Ambulance Response Time in Tokyo
In Tokyo, many non-critical condition patients call ambulances. The numbers of those calls are increasing every year. And the numbers of ambulance services are also increasing. Finally ambulance response time from a call to arrival is getting longer year by year. The following data shows the average ambulance response time in Tokyo.
| Year | Number of dispatches | Time |
| 2009 | 688,631 | 6 min. 18 sec. |
| 2010 | 700,981 | 6 min. 48 sec. |
| 2011 | 724,436 | 7 min. 10 sec. |
| 2012 | 741,702 | 7 min. 35 sec. |
| 2013 | 749,032 | 7 min. 54 sec. |
Figure : Average ambulance response time in Tokyo, 2009-2013
Figure : Number of ambulance dispatched in Tokyo, 2009-2013
Source is a public relations paper "Tokyo Shobo (とうきょう消防) No. 16", issued by Tokyo Fire Department on 2015 Feb. 22.
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