[Press Release] Overview of fire and emergency services in the first half of 2022

①Ratio of electric fires to record high‼
　 By cause, "cigarettes" are the most common for all fires and "konro" are the most common for house fires. All the dead are elderly
・The number of fires (all fires) was 336, a decrease of 52 from the same period of the previous year, the lowest ever, but the ratio of electric fires to all fires and house fires (total fires 33.0%, house fires 40.3%) was a record high. Was.
・The cause of fire was 51 cigarettes in all fires and 29 in house fires, with 7 deaths (excluding arson and suicide) caused by fires and 5 in house fires. Elderly people over 65 years old.
②The number of emergency cases and transport personnel were the highest ever.‼
・The number of emergency cases was 113,227, an increase of 18,482 (19.5%) compared to the same period of the previous year, and the number of transport personnel was 91,832, an increase of 11,897 (14.9%) compared to the same period of the previous year, all of which were the highest ever. Was.
・Looking at the ratio of transport personnel by age, elderly people accounted for 57.5%, and moderate or more accounted for 53.8% by degree of injury and illness.