https://www.city.minato.tokyo.jp/chiikibousai/documents/siryoumatome.pdf
next to the pictures of the radios possibly it says the radios are on the same wavelength as the paid FD there are 580 volunteer firefighters in Minato approx - around 50 are women or students - 25 of the women quit - there are only 1 or 2 retired firefighters amongst them there are 4 volunteer fire brigades in Minato Ward - Shiba has 220 volunteers - Azaba has 120 volunteers - Takanawa has 110 vols - Akasaka has 130 vols the total population of Minato Ward is 243,00 as of 2015 per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo - area is 28 square kilometers - there are many embassies there the 4 volunteer bridges apparently are based on the ward boundaries that existed in 1947 - all of the older wards were merged in 1947 to form the Minato Ward that is a healthy number of volunteers in a small area - pretty sure that they only respond during earthquakes or tsunamis or typhoons etc next to the picture of the mini fire engine and pump cart it says something about the pump is pretty much permanently affixed to the mini cargo truck - not sure how the cart fits in - maybe they have 2 portable pumps at their little volunteer stations - 1 on the cart and 1 on the mini cargo truck - or maybe they just have 1 pump; that goes on the cart; which goes on the mini cargo truck -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKYOnY_eKgebKct3c81gJAOKOkKG6RKLwATLhQO6JDQ7_A%40mail.gmail.com.
