The Fire Services Department received 3,317 confirmed cases last year and called 5 ambulancemen to be infected with the epidemic, an increase of 58%

The Fire Services Department released the 2021 work review report today (13th), stating that a total of 3,317 new coronavirus confirmed calls were handled in the past year, and 2,099 fire and ambulance personnel were deployed. Among them, 5 ambulance personnel were infected due to handling patients and all have recovered .

In Hong Kong, there was an increase in fire alarms, special services and ambulance calls last year; mountain climbing rescue accidents increased by 58% to 951, 598 people were injured, 14 people died, and 10 defense personnel were involved in mountain climbing rescue accidents. Injuried.

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The Fire Services Department received a total of 33,891 fire calls last year, an increase of 0.8% over 2020, of which 93.75% were able to arrive at the scene within the required call time.

Unfortunately, 23 citizens were killed in the fire, 306 citizens and 8 firefighters were injured in the fire, and firefighters saved a total of 11,434 people.

Last year there were six level 3 fires and six in 2020.

More notable ones include the two Category 3 vessel fires off Stonecutters Island and the Aberdeen South Typhoon Shelter in June last year, and the Category 3 fire at the World Trade Centre in Causeway Bay on December 15.

▼12.15 World Trade Center Level 3 Fire▼

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92.4% of emergency ambulance calls arrived within 12 minutes, 0.1% lower than the service commitment

The total number of ambulance calls last year was 765,614, an increase of 75,848 or 10.99% compared to 2020. Among them, there were 715,194 emergency ambulance calls, an increase of 11.71% compared to 640,236 in 2020.

The prescription said that 92.4% of emergency ambulance calls in the past year were able to arrive within the 12-minute target call time, which is 0.1% lower than the 92.5% set in the service pledge.

The prescription stated that for improvement, the former Ta Kwu Ling Fire Station was changed to an ambulance station in October and November last year respectively, and an ambulance station was added in Kwu Tung to shorten the call-up time.

Approval of the license of the Palace Museum and 6,000 parking spaces of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

In addition, the Fire Services Department mentioned that the inspection and acceptance of fire-fighting installations and equipment of the Palace Museum was completed in September last year, and the licenses for 12 places of public entertainment are currently being approved. The goal is to complete all license approvals by the second quarter of this year.

A large parking lot will also be built on the artificial island of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port, using an automatic parking system. It is estimated that more than 6,000 parking spaces will be provided in phases, and the relevant plans are being approved.

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