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The city of Sasbo hosted Dezomeshiki ,

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an annual parade ceremony to celebrate

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a fire-safe year . Commander Fleet

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Activity Sasbo Fire and Emergency

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Services also participated in the

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parade to honor their pledge to work

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together with the city of Sasbo to

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prevent fires . Here is Fire Chief Mark

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Wampler with more . Yeah ,

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this event is based on a deep tradition

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of the fire service that goes back 367

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years back in the Edo period before

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Tokyo when they had a great fire that

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burned 60% of the population at that

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time . Over 100,000 people lost their

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lives in that fire . So they get

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together now ever since then to

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celebrate this type of ceremony and

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pray for a fire safe year .

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This is Petty Officer Orion Shotton

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reporting from Sassebo .