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![[Fire and Disaster Management Agency]](../images/j/jp-fdman.gif) 
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 04 July 2014
Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications
was established on Jul 1st 1960 to control fire-fighting operation in Japan which is different from TFD = Tokyo 
Fire Department under control of Tokyo Metropolis Government established in 1948.
FDMA adopted three flags on Mar 29th 2005.
Sources: http://www.fdma.go.jp/en/
http://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.jp/eng/index.html
Nozomi Kariyasu, 04 July 2014
The purple flag has a white FDMA emblem in the center. The emblem depicts 
sunrays, snow crystal, hose pipes, water cannons and plume of water in a cherry blossom.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 04 July 2014
![[Fire and Disaster Management Agency]](../images/j/jp-fdam.gif) 
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 04 July 2014
The purple flag has a white FDMA emblem in the center and kanji name in white 
at the bottom.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 04 July 2014
![[Fire and Disaster Management Agency]](../images/j/jp-fdmac.gif) 
image by Kazutaka Nishiura, 04 July 2014
The purple flag has a white FDMA emblem in the center and five small FDMA 
emblems horizontally at the upper part.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 04 July 2014