Special Fire Force Company 8

The is a Special Fire Brigade located in Tokyo, which was created to investigate the seven other brigades. Like all brigades, they are tasked to extinguish and purify the souls of Flame Humans and unravel the secrets of the Human Body Ignition Phenomenon.

History
Some time after joining the brigade, Shinra and Arthur both participate in the Fire Officer Newcomer Tournament, with the rest of the brigade arriving at the scene as spectators. When the building, the competition was held in, bursts into flames, the other brigade members successfully catch Arthur before the boy falls to the ground, as Shinra rescues two members of an unspecified brigade.

Missions
The brigade was assigned to stop a Flame Human, who was going berserk in a train station. With the help of Maki, who provided defensive support in extinguishing the incoming flames, and Takehisa, who slowed down the being's movement with the Special Fire Extinguishing Bullet, Akitaru managed to impale the Flame Human's core with his Core Annihilating Pile Bunker, killing him and allowing Iris to send off his soul in peace.
 * Suppress a Flame Human in the Train Station.
 * Participants: Akitaru Ōbi, Takehisa Hinawa, Maki Oze and Iris.
 * Mission Status: Success.

Tasked with the job to storm a factory, located in the Torigoe District, the brigade had to rescue its employee, who was still trapped in the building during the rampage of the Flame Human, Saeko. The brigade didn't make it in time and the employee was killed some time before the team stormed the building and fought the threat.
 * Rescue a factory employee.
 * Participants: Shinra Kusakabe, Akitaru Ōbi, Takehisa Hinawa, Maki Oze and Iris.
 * Mission Status: Failure.

The 8th Special Fire Brigade was tasked to suppress Mikako's father, who turned into a Flame Human, in the Iriya District. They were greeted inside by the Flame Human and, without any sort of resistance, allowed himself to be impaled by Arthur. Though there was no struggle from the threat, a third party was in attempt to injure the team from the shadows, using an unknown substance to make the building's ceiling collapse.
 * Suppress a Flame Human in the Iriya District.
 * Participants: Akitaru Ōbi, Takehisa Hinawa, Maki Oze, Iris, Shinra Kusakabe and Arthur Boyle.
 * Mission Status: Success.

Trivia

 * "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust" from the chant "Flames are the breaths of souls... And smoke is the souls' release... Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. This soul, return to the raging flames.", that the brigade preaches, is a phrase, taken from the funeral service in the Book of Common Prayer.