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REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN)

5. Implementation of Real-Time Reporting Mechanism for Electrical Appliance Fires

The NFA has established a real-time reporting mechanism for electrical appliance fires to lower
the occurrence of electric fires. In 2017, this system received 61 instant reports.

6. Enhancement of Arson Prevention

To implement the integrated arson protection network established between prosecutors, police
and fire departments in order to enhance the procedure of processing arson cases and reinforce

arson investigations through a complete reporting system and horizontal network.

IX. Rescue Command Center

Conducting the Operations of National Rescue Command Center (NRCC),
Executive Yuan

(1) Search and Rescue Performance
Since the NFA was put in charge of the National Rescue Command Center (hereinafter shortened
as NRCC) in 2003, it has, till the end of 2017, executed 7,266 missions (including 469 cases of injury

evacuation, 2,187 cases of marine disaster rescue, 567 cases of sea disaster coordination, 1,628 cases of
signal verification, 461 cases of mountain accident search and rescue, 35 case of aircraft crash rescue, 7
cases of organ transplantation and 1,912 cases of disaster rescue). The NFA has totally dispatched 17,824
aircraft sorties (including 9,673 sorties of the Ministry of National Defense [NMD] and 8,151 sorties of
National Airborne Service Corps [NASC], Ministry of the Interior), 17,957 vessels (1,045 from NMD, 12,592

from the Coast Guard Administration [CGA], 1,803 life boats of the NFA, and 2,517 civil fishing and
merchant vessels). There were 30,677 people rescued from these activities and 410,273 people involved
in these missions. Furthermore, foreign rescue organizations also supported the rescue operations with
502 aircraft sorties and 846 vessels. These achievements have been excellent.

Figure 9-1 Performance of NRCC

Disaster Rescue, Patient Transportation,
1912 cases, 26.31% 469 cases, 6.45%
Organ Transplantation, Patient Transportation
7 cases, 0.1% Sea Disaster Rescue
Aircraft Crash Rescue, 2003 - 2017 Sea Disaster Rescue, Sea Disaster Coordination
2003 - 2017
35cases, 0.48% 2187cases, 30.1% Signal Verification
Mountain Accidnet Search and Rescue, Mountain Accidnet Search
and Rescue
461cases, 6.34%
Aircraft Crash Rescue
Signal Verification, Sea Disaster Coordination, Organ Transplantation
1628 cases, 22.41% 567 cases, 7.8% Disaster Rescue

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