Firefighters Face Up to Disasters
Some disasters are more difficult to handle than ever before.
The TFD has its personnel repeat training with the latest fire apparatus for the safety of Tokyo citizens.
Successive Transportation Caused by Covid-19 and Extreme Heat
Summer in 2022, during the time of increase in the number of ambulance runs, the number of ambulance runs drastically increased due to overlap of the heatwave and the 7th wave of COVID-19. In the TFD jurisdiction, the number of ambulances dispatched per day exceeded 3,000 consecutively.
(In 2021: 2,038 on average per day)
Under these tightened on-scene situations, the TFD made every effort to solve the problem, i.e.,
additionally deployed spare ambulances.
Reinforcement of the Day-time Ambulance Units
We strengthened the day-time ambulance units during the day, when the demand of EMS service is high.
The operation begun on October in 2022 at the Ogikubo, Hikarigaoka, Shakujii and Nishiarai Fire Stations.
(In 2019, the Ikebukuro Fire Station and in 2021, the Ebara, Itabashi and Kanamachi Fire Stations.)
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