Fire, rescue incidents decrease by 13pct in 2020

Monday, May 10, 2021

The Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) announced on Monday a decrease by 11 percent of reports that fire and rescue teams dealt with and a 13 percent decrease of all kinds of rescue operations and other accidents.

In a press release issued by the Public Relations and Media Department, the head of the statistics department of KFF, Aisha Al-Zaidani added that injuries decreased by 37 percent, and deaths decreased by 6 percent.

She added that the material losses rose by 60 percent, most of which were due to fires in non-residential areas, buildings under construction and abandoned buildings.

She stressed the importance of community awareness, intensification of inspections, and the implementation of the awareness plan carried out by the Fire Force to reduce the rates of accidents and its causes.

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