Name: Day in the Life of a Japanese Firefighter
Uploaded: 2021-03-05T20:30:16.000Z
Duration: 18 min 42 s
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This is a day in the life of a Japanese firefighter

This may look like a regular Japanese apartment

it makes it easy for the firefighters living here

to quickly gather and help with any efforts

Do all firefighters live in this type of facility?

I guess that chocolate spread on his toast

Soushi is in his fourth year as a shoboshi,

for one year while working at a yakitori restaurant

Soushi should be coming around the corner right now

the Joto Fire Station, Tokyo Sunamachi branch

In Tokyo there are a total of 303 fire stations coving the entire area

with about 18,600 firefighters at the ready

Although the fire station has an elevator

it's fairly standard for Japanese firefighters

In Japan, firefighters have 10 different ranks

Badges have different numbers of stars & stripes

All firefighters like Soushi start at the 1st rank,

To earn a promotion to the next rank, the department will review

Soushi's performance and test results after around four years

Which includes both a written and physical exam

Each year there are only a limited number of positions

so one of his first tasks in the morning is to read through all of the material

In Japan, the firefighters work a 24-hour shift

and it officially commences at a large meeting called 'daikotai'

The previous day's shift lines up on one side

while the incoming shift lines up on another

During the meeting, the previous team will inform

how many times they were sent out, and any other important matters

This is one of the most critical points of the day

as all of the information must be transferred accurately

the firefighters must always act quickly and safely

Right now they're doing all of their morning checks

They have to do this to make sure all the equipment is working

to ensure that every piece is working properly

the team must work together to inspect the fire truck

all the way down to each door compartment opening smoothly

Because in an emergency situation, every second counts

Next the team inspects their firefighting equipment

to ensure that it's also in working order

The check for each individual piece of equipment

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