First Half of 2019 Fire Emergency Emergency Overview (Preliminary Report)

①Fires due to stoves are increasing! The deaths of fires caused by stoves, injured also increased!
・The number of fires caused by stoves increased by 14 from the previous year. The fires caused by stoves increased by two compared to the previous year and injured by eight.
・The top cause of fire in a house fire is a stove fire, and in many cases fires occur due to leaving the place while cooking fried foods.
② Both the number of emergency cases and the number of transport personnel increased at a faster pace than last year, which was the highest ever!
・The number of emergency cases in the first half of 2019 was 102,138, an increase of 3,291 (3.3%) compared to the same period of the previous year, and the number of transport personnel was 87,766, an increase of 2,474 (2.9%) compared to the same period of the previous year. Each was the highest ever.
・In particular, the number of emergency cases increased significantly in January (20,886, up 1,473, or 7.6%, compared to the same period of the previous year), and the number of emergency cases per month exceeded 20,000 for the first time.