Special Fire Force Company 8

The is a Special Fire Brigade located in Tokyo. Members of the brigade are nicknamed, due to the neon-blue stripes on their bunker gear. Their headquarters are located in the 8th Special Fire Fighting Church.

Overview
Like other brigades, they are responsible for extinguishing Flame Humans and the purification of their souls, as well as unraveling the secrets behind the Human Body Ignition Phenomenon. The 8th Brigade is said to be newly established, only having a few members who all participate in the purification of Flame Humans' souls, but don't have any members who are appointed to stokers or in the chemistry team. Despite having such a dangerous job and being short-handed on members, the group seems rather lively and fearless, even those with no Second or Third Generation abilities.

The brigade attended the Fire Officer Newcomer Tournament, alongside the rest of the other Special Fire Brigades, where they watched their newest recruits, Shinra and Arthur, compete against their fellow Fire Officers.

Before killing a Flame Human, a member of the Brigade, usually Iris, chants "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." as a way of purifying the soul of the victim.

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

 * The chant that the Special Fire Brigades preach before killing a Flame Human ("Ashes to ashes, dust to dust") is a phrase taken from the funeral service in the Book of Common Prayer.