EMS Activity Data
In 2022
- No. of ambulances: 271
- Ambulance responses: 872,075
- One response every 36 seconds
![Ambulance Runs by Incident:graf](img/r05/page01_img02.png)
![Patients by Condition:graf](img/r05/page01_img03.png)
※The sum of the percentages might not be 100% due to rounding.
Ambulance Runs
The number of TFD ambulance runs in 2022 was 872,075, which was the highest in its recorded history(an increase of 128,372 from the previous year). Then, the ratio of the ambulance-transported patients initially diagnosed and classified as minor injury was 53.4 % - is more than a half in total.
![EMS Activities Since EMS Legislation in 1963:graf](img/r05/page01_img04.jpg)
![Ambulance Transported Patients by Age Group:graf](img/r05/page01_img05.jpg)
Due to the increase in the number of senior citizens, the change in the structure of disease and the greater diversity in citizens’ needs, the demand for emergency medical services tend to increase every year.
Tiered Response by Pumper and Ambulance
[P-A Response Service]
During a pressing emergency, a pump unit with firefighters may respond ahead of an ambulance to provide care with an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) or other equipment.
P-A Tiered Response Service
Pumper - ambulance units respond to save patients.
![P-A response service](img/r05/page01_img06.jpg)
Pumper-Ambulance Tiered Response Service
(In 2022)
![Pumper-Ambulance Tiered Response Service(In 2020):graf](img/r05/page01_img07.jpg)