Interactive map of fire stations in Japan. Search by address or GPS — get directions to any station. Free pre-incident planning tool.
🚨 Emergency in Japan: call 119
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Stations found
5 km
Search radius
OSM
Data source
Free
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🗄️ Local OSM database
Searches for
Japan
use AllFirefighter's local OpenStreetMap fire station database.
The current production snapshot contains
148,275 mapped fire stations worldwide
.
Database refreshed:
September 12, 2026 .
This is a global database count, not a
Japan station total. Local coverage depends on records mapped in OpenStreetMap
and should not be treated as an official fire department directory.
Fire station coverage in Japan
🚨 Emergency number: 119 — this tool does NOT contact emergency services
🏛️ Fire service model: Municipal Shōbōsho (career) + Shōbōdan (volunteer community brigades)
Japan's fire service (消防) is organized municipally with approximately 820 career departments and 160,000 firefighters. Shōbōdan volunteer community brigades — approximately 800,000 members — provide community-level first response, fire prevention, and disaster assistance. Japanese stations are exceptionally equipped for USAR, earthquake response (Japan is in one of the world's most seismically active zones), and hazmat. Tokyo Fire Department is one of the most technically advanced fire organizations in the world. OSM coverage is excellent.
Use the Search area button or type an address above to find mapped stations in Japan. OSM coverage density varies by region — increase the radius to 10–30 km in areas with sparse results. Click any result for Google Maps directions to that station.
How to use Fire Station Locator
Enter an address in the search box or click My location to center the map. Select a radius — 5 km for urban areas, 10–30 km for rural. Click Search area. Stations appear as orange markers on the map and as a sorted nearest-first list in the sidebar. Click any result to fly the map to that station, or tap Directions to open Google Maps navigation directly to it. The OSM link opens the station's raw OpenStreetMap record — useful for verifying operator, station type, and contact details.
📋Pre-incident planning
Identify primary and mutual aid stations near target hazards. Document response distances and access routes before arrival.
🗺️First-due orientation
Understand career, combination, and volunteer station distribution in your first-due — especially useful after transfers or redistricting.
🤝Mutual aid planning
Quickly identify neighboring stations covered by your mutual aid or automatic aid agreements.
🎓Training and drills
Use real station data for tabletop exercises, fire protection zone orientation, and ISO water supply verification.
Frequently asked questions
Click 'My location' to center the map on your GPS position, choose a search radius, and click 'Search area'. Stations appear as orange markers on the map and as a sorted list in the sidebar, nearest first. You can also type any address into the search box to jump to a different location.
Fire station locations are sourced from OpenStreetMap (OSM), including amenity=fire_station and emergency=fire_station records. Searches are served primarily from AllFirefighter's local OSM station database, which is refreshed on a scheduled basis. The Overpass API remains available as a fallback if the local database cannot serve a request. Coverage depends on OpenStreetMap community mapping activity and may be incomplete.
This is a planning and familiarization aid, not a dispatch system. Always verify station location, current staffing, and operational status through your agency or dispatch center before relying on this data for incident operations.
Sparse results usually mean the area hasn't been fully mapped in OpenStreetMap, not that no stations exist. Try increasing the search radius to 10–30 km. You can contribute missing stations at openstreetmap.org to improve coverage for all users.
Yes, if they are mapped in OpenStreetMap with the amenity=fire_station or emergency=fire_station tag. Career, volunteer, and combination stations are all included. The station type and operator appear in the result card when those OSM tags are populated.
AllFirefighter maintains a local OpenStreetMap fire station database and refreshes the production dataset on a scheduled basis. The latest successful database refresh date is displayed on this page. OpenStreetMap remains the underlying data source, with Overpass available as a fallback service.
In Japan, call 119 for fire emergencies. This tool does not contact emergency services — always call your local emergency number directly in an emergency.
Japan uses the following fire service model: Municipal Shōbōsho (career) + Shōbōdan (volunteer community brigades). Station structure and coverage density vary by region. The map shows all stations that have been mapped in OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMap coverage varies significantly across Japan. Urban centers and major cities are typically well-mapped. Rural and remote areas may have incomplete data. If you find missing stations, contributing to OSM at openstreetmap.org benefits all users.
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