Because local citizens took turns to work as guards, the tradition lives to this day, and many of these stations remain today as volunteer fire stations, which are bases for local security, or community centers.
自身番は、地元住民が交代で役割を担っていたことから、現在も地域の安全の拠点となる消防団の詰所や公民館として跡地が残る場所が多い。