First Half of 2020 Fire and Emergency Overview (Preliminary Report)

① The number of house fires has increased! The percentage of house fires in building fire was the highest in the past decade.
　 All deaths from fires (excluding arson and suicide) are due to house fires
・ The number of fires decreased by nine from the previous year, but the number of house fires increased by 16.
・ Residential fires in building fire totaled 72.4%.
② Both the number of emergency participations and transport personnel, which have been increasing in recent years, have decreased compared to the previous year!
・ In the first half of 2020, the number of emergency cases was 93,580, a decrease of 8,558 (-8.4%) compared to the same period of the previous year.
The number was 78,717, a decrease of 9,045 (-10.3%) from the same period of the previous year.
・ The number of emergency participations in April decreased the largest (13,726, 2,714 compared to the same period of the previous year, down 16.5%), and the breakdown shows that:
Sudden illness decreased by 1,363 (-12.2%), general injuries decreased by 637 (-21.3%), and traffic accidents decreased by 320 (-39.0%).