Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

Summary

The Morita Group is supporting Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, with state-of-the-art firefighting vehicles and equipment, such as an AI-assisted on-scene command support system and Japan's first zero-emission electric fire pump truck^*, as part of our efforts "to provide the best possible firefighting capability for future society."

*As an Electric fire Pump Truck in actual use in Japan (in-house survey, as of March 2025)

Driven by our purpose of "Safeguarding lives and the environment. Securing peace of mind. Technology, powered by visionary challenge," we are collaborating with Osaka City to realize the optimal firefighting in a future society as well as carrying out joint research and development with Osaka Municipal Fire Department to respond to the challenges posed by increasingly complex and severe disasters. We offer new solutions that use DX (Digital Transformation) at the disaster scene to ensure rapid help from rescuers and prompt control of fires. Together with Osaka Municipal Fire Department, we will carry out demonstration test cooperation at Expo 2025 and help to make our towns and cities safer and more secure.

Featured Equipment

On-scene Command Support System / Electric Command Vehicle

On-scene Command Support System / Electric Command Vehicle
This system supports the issuance of on-scene commands by collecting essential information at the command center about the disaster scene in real time so that rescuers can provide rapid help and the fire can be quickly brought under control.
The command console features large touch panels, and its display enables instinctive commands to be issued. AI is used to help optimize the firefighting, rescue, and first aid activities.
Housed in an Electric command vehicle, this system helps to provide the best possible firefighting and rescue capability for future society.

Zero Emission
Electric Fire Pump Truck
Featuring zero emissions and reduced noise and vibration, this is the first Electric fire pump truck in actual use in Japan. Our proprietary ePTO (pump driven system exclusive for EV) and e-Fire Pump (pump exclusive for EV) are installed at the rear, making for a compact vehicle that is well suited to narrow Japanese roads. The pump and outlet valves can be remotely controlled via a tablet, and a device to raise and lower the hose car also helps to eliminate manual tasks.

MVF21: Multi-Purpose
Firefighting Vehicle
with 21m Aerial Platform
In anticipation of incidents occurring at complex shaped pavilions, we are providing support with a multi-purpose vehicle equipped with a 21m aerial platform for firefighting and rescue.
This aerial platform truck is equipped with articulated boom and a rescue basket, the largest class in Japan, that can accommodate a person sitting on a wheelchair.

Patrol Scooter
This fire patrol scooter is based on motorized three-wheeled vehicle^*. Compact in size, it can pass thorough narrow alleys and quickly get to its target destination. While it will normally be used for fire prevention duties inside the Expo site, if a fire occurs, it can provide an effective communication network for firefighting activities by quickly going to the scene and distributing real-time images to the command support system from its on-board 360-degree camera.

*categorized as "specified small motorized bicycles" in Japanese driver's license class