Machida Japan - population 450.000

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1Sedmq1BucK5nj-OO-jslKUyNcC8&ll=35.58690861069886%2C139.37887094728862&z=13
- zerg90 map

the Machida stations are the black ones in the center of this map

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Machida Japan is a city in the Tokyo Prefecture - it is west of
downtown Tokyo about 20 miles - Machida has a population of 450,000
and covers 27 square miles - it is basically a bedroom community

Machida actually has 2 FDs - the paid FD is provided by the Tokyo FD
ie Tokyo Prefecture FD - and - the volunteer FD is provided by the
City of Machida

Machida has 6 paid stations and 36 volunteer stations

note - the volunteers do get some money - they get a standard stipend
and a response stipend - with a total of around $900 US by our
calculations

the paid stations run 10 engines + 1 ladder + 1 rescue + 5 ambulances
- probably with crews of 4 on the fire units - and crews of 3 on the
ambulances

there might be a newer daytime paid ambulance station that was added
about 5 years ago - they might run 2 ambulances in the daytime hours -
for a grand total of 7 first response emergency ambulances for a city
of 450,000

the volunteer stations run 36 smaller engines staffed by 450 volunteer
firefighters

it is possible that volunteers only respond to earthquakes and
typhoons - they might respond to building fires also - but we are not
sure about that - it is possible that volunteers are not equipped with
SCBA and bunker gear - they might just have helmets and light turnout
coats

the volunteer engines might have AEDs but not sure about that

here is the volunteer fd info in japanese - maybe from 2020 -
https://www.fdma.go.jp/relocation/syobodan/welcome/search/item/pdf/67_tokyo_machidashi.pdf
- 1 page

not really sure who dispatches the volunteer firefighters - it is
probably the Tokyo FD dispatch center - but they might have to
telephone someone at the Machida City Hall in the Civil Defense Office
to turn on the required sirens / loudspeakers at the volunteer
stations - [ there is only 1 emergency telephone number for calling in
fires and ambulances calls for the entire province - 119 - so at least
we know that the volunteers do not have a seperate telephone number
for taking reports of emergencies ]





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