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Figure left depicts a breakdown of DFB Activity for 2024 principle of sending the nearest available resource
for Emergency Ambulance (DA) Incidents attended. and to assist the Ambulance crew in administering the
While the figures show DFB ordered to 81,435 most effective intervention.
Emergency Ambulance (DA) unique incidents, that
equates to 102,629 mobilisations to these incidents, The demand for ambulance services has been
e.g. certain incidents requiring the attendance of increasing year on year in conjunction with the
multiple units. The breakdown gives a percentage to recovery in the economy. The demand is driven by an
the type of emergency incident, with Echo cases being increase in the overall population and increasingly in
the most serious life-threatening, to Omega being the the population aged 65 and older. Although there is
least serious type. These PHECC and HIQA recognised an obvious and immediate requirement for additional
incident type categorisations are used by Emergency ambulance resources in Dublin, there is also the need
Dispatch personnel to prioritise the level of call as part to advocate health promotion and disease prevention
of DFB’s Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS). strategies, and look at the expansion of primary and
The largest percentage of calls are Delta (47%), which community services in line with the recommendations
are serious life-threatening calls. DFB have a policy to in the Sláintecare Report.
always assign a Fire Appliance to Echo calls and some
Delta calls in addition to an Ambulance, aligned to the
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