English info about Tokyo FD

http://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.jp/eng/eng_ts_sa.html

on Tokyo FD website - lots of interesting info

ambs have at least 1 medic

non emergency ambs are private

there are 3 divisions - 10 districts - 81 batallion HQs ("fire
stations") - 208 sub stations ("branch fire stations)

I dont think that divisions and districts have any fire apparatus -
except for rescue task forces and maybe the districts have command
vans

the batt HQs have 2E/L/R/A etc - the branches have 2E and 1 A each

and it all adds up if you do the math - for a total of 540 pumpers -
251 ambulances - 93 command vans (81 batts + 10 districts + 3
divisions) - 86 ladders - 29 rescues

which means that 251 of 290 paid stations have ambulances - all 81
batts HQs have ladders plus 5 branch stations apparently - only 29 of
290 paid stations have rescue trucks - maybe 230 of 290 paid stations
have 2 engines - which leaves 60 paid stations with just 1 engine

note - if they switch to just 1 engine per station house - they could
add 140 more paid stations - which is approx a 50% increase in the
number of stations - if they went to an all quint set up with 1 quint
per paid station, they could double their number of stations - that
should cut their response times nearly in half - at the same budget
level

on top of this is approx 400 volunteer stations with 230 mini vans and
990 portable pumps