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NUMBER OF INCIDENTS ORDERED TO PER CODE IN 2023
40000 36804
30000
20000 1575
12847
10000 Grand Total
11910 80,357
0 15122
Echo 2099
Delta Charlie July Bravo Omega
Figure above depicts a breakdown of DFB Activity Delta calls in addition to an Ambulance, aligned to the
for 2023 for Emergency Ambulance (DA) Incidents principle of sending the nearest available resource
attended. WhilethefiguresshowDFBorderedto80,357 and to assist the Ambulance crew in administering the
Emergency Ambulance (DA) unique incidents, that most effective intervention.
equates to 109,507 mobilisations to these incidents,
e.g. certain incidents requiring the attendance of The demand for ambulance services has been
multiple units. The breakdown gives a percentage to increasing year on year in conjunction with the
the type of emergency incident, with Echo cases being recovery in the economy. The demand is driven by an
the most serious life-threatening, to Omega being the increase in the overall population and increasingly in
least serious type. These PHECC and HIQA recognised the population aged 65 and older. Although there is
incident type categorisations are used by Emergency an obvious and immediate requirement for additional
Dispatch personnel to prioritise the level of call as part ambulance resources in Dublin, there is also the need
of DFB’s Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS). The to advocate health promotion and disease prevention
largest percentage of calls are Delta (46%), which are strategies, and look at the expansion of primary and
serious life-threatening calls. DFB have a policy to community services in line with the recommendations
always assign a Fire Appliance to Echo calls and some in the Sláintecare Report.
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