Italy: firefighters interventions 2020

According to data, the highest number of operations carried out by Vigili del Fuoco concerned ordinary rescues (253 thousands). Moreover, interventions for fire and explosions amounted to 231 thousands. The coronavirus emergency accounted for some 7.6 thousand firefighters' interventions.

Interventions carried out by firefighters in Italy from August 2019 to July 2020, by type of operation

Characteristic	Number of interventions
Ordinary rescue operations	253,138
Fire and explosions	231,191
Wildfire (forest and underbrush)	92,118
Static disruptions	65,535
Road accidents	40,194
Hydro-geological and water damage	37,308
COVID-19 emergency	7,562
Seismic interventions	2,177

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Release date

August 2020

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Italy

Survey time period

August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2020

Supplementary notes

* Vigili del fuoco (officially Corpo nazionale dei vigili del fuoco) - CNVVF, National Fire-watchers' Corps- is the Italian institutional agency for fire and rescue service.

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