Aoba Volunteers in Yokohama City Japan
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Peter Szerlagi
Dec 24, 2020, 9:40:03 AM12/24/20
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https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/bousai-kyukyu-bohan/shobo/bosai/shobodan/shokai/05-16.html
Yokohama is a city with 4 million residents - the city is divided up
into 18 wards - I think that each ward has its own volunteer fire
brigade to support the paid firefighters
this page has multi photos of the Aoba Ward volunteers - they have
small pumpers and chain saws etc
The Aoba Ward Volunteers have 25 stations and 25 tiny pumpers - they
have 451 volunteers - the tiny pumpers have 1 portable pump each it
seems
typically the volunteers do receive pay for training and response to
calls - afaik - they are considered to be part time municipal
employees - same as the USA it seems - but I think they might only
respond to earthquakes and typhoons in the big cities
Yokohama is a city with 4 million residents - the city is divided up
into 18 wards - I think that each ward has its own volunteer fire
brigade to support the paid firefighters
this page has multi photos of the Aoba Ward volunteers - they have
small pumpers and chain saws etc
The Aoba Ward Volunteers have 25 stations and 25 tiny pumpers - they
have 451 volunteers - the tiny pumpers have 1 portable pump each it
seems
typically the volunteers do receive pay for training and response to
calls - afaik - they are considered to be part time municipal
employees - same as the USA it seems - but I think they might only
respond to earthquakes and typhoons in the big cities
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