graph (1) item (i) of the New Cabinet Order.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to automatic fire alarm systems at actuallyexisting properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(a), row (6)‐(a) and (c),row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) of Appended Table 1 of the New Cabinet Order [in the case ofproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) of the said
table, limited to parts serving the intended purposes of properties under fire prevention
measures listed in row (5)‐(a) or row (6)‐(a) or (c) of the said table; the same shall apply inthe rest of this paragraph] and properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (5)‐(a), row (6)‐(a) and (c), row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) and which are actually undergoing workfor new construction, extension, reconstruction, relocation, repair or remodelling at the timeof enforcement of this Cabinet Order, the provisions then in force shall remain applicable up
to March 31, 2008 notwithstanding the provisions of Article 21 paragraph (1) item (i) anditem (ix) of the New Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 300 of September 3, 2014)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement of the
Act to Support Children and Child Care.
(Transitional Measures Following Partial Revision of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of theFire Service Act)
Article 4With regard to the technical standards pertaining to indoor fire hydrant systems,
sprinkler systems, outdoor fire hydrant systems, power fire pump systems, gas leakage andfire alarm systems, electricity leakage and fire alarm devices, fire alarm systems reporting toa fire department, emergency alarm systems, escape equipment, water supply sources forfire defense and sprinkler systems with hose connection at certified centers for early child‐hood education and care combining kindergartens and nurseries listed in row (6)‐(c)‐3. ofAppended Table 1 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after the re‐vision by the provisions of Article 5 [limited to deemed certified centers for early childhood
education and care combining kindergartens and nurseries prescribed in the Supplementary
Provisions Article 3 paragraph (2) of the Act to Revise Parts of the Act Concerning the Pro‐
motion of Integrated Services Such as Education and Nursing Concerning Pre‐School Chil‐dren] and properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) of the said table,
the provisions then in force shall remain applicable up to the day on which three years fromthe day of enforcement have elapsed notwithstanding the provisions of Article 11 paragraph(1) item (ii) and item (vi), Article 12 paragraph (1) item (iv), Article 19 paragraph (1), Article
20 paragraph (1) item (i) [limited to parts pertaining to Article 11 paragraph (1) item (ii) anditem (vi) of the said Cabinet Order] and item (ii) and paragraph (30, Article 21‐2 paragraph(1) item (iv), Article 22 paragraph (1) item (iii), Article 23 paragraph (1) item (ii), Article 24
paragraph (3) item (iv), Article 25 paragraph (1) item (i), Article 27 paragraph (1) item (i) and
Article 28‐2 paragraph (1).
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 333 of October 16, 2014)
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Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from April 1, 2016 provided, howev‐
er, that the provisions of each of the following items shall come into force as from the day
specified in each said item.
(i)
Provisions of Supplementary Provisions Article 4 through Article 6: day of promulga‐
tion
(ii)
Revised provisions of Article 11 paragraph (2) and Article 12 paragraph (2) and theprovisions of the Supplementary Provisions Article 3: March 1, 2015
(Transitional Measures)
Article 2With regard to the technical standards pertaining to indoor fire hydrant systems,
sprinkler systems and power fire pump systems which do not conform to the provisions ofArticle 11 paragraph (2) [including the case where it is applied mutatis mutandis in Article 20
paragraph (2) and Article 12 paragraph (1) item (i), item (iv) and item (ix) of the Cabinet Or‐
der for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act after revision by this Cabinet Order (hereinafterreferred to as “the New Cabinet Order”); the same shall apply in the rest of this paragraph](hereinafter referred to as “systems non‐conforming to the specified standards) among thoseat actually existing properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(a)‐1. through3. row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) of Appended Table 1 of the New Cabinet Order [in the case ofproperties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a) of the said table, limited toparts serving an intended purpose of properties under fire prevention measures listed inrow (6)‐(a)‐1. through 3. of the said table and, in the case of properties under fire prevention
measures listed in row (16‐2) of the said table, limited to parts serving the intended purposesof properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(a)‐1. or 2. of the said table; thesame shall apply in the rest of this paragraph] and properties under fire prevention
measures listed in row (6)‐(a)‐1. through 3., row (16)‐(a) and row (16‐2) of the said table andwhich are actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruction, repair
or remodelling at the time of enforcement of this Cabinet Order, the provisions then in force
shall remain applicable up to June 30, 2025 [in the case where systems non‐conforming to thespecified standards conform to the provisions of Article 11 paragraph (2) and Article 12 par‐agraph (1) item (i), item (iv) and item (ix) of the New Cabinet Order prior to the said date,the date when the said conformity is achieved] notwithstanding these provisions.
(2) With regard to the technical standards pertaining to fire alarm systems reporting to a fire
department at actually existing properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(a)‐1. through 3. and row (16)‐(a) of Appended Table 1 of the New Cabinet Order [in the caseof properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16)‐(a), limited to parts serving
an intended purpose of properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(a)‐1.
through 3. of the said table; the same shall apply in the rest of this paragraph] and properties
under fire prevention measures listed in row (6)‐(a)‐1. through 3. and row (16)‐(a) of the said
table which are actually undergoing work for new construction, extension, reconstruction,
relocation, repair or remodelling at the time of enforcement of this Cabinet Order, the provi‐sions then in force shall remain applicable up to March 31, 2019 notwithstanding the provi‐sions of Article 23 paragraph (1) item (i) of the New Cabinet Order.
Article 3With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to theenforcement of the revised provisions listed in the Supplementary Provisions Article (1) item(ii), the provisions then in force shall remain applicable.
Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet order No. 357 of November 12, 2014)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from January 1, 2015 provided,
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Supplementary Provisions (Cabinet Order No. 68 of March 6, 2015)
Excerpt(Effective Date)
Article 1
This Cabinet Order shall come into force as from the day of enforcement of the
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Appended Table 1(Re: Article 1‐2 through Article 3, Article 3‐3, Article 4, Article 4‐2 through Article 4‐3, Article 6,
Article 9 through Article 14, Article 19, Article 21 through Article 29‐3, Article 31, Article 34,
Article 34‐2, Article34‐4 through Article 36)
(1)
(2)

(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)

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(a) Theatres, cinemas, playhouses or exhibition halls(b) Public halls or assembly halls(a) Cabarets, cafes, night clubs and other similar facilities(b) Game centers and dance halls(c) Stores engaged in sex‐related businesses prescribed in Article 2 paragraph (5) of the Act on Con‐
trol and Improvement of Amusement Businesses (Act No. 122 of 1948) (excluding those serving
the intended purposes of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in (d) and row (i)‐(a), row (iv), row (v)‐(a) and row (ix)‐(a)) and those to be specified by an ordinance of the Minis‐try of Internal Affairs and Communications as similar places(d) Karaoke box and stores to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Com‐
munications as being engaged in the business of providing services where facilities or goods for en‐
tertainment are offered to customers in private rooms (including facilities similar to private(a) Machiai (high class traditional Japanese restaurants), restaurants and other similar facilities(b) Eating and drinking houses
Stores such as department stores and supermarkets where goods are sold and exhibition halls(a) Ryokan (Japanese‐style hotels), hotels, inns and other similar facilities(b) Dormitories, lodging houses and apartments(a) Hospitals, clinics and maternity clinics(b) Properties under fire prevention measures listed in the following
1. Short‐term care facilities for the elderly, nursing homes, special nursing homes, moderate‐fee
homes for the elderly [limited to those which mainly house persons falling in the category to be
specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as persons
showing a state of difficulty in terms of evacuation in the classification of personal level requir‐
ing long‐term care as prescribed in Article 7 paragraph (1) of the Long‐Term Care Insurance
Act (Act No. 123 of 1997), fee‐based homes for the elderly (limited to those which mainly housepersons who find evacuation difficult), long‐term care health facilities, facilities providing
short‐term in‐patient services for the elderly prescribed in Article 5‐2 paragraph (4) of the Act
on Social Welfare for the Elderly (Act No. 133 of 1963), facilities providing multifunctional long‐term care services in a small group home (limited to those which mainly house persons who
find evacuation difficult) prescribed in paragraph (5) of the said article, facilities providing dai‐ly support services for dementia patients in communal living situations prescribed in para‐graph (6) of the said article and other facilities to be prescribed by an ordinance of the Ministryof Internal Affairs and Communications as facilities similar to those above.
2. Relief facilities
3. Infant homes
4. Homes for children with disabilities
5. Facilities supporting persons with disabilities [limited to those which mainly house persons
with disabilities prescribed in Article 4 paragraph (1) of the Services and Supports for Per‐
sons with Disabilities Act (Act No. 123 of 2005) or children with disabilities prescribed inparagraph (2) of the said article who fall in the category to be specified by an ordinance of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as persons showing a state of difficulty interms of evacuation in the classification of disability levels prescribed in paragraph (4) of thesaid paragraph (hereinafter referred to as “persons, etc. with disabilities who find evacuationdifficult)] or facilities providing the short‐stay service prescribed in Article 5 paragraph (8) of
the said act or facilities providing group homes with aid prescribed in paragraph (15) of thesaid article (limited to those which mainly house persons with disabilities,e tc. who findevacuation difficult; referred to as “facilities providing short‐stay services, etc.” in (c)‐5.)(c) Properties under fire prevention measures listed in the following.
1. Day service centers for the elderly, moderate‐fee homes for the elderly [excluding those listedin (b)‐1.], welfare centers for the elderly, centers to support long‐term care of the elderly, fee‐based homes for the elderly [excluding those listed in (b)‐1], facilities providing elderly day

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(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)

(16‐2)(16‐3)

(17)

(18)
(19)
(20)

care services prescribed in Article 5‐2 paragraph 3) of the Act on Social Welfare for the Elder‐ly, rehabilitation facilities, facilities providing multifunctional long‐term care services insmall group homes [excluding those listed in (b)‐1.] and other facilities to be prescribed by an
ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as facilities similar to
those above
2. Public health facilities
3. Midwifery homes, nurseries, certified centers for early childhood education and care combin‐
ing kindergarten and nursery, foster homes, facilities providing services and supports forchildren with disabilities, child and family support centers, facilities providing temporary
child minding services prescribed in Article 6‐3 paragraph (7) of the Child Welfare Act (ActNo. 164 of 1947) or facilities providing private child minder services prescribed in paragraph(9) of the said article and other facilities to be prescribed by an ordinance of the Ministry ofInternal Affairs and Communications as facilities similar to those above
4. Child development support centers, short‐term therapeutic institutions for emotionally dis‐turbed children or facilities providing support for child development prescribed in Article 6‐
2‐2 paragraph (2) of the Child Welfare Act or after‐school day care services prescribed inparagraph (4) of the said article (excluding child development support centers)
5. Welfare centers for children with disabilities, facilities supporting persons with disabilities[excluding those listed in (b)‐5.], community activity support centers, welfare homes or facili‐ties providing care for daily life prescribed in Article 5 paragraph (7) of the Services andSupports for Persons with Disabilities Act, short‐stay services prescribed in paragraph (8) of
the said article, rehabilitation services prescribed in paragraph (12) of the said article, transi‐tion support for employment prescribed in paragraph (13) of the said article, support for con‐tinuous employment prescribed in paragraph (14) or group homes with aid prescribed inparagraph (15) of the said article (excluding facilities providing short‐stay services, etc.)(d) Kindergartens and special needs schools
Primary schools, junior high schools, senior high schools, secondary schools, technical colleges, uni‐
versities, special training colleges, miscellaneous schools and other similar schools
Libraries, museums, art museums and other similar facilities(a) Of public bathhouses, steam bathhouses, heat bathhouses and other similar facilities(b) Public bathhouses other than the public bathhouses listed in (a)Stops for vehicles or places for the departure and arrival of ships and aircraft (limited to those build‐ings used for the intended purposes of embarkation, disembarkation or the waiting of passengers)
Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, Christian churches and other similar buildings(a) Factories and workshops(b) Movie studios and television studios(a) Garages for cars and car parks(b) Hangers or aircraft and helicopters
Warehouses
Workplaces which do not fall under any of the preceding items(a) Of multi‐purpose properties under fire prevention measures, those of which parts are used forthe intended purposes of any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1)through row (4), row (5)‐(a), row (6) or row (9)‐(a)(b) Multi‐purpose properties under fire prevention measures other than the multi‐purpose proper‐
ties under fire prevention measures listed in (a)Underground malls
Combined space of a building’s basement floor [excluding the floors of those listed in row (16-2)] which continually runs along an underground passage and the said underground passage [limited to those where a partused for the intended purposes of any of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1)through row (4), row (5)-(a), row (6) or row (9)-(a) exists]
Buildings designated as important cultural properties, important tangible folk cultural properties, historic sites
or cultural properties of importance pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Protection of Cultural Properties(Act No. 214 of 1950) or buildings certified as art treasures pursuant to the provisions of the former Act Concerning the Preservation of Art Treasures, etc. (Act No. 43 of 1933)
Arcades with a total length of fifty meters (50 m) or more
Forests designated by municipal mayors
Vessels or vehicles to be specified by an ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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Remarks:
1. In the case where the principal intended purpose of a property under fire prevention
measures serving two or more intended purposes which becomes a property under fire
prevention measures other than a multi‐purpose property under fire prevention
measures through the application of the provision of the second part of Article 1‐2 para‐graph (2) is the intended purpose of a property under fire prevention measures listed inany one of row (1) through row (15), the said fire prevention property shall be regarded
as a property under fire prevention measures listed in the row relevant to the said princi‐
pal intended purpose.
2. In the case where buildings serving the intended purposes listed in row (1) through row(16) exist inside a property under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐2), thesebuildings shall be regarded as parts of a property under fire prevention measures listed
in the said row.
3. In the case where buildings serving the intended purposes listed in row (1) through row(16) or parts thereof are deemed to be parts of the properties under fire prevention
measures listed in row (16‐3), these buildings or parts thereof shall be regarded as partsof the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row (16) as
well as parts of the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (16‐3).
4. In the case where structures such as buildings serving the intended purposes listed inrow (1) through row (16) or parts thereof are deemed to be the properties under fire pre‐vention measures listed in row (17), structures such as buildings or parts thereof shall be
regarded as the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row (1) through row(16) or parts thereof as well as the properties under fire prevention measures listed in row
(17).

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Water buckets or tanks

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Combustible liquids

Combustible solids or synthetic res‐ins (excluding non‐incombustible ornon‐flame resisting rubber products,
intermediate rubber products, raw
rubber and waste rubber)

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agents6th Group○

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Designated flammable goods

3rd Group

Other 2nd Grouphazardous materials

Extinguishers which discharge straight loaded liquid○

Steel dust, metal dust, magne‐
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any one of these materials○

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Extinguishers which discharge mist of water

Peroxides of alkaline metal
or materials bearing same

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Structures such as Buildings

Classification of fire extinguishers

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Remarks:
1.
The circles in this table indicate that fire extinguishers in the left‐hand column are suitable for those circled which are listed in the related row for theclassification of the subject structures and materials.
2.
Phosphates, etc. referred to in this table mean phosphates, sulphates and other chemicals with flame retardancy.
3.
Hydrogen carbonates, etc. referred to in this table mean hydrogen carbonates and the reaction products of hydrogen carbonates with urea.
4.
Water suppressive substances referred to in this table mean water suppressive substances specified in Article 10 paragraph (1) item (x) of the Cabinet
Order on the Control of Hazardous Materials.

Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Appended Table 2)Classification of structures and materials
Hazardous materials

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Appended Table 3(Re: Article 37 and Article 40)
Amount of Fee for Test
¥15,100 per test
¥11,000 per test
¥9,100 per test

Foam extinguishing agents¥30,400 per test

Fire alarmsystems

Detectors

Rate‐of –rise spot type

Rate‐of‐rise line type

Fixed temperatureline type(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function or remote test function (hereinafter referred toas “automatic test function, etc.”) (hereinafter referred to as“function corresponding to the automatic test function,etc.”): ¥23,100 per test (in the case of those with a multisignal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥7,000 foreach additional signal to ¥23,100)(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥9,100 per
test to the amount calculated for those without a function
corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥23,200 per test (in the case of thosewith a multi-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥7,000 for each additional signal to ¥23,200)(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥11,800 per
test to the amount calculated for those without a function
corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥23,100 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function: ¥31,800 per test

Amount of Fee for Individual Inspection¥500 per unit
¥60 per unit
Amount not exceeding ¥30 per unit to be specified by the
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
Amount not exceeding ¥100 per unit to be specified by
the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc. ¥40 per unit (in the case of those with amulti-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥20
for each additional signal to ¥40)
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥5 per unit to
the amount calculated for those without a function corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.

(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥140 per unit (in the case of those with amulti-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥50
for each addition signal to ¥140)(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥5 per unit to
the amount calculated for those without a function corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥80 up to 10 m; in the case of those exceeding 10 m, the amount obtained by adding ¥80 per 10 m
or fractions of 10 m to ¥80(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥5 to theamount calculated for those without a function corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.

Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Appended Table 3)

Machine or Tool, etc. Subject to Inspection
Fire extinguishers
Large size
Small size
Fire extinguishing agents for fire extinguishers

Fixed temperature
spot type

Compensatory spot
type

Analogue heat sens‐
ing spot type

Ionisation spot type

Photoelectric spot
type(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥25 per unit (in the case of those with amulti-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥10
per each additional signal to ¥25)
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥5 per unit to
the amount calculated for those without a function corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥70 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥75 per unit
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥60 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥65 per unit
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥75 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥80 per unit
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥160 per unit (in the case of those with amulti-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥40
per each additional signal to ¥160)(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥20 per unit
to the amount calculated for those without a function corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥160 per unit (in the case of those with amulti-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥40
per each additional signal to ¥160)(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥20 per unit
to the amount calculated for those without a function corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.

Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Appended Table 3)

Combined rate‐of‐riseand fixed temperature
spot type(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥23,100 per test (in the case of thosewith a multi-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥7,000 per each additional signal to ¥23,100)(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥8,700 per
test to the amount calculated for those without a function
corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥30,100 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥38,900 per test
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥23,100 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥30,300 per test
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥58,300 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥67,000 per test
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥60,700 per test (in the case of thosewith a multi-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥20,200 per each additional signal to ¥60,700)(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥23,700 per
test to the amount calculated for those without a function
corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥60,700 per test (in the case of thosewith a multi-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥20,200 per each additional signal to ¥60,700)(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥23,700 per
test to the amount calculated for those without a function
corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.

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Projected beam type

Analogue ionisation
spot type

Analogue photoelec‐
tric spot type

Analogue projectedbeam typeCombined rate‐of‐rise(or fixed temperature)and ionisation (or pho‐toelectric) spot type
Ultraviolet spot type

Infrared spot type(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥160 per unit (in the case of those with amulti-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥50
per each additional signal to ¥160)(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥20 per unit
to the amount calculated for those without a function corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥240 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥260 per unit
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥280 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥300 per unit
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥280 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥300 per unit
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥280 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥300 per unit
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥190 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥210 per unit
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥250 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥270 per unit
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥250 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥270 per unit

Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Appended Table 3)

Combined ionisationand photoelectric spot
type(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥60,700 per test (in the case of thosewith a multi-signal function, the amount obtained by adding ¥20,200 per each additional signal to ¥60,700)(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥23,700 per
test to the amount calculated for those without a function
corresponding to the automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥80,600 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥104,300 per test
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥106,300 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥130,000 per test
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥106,200 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥129,900 per test
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥106,200 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥129,900 per test
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥82,800 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥106,500 per test
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥81,300 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥105,000 per test
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥81,300 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥105,000 per test

Ultraviolet‐infrared
spot typeTransmitters

RelaysType P Class 1
Type P Class 2
Type T
Type M(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥290 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥310 per unit
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥320 per unit
(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥340 per unit
¥60 per unit
¥40 per unit
¥60 per unit
¥400 per unit
(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥120 per
unit (¥130 for the delay type (excluding those with two or
more circuits); ¥140 for the analogue type (excluding thosewith two or more circuits); ¥150 for those with both the delay and analogue functions (excluding those with two or
more circuits); in the case of those with two or more circuits, the amount obtained by adding ¥40 (¥50 for the delay type, analogue type and those with both the delay andanalogue functions) per additional circuit to ¥120 (¥130 forthe delay type, ¥140 for the analogue type and ¥150 for
those with both the delay and analogue functions))(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those without two or more circuits, the amount obtained byadding ¥20 per unit to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with two or
more circuits, the amount obtained by adding ¥20 per unit
to the amount for those without an automatic test function,etc. plus ¥10 per unit for each additional circuit

Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Appended Table 3)

Combined ultraviolet
and infrared spot type(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥98,300 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥122,000 per test
(1) Those without a function corresponding to the automatic
test function, etc.: ¥106,200 per test(2) Those with a function corresponding to the automatic test
function, etc.: ¥129,900 per test
¥12,200 per test
¥6,100 per test
¥12,200 per test
¥46,000per test
(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥23,300 per
test (¥30,400 for the delay type (excluding those with theanalogue function; the same shall apply for the rest of thisrow); ¥35,500 for the analogue type (excluding those withthe delay function; the same shall apply for the rest of thisrow); ¥42,400 for those with both the delay and analoguefunctions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: the amountobtained by adding ¥10,400 to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.

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Receivers

Type PClass 1

Type PClass 3

(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥14,100 per
test (¥17,200 for the delay type)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥25,700 to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remotetest function, the amount obtained by adding ¥16,600 to theamount for those without an automatic test function, etc.

Type M¥60,800 per test

(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥80 per circuit (¥110 for either the two signal type or delay type; ¥140
for those with both two signal and delay functions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥10 per circuit to the amount for those without anautomatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remote test function, the amount obtained by adding ¥5 per
circuit to the amount for those without an automatic test
function, etc.

(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥300 per unit(¥400 for either the two signal type or delay type; ¥500 for
those with both two signal and delay functions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥60 per unit to the amount for those without anautomatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remote test function, the amount obtained by adding ¥40 per
unit to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥200 per unit(¥280 for the delay type)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥60 per unit to the amount for those without anautomatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remote test function, the amount obtained by adding ¥40 per
unit to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.
¥7,500 per unit

Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Appended Table 3)

Type PClass 2

(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥27,500 per
test [¥37,700 for the two signal type (excluding those withthe delay function; the same shall apply hereinafter) or thedelay type (excluding those with a two signal function; thesame shall apply hereinafter); ¥45,800 for those with both
two signal and delay functions](2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥25,600 to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remotetest function, the amount obtained by adding ¥16,600 to theamount for those without an automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: ¥18,300 per test(¥26,400 for either the two signal type or delay type;¥32,500 for those with both two signal and delay functions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥25,700 to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remotetest function, the amount obtained by adding ¥16,600 to theamount for those without an automatic test function, etc.

Type R

Type GPClass 2

(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥7,500 per
unit (¥8,000 for either the two signal type or delay type;¥8,500 for the analogue type or those with both two signal
and delay functions; ¥8,900 for those with both the delay andanalogue functions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥660 in the case of those with an automatic
test function or ¥440 in the case of those with a remote test
function to the amount for those without an automatic test
function, etc. per unit

¥120 per circuit(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥120 per
circuit (¥140 for either the two signal type or delay type;¥160 for those with both the two signal and delay functions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥10 per circuit to the amount for those without anautomatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remote test function, the amount obtained by adding ¥5 per
circuit to the amount for those without an automatic test
function, etc.
(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥400 per unit(¥500 for either the two signal type or delay type; ¥600 for
those with both the two signal and delay functions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥60 per unit to the amount for those without anautomatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remote test function, the amount obtained by adding ¥40 per
unit to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.

Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Appended Table 3)

Type G
Type GPClass 1

(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥60,800 per
test [¥68,800 for either the two signal type or delay type (excluding those with the analogue function; the same shall apply hereinafter); ¥74,900 for the analogue type (excluding
those with the delay function; the same shall apply hereinafter) or those with both two signal and delay functions or¥82,600 for those with both the delay and analogue functions](2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: the amount obtained by adding ¥17,500 in the case of those with an automatic test function or ¥11,300 in the case of those with a remote test function to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc. per test
¥60,800 per test
(1) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: ¥60,800 per test(¥68,800 for either the two signal type or delay type;¥74,900 for those with both the two signal and delay functions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥30,800 to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remotetest function, the amount obtained by adding ¥19,900 to theamount for those without an automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: ¥40,700 per test(¥47,800 for either the two signal type or delay type;¥53,900 for those with both the two signal and delay functions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥26,000 to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remotetest function, the amount obtained by adding ¥16,800 to theamount for those without an automatic test function, etc.

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Type GPClass 3

Electric leakage and fire alarm systems
Closed type sprinkler heads
Water flow detection devices
Deluge valves
Metal escape ladders
Fixed type
Stand type
Suspended type
Descenders(1) Those without an automatic test function: ¥300 per unit
(400 for the delay type)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥60 per unit to the amount for those without anautomatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remote test function, the amount obtained by adding ¥40 per
unit to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.
(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥10,000 per
unit (¥11,500 for either the two signal type or delay type;¥13,000 for the analogue type or those with both the two
signal and delay functions; ¥14,700 for those with both thedelay and analogue functions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥590 per unit to the amount for those without anautomatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remote test function, the amount obtained by adding ¥390 per
unit to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.
¥50 per unit
¥35 per unit
¥500 per unit
¥500 per unit
¥400 per unit
¥200 per unit
¥200 per unit
¥600 per unit

Remarks:
The meanings of the terms listed as sub‐categories of “fire extinguishers, fire alarm systems, receivers and metal escape ladders” in the column for Ma‐
chines or Tools, etc. Subject to Inspection and the meanings of the terms “multi‐signal function, automatic test function, remote test function, delay
type, analogue type and two signal type” in the column for Amount of Fee for Test and Amount of Fee for Individual Inspection shall be those to be
determined by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications.

Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Fire Service Act (Appended Table 3)

Type GR(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥30,400 per
test (¥35,500 for the delay type)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥26,000 to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remote test function, the amount obtained by adding ¥16,800
to the amount for those without an automatic test function,etc.
(1) Those without an automatic test function, etc.: ¥91,000 per
test (¥101,100 for either the two signal type or delay type;¥109,200 for the analogue type or those with both the two
signal and delay functions; ¥119,200 for those with both
the delay and analogue functions)(2) Those with an automatic test function, etc.: in the case of
those with an automatic test function, the amount obtainedby adding ¥24,300 to the amount for those without an automatic test function, etc.; in the case of those with a remote test function, the amount obtained by adding ¥15,800
to the amount for those without an automatic test function,etc.
¥166,300 per test
¥87,000 per test
¥50,600 per test
¥50,600 per test
¥20,300 per test
¥20,400 per test
¥20,400 per test
¥24,200per test

CABINET ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE FIRE SERVICE ACT
Published in 2015
INTERNATIONAL FIRE SERVICE INFORMATION CENTER
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