Fire Disaster Mitigation 2-1》The Fire Department proposes Residential Fire Prevention Countermeasures 2.0 to halve fire deaths in 2027

In recent years, the Fire Department of the Interior Ministry has promoted "Residential Fire Countermeasures 2.0" to reduce the average death rate (measurement benchmark) by 5% every year, hoping to achieve the goal of halving annual fire deaths in 2027. However, in this year's plan, an analysis of the death cases (excluding suicides) in 2024, which has the highest fire damage in recent years, occurred The biggest factor affecting evacuation and escape is "the absence of house alarms or automatic fire alarm equipment", with the average proportion as high as 72.11%, and most of the unfortunate deaths are among people over 65 years old. The Fire Department urgently needs to promote six major countermeasures, including improving the intrinsic safety of household electrical equipment, wires, etc., to reduce fire deaths across the country.

This year, the Fire Department proposed an advanced plan for Residential Fire Prevention Countermeasures 2.0. By reducing the number of residential fire fatalities, we will achieve the overall goal of reducing the number of residential fire fatalities year by year. We will develop countermeasures and improve the residential fire safety of fire protection units across the country. Based on the average number of deaths (excluding suicides) of 91.5 people from 2018 to 2021, we hope to achieve the goal of halving the number of fire fatalities in 2027.

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The Fire Department stated that based on the average number of residential fires from 2018 to 2021, the country was divided into Group A (more than 300 incidents) in six cities, Group B (more than 80 incidents) such as Pingtung, and Group C (less than 80 incidents) such as Nantou. It analyzed the factors that cause residential fires and prioritized them as residential fire prevention measures. Emphasis on key points; taking the statistical analysis of national residential fires in 2024, which has the highest fire damage in recent years, reaching 1.32 billion yuan, as an example, there were 3,441 residential fires that year, with 105 deaths (excluding suicides), an increase of about 14 people (13.5 increases or decreases) compared with the average of 91.5.

Analyzing the main causes of death during evacuation in that year, the lack of residential alarms or automatic fire alarm equipment was the highest, with an average of 59.46%; the second highest was the elderly or those with mobility difficulties, accounting for 72.11%; the third was the non-use of non-flammable or flame-resistant building materials in interior decoration compartments, accounting for 61.99% (Groups B and C); in statistics, all The overall number of fire cases in the country increased by more than 25% compared with the average. Only Lianjiang County in Group C exceeded the increase, which clearly shows that the overall number of fires dropped. As for the number of deaths that exceeded the average by more than 25%, the highest number was 143.48% in Group A Tainan, 166.67% in Group B Hsinchu County and Hualien County, and 300% in Group C Hsinchu City.

As for the causes of fires, the average proportion of electrical factors is as high as 60%. Among them, in the three outlying island counties of Group C: Zhu City, Chiayi City, Nantou, Yilan, Taitung and Penghu, the proportion is as high as 100%; among those who died over the age of 65, 32.63%.