The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) reported 245,279 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) calls in 2024, representing a 0.6% decrease from the previous year. Despite this slight decline, the average daily EMS call volume remained high at 672 calls per day—28% above the pre-pandemic level of 525 calls per day in 2019.
Emergency calls made up 93.3% of total EMS responses, with 79.5% of cases related to medical emergencies such as chest pain and cardiac arrest. Trauma cases accounted for 16.3%, while road traffic accidents represented 4.2%.
False alarm EMS calls fell by 9.1% to 5,713 cases, following SCDF’s public education initiatives aimed at reducing unnecessary emergency calls. SCDF responded to 1,990 fire incidents in 2024, a 1.8% increase from the 1,954 cases recorded in 2023.
Fires in residential premises remained stable, decreasing slightly by 0.2% to 968 cases.
The leading causes were unattended cooking and electrical faults. However, fires involving Active Mobility Devices (AMDs) increased by 21.8% to 67 cases, with incidents in residential premises rising from 35 to 44.
Non-residential fires increased by 2.7% to 415 cases, while fires in non-building premises—such as vehicle fires and vegetation fires—rose by 4.7% to 607 cases. Vegetation fires recorded the highest increase, rising by 35.3% to 180 cases.
SCDF conducted 15,075 fire safety enforcement checks in 2024, reflecting a slight increase of 0.2%. The number of Fire Hazard Abatement Notices (FHANs) issued decreased by 5.7% to 2,579, with the most common violation related to non-maintenance of firefighting equipment.
Notices of Offence (NOO) dropped by 27.6% to 1,061, with unauthorised change of use of premises being the most common offence. Court actions related to fire safety violations declined by 25.7% to 107 cases.
SCDF stated that it will continue enforcement efforts and public engagement to maintain fire safety compliance. SCDF reported a rise in community emergency response through the myResponder app.
The response rate for cardiac arrest and minor fire incidents increased by 6.5% to 50.3% in 2024. There were 40,245 new sign-ups for the app, marking a 14.1% increase from 2023.
Since its launch in 2015, the platform has registered more than 203,000 community responders. SCDF stated that public participation has contributed to life-saving efforts, with 94 cardiac arrest victims receiving timely assistance from responders alerted through the app.
