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strengthen their fire rescue skills and upgrade their disaster rescue capabilities, thus ensuring the
safety of Taiwanese people’s lives and property.
(2) Conducting the “2022 Senior Staff Workshop for Fire Service Volunteers”
In 2022, the 21st and the 22nd sessions of the "Senior Staff Workshop for Fire Service Volun-
teers" were conducted from August 25 to 26, and from September 28 to 29, respectively, with a
total of 80 and 83 participants, respectively, to impart knowledge and expertise of fire services to
fire service volunteer personnel, thus effectively elevating their capabilities and cohesiveness in
disaster prevention and rescue.
3. Selecting elite disaster prevention personnel and rescue volunteers nationwide
In response to the UN’s International Volunteer Day, the selection and commendation of elite volun-
teers was carried out on December 5, 2022, in accordance with the "NFA’s Provisions on Implementing
the Selection and Commendation of Disaster Prevention and Rescue Volunteers Nationwide." In this
event, volunteer elites were commended for the encouragement of rescue service morale, which drew
attention from various news media, online platforms, social networking sites, and more. Accordingly, 12
people were selected as disaster prevention and rescue volunteer elites.
VIII. Fire Investigation
1. Summarizing fire statistics nationwide in recent years
In 2022, 15,890 fires broke out across the country, with 152 deaths. The statistics of fires nation-
wide for the past five years are shown in Table 9-1.
Tabl 9-1 Statistics of Fires Nationwide
Number of Number of Casualties (Persons) Estimate of
Year Fires Property Losses
(Times) Total Death Injuries (Million NT$)
2018 27 922 463 173 290 596
2019 22 866 628 150 478 1 442
2020 22 248 625 161 464 641
2021 21 684 496 192 304 356
2022 15 890 346 152 194 428
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