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FDMA Commissioner
Director-General of the Civil Protection
and Disaster Management Department
Assistant Commissioner
Fire and Disaster Management Agency: Organization and jurisdiction
General Affairs
Division
(Facilities and other agencies)
No. of Employees
Vice-Commissioner
Mainly responsible for secretarial matters, personnel,
accounting, public relations, policy evaluation,
awards, and comprehensive research, etc.
Disaster Management
Division
Mainly responsible for establishing disaster
prevention systems amongst local governments, etc.
Civil Protection
Office
Mainly responsible for civil protection plans,
instruction and advice to local governments, etc.
Civil Protection
Management Office
Mainly responsible for policy planning related to
Volunteer Fire Corps and voluntary disaster
prevention organizations, etc.
Regional Disaster
Management Office
Mainly responsible for policy planning related to
Volunteer Fire Corps and voluntary disaster
prevention organizations, etc.
Mutual Aid
Management Office
Mainly responsible for planning related to firefighting
mutual support and liaison, and planning and
operating Emergency Fire Response Teams, etc.
Disaster Management
Communications Office
Mainly responsible for transmitting and gathering
information on fire and disaster prevention, and planning
fire and disaster prevention communication systems, etc.
Emergency Response
Office
Mainly responsible for policy planning related to
emergency response systems, etc.
Counselor
Mainly responsible for policy planning regarding
rescue activities, and international cooperation
related to fire services, etc.
Fire and Ambulance
Service Division
Mainly responsible for firefighting capability policy,
and restructuring of Fire Service Institutions, etc.
Ambulance Service
Planning Office
Mainly responsible for policy planning related to
emergency services of Emergency Life-Saving
Technicians, etc.
Fire Prevention
Division
Mainly responsible for standards of firefighting and
fire prevention equipment, and promotion of
residential fire prevention measures, etc.
Hazardous Materials
Safety Office
Mainly responsible for planning of hazardous
materials safety systems, etc.
Extraordinary Disaster
Management Office
Mainly responsible for measures against fires at
petroleum complexes, nuclear disasters, and forest
fires, etc.
Fire and Disaster
Management College
Provides educational training for top management of
firefighters and Volunteer Fire Corps, etc.
National Research Institute of
Fire and Disaster
Conducts R&D related to firefighting technology,
and investigates causes of fires, etc.
FDMA: 137
Fire and Disaster Management College: 37
(including 25 at the National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster)
Total: 174
(As of April 1st 2022)
We are the Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA).
私たちは『消防庁』です
Emergency Management Center
消防防災・危機管理センター
After the foundation of the National Fire Defense Board in 1948 and the National Fire Defense Headquarters in 1952, FDMA started as an affiliated agency of the Ministry of
Home Affairs in 1960, and now operates as an affiliated agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Since many large-scale fires, disasters, and accidents
have occurred in the past, FDMA has enhanced its organization accordingly. We will continue our efforts to minimize the damage caused by fires, earthquakes, storms, floods,
and other disasters, in order to realize a safe and secure society.
消防庁は、昭和 23 年の国家消防庁、昭和 27 年の国家消防本部を経て、昭和 35 年に自治省の外局として発足し、現在は総務省の外局となっています。現在までの間、多くの大規模な火災
や災害、事故が発生したことを受け、組織体制も充実強化してきました。これからも、安全・安心な社会を実現するため、火災・地震・風水害などの災害による被害を最小限にとどめる努力を
続けていきます。
To prevent and minimize disaster damage, FDMA arranges the necessary procedures including the legislative aspect, and prepares materials and equipment. Also, when a large-
scale disaster occurs, the FDMA commissioner sets up headquarters for the disaster management to gather information on the disaster damage and operate the Emergency
Fire Response Teams.
消防庁は、災害を未然に防ぎ、災害が発生した場合の被害を最小限に抑えるため、法令の整備や資機材の配備などを行っています。また、大規模な災害が発生した場合には、速やかに消防庁
長官を本部長とする災害対策本部を設置し、情報収集や緊急消防援助隊のオペレーションなどを行います。
The Emergency Management Center, which is built in FDMA office, is the operations room. The center has the fire and disaster prevention wireless communication network, a
regional satellite communication network and a helicopter TV broadcasting system so that we can share various kinds of disaster information with the Prime Minister's Office,
the Cabinet Office, local governments and Fire Service Institutions in the event of a large-scale disaster.
消防庁内に設置されている消防防災・危機管理センターは、災害対応を行う消防庁のオペレーションルームです。有事の際、総理大臣官邸や内閣府をはじめ、都道府県や市町村、消防本部など
の関係機関との情報共有が行えるよう、消防防災無線、地域衛星通信ネットワーク、ヘリコプターテレビ伝送システムなどを整備しています。
◉ FDMA vehicles and helicopter 消防庁の車両等
Command vehicle 指揮車 Personnel transit vehicle 人員輸送車 Satellite communication vehicle 衛星車載局車
Command support vehicle 指揮支援車 FDMA helicopter 消防庁ヘリコプター
Change in organization and functions of Fire and Disaster Management Agency
Settlement of Fire Service
Organization Law
National Fire
Defense Board
National Rural Police
Department
Proclaimed
December 23rd 1947
Executed
March 7th 1948
Proclaimed
July 24th 1948
Executed
August 1st 1948
Proclaimed
November 5th 1961
Executed
July 10th 1962
Proclaimed
April 15th 1963
Executed
April 10th 1964
Proclaimed
October 27th 1995
Executed
October 27th 1995
Proclaimed
June 18th 2003
Executed
June 1st 2004
Proclaimed
June 18th 2004
Executed
September 17th 2004
Fire suppression
Fire suppression +
Fire prevention
Settlement of
Fire Services Act
Settlement of Basic Act on
Disaster Control Measures
National Public Safety Commission
National Public Safety Commission
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Internal Affairs and CommunicationsFDMAFDMA
National Fire Defense Headquarters
Change in organization and functionsS22S27S35H13
Launch of Municipal firefighting system
Establishment of disaster
prevention systems
Rules of ambulance services
Response to disasters
caused by armed attacks
Fire fighting, fire prevention, and
regulations on hazardous materials and others
1946 Great fire of Muramatsu-machi, Niigata Prefecture
(currently Gosen City)
S23 Fukui earthquake .................................... Deaths: 3,769
A number of large urban fires occurred in this period.
1959 Ise Bay typhoon ........................ Deaths / Missing persons: 5,098
1976 Sakata Great Fire ................................................... Deaths: 1
1982 Hotel New Japan Fire................................................ Deaths: 33
1990 Mount Unzen Eruption .....................Deaths / Missing persons: 44
1993 Hokkaido Southwest offshore Earthquake .................................
................................................ Deaths / Missing persons: 230
1995 Hanshin Awaji Great Earthquake .............................................
............................................. Deaths / Missing persons: 6,437
Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack ....................................... Deaths: 13
2001 Shinjuku Kabukicho Building fire .............................. Deaths: 44
2005 JR West Fukuchiyama Line Rail Crash........................ Deaths: 107
2011 TheGreatEastJapanEarthquake ................................................
............................................. Deaths / Missing persons: 22,199
2014 Mount Ontake Eruption ..................Deaths / Missing persons: 63
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake.......................................... Deaths: 258
2016 Itoigawa City Great Fire............................................. Deaths: 0
2017 Miyoshimachi, Saitama Prefecture Warehouse Fire ...... Deaths: 0
2017 Northern Kyushu Torrential Rains ......Deaths / Missing persons: 42
2018 Torrential Rain July 2018 ............... Deaths / Missing persons: 245
2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquak ..................... Deaths: 42
2018 2019 East Japan Typhoon............... Deaths / Missing persons: 107
2019 Torrential Rain July 2020 ..................Deaths / Missing persons: 84
2021 Atami Landslide, Shizuoka Prefecture ...... Deaths / Missing persons: 28
Fire at a building in Kita-ku, Osaka City ........................ Deaths: 27
Major disasters
Fire suppression,
Fire prevention +
Disaster management
Revision of Fire Services Act
Revision of Fire Service
Organization Law
Fire suppression,
Fire prevention,
Disaster management +
Ambulance service
Settlement of Civil
Protection Law
Fire suppression,
Fire prevention,
Disaster prevention,
Ambulance service +
Civil protection
Measures for
wide-area support of
FDMA commissioner
Revision of Fire Service
Organization Law
Legislation of
Emergency Fire
Response Teams