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SCDF said it also responded to more than 245,000 medical emergency phone calls.
The overall number of fire phone calls for 2024 increased by 1.8 per cent, or 36 calls, to 1,990, from 1,954 calls in 2023.
According to a press release by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), the number of residential fires accounted for 48.6 per cent of all cases, at 968 phone calls. This was a drop of 0.2 per cent, or 2 phone calls, from 2023.
Meanwhile, the number of fires at non-residential premises increased to 415 by 11 phone calls (2.7 per cent), from 404 in 2023.
The number of fires at non-building premises also increased by 27 (4.7 per cent) to 607, from 580 in 2023.
In addition, fires involving Active Mobility Devices (AMDs) increased by 12 phone calls, or 21.8 per cent, to 67 for 2024, compared to 2023.
AMDs include Power Assisted Bicycles (PABs), Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs), and Personal Mobility Aids (PMAs).
Fires due to unattended cooking and fires due to electrical origin remained the top two causes of fires in residential premises.
While fires due to unattended cooking decreased by 49 calls (12.8 per cent) to 335 calls, it remained the top cause of residential fires.
Residential fires due to electrical origin increased by 23 calls (8.3 per cent) to 299 calls.
Of the 299 residential fires that had an electrical origin, 44 involved AMDs which is an increase of nine calls (25.7 per cent) from 35 in 2023, the SCDF highlighted.
The other causes included faults in electrical wiring or electrical appliances, or due to the overloading of electrical sockets.
For the remaining 23 AMD fires, five occurred at non-residential premises and 18 occurred either on the roads or at open spaces.