[Press Release] Overview of Fire and Emergency 2021 (Preliminary Report)

①The number of fires increased, and electric fires were the highest ever.‼
In house fires, fires from stoves increase, and more than 80% of the deaths are elderly people.
・The number of fires was 696, an increase of 72 (11.5%) compared to the previous year. In particular, 183 electric fires (26.3%) occurred, an increase of 45 compared to the previous year, to the highest ever.
・The number of house fires was 304, an increase of 38 from the previous year, and 89 fires broke out from the stove, accounting for 30% of house fires, and 16 out of 19 people were elderly people aged 65 or older, 16 Of the 14 died late.
②The number of emergency cases and transport personnel started to increase again, and the number of emergency cases was the second largest ever.‼
・The number of emergency participations was 204,427, an increase of 9,788 (5.0%) compared to the previous year, and was the second largest ever after 212,395 in 2019, which was the highest ever. .
・The number of transport personnel was 171,022, an increase of 6,938 (4.2%) compared to the previous year, and the ratio of transport personnel was 56.0% for elderly people by age, and 55.3% for moderate or higher by degree of injury or illness. .