The New Taipei City Fire Department serves one of Taiwan’s fastest growing urban areas, facing rapid population increase, high‑density housing, aging infrastructure, and mixed‑use buildings that complicate rescue operations.
Urban renewal lags: many old homes need demolition and rebuilding, yet at current rates it could take centuries to fully modernize the housing stock.
Firefighters are stretched thin, with high workloads, long overtime, and equipment or manpower shortages, especially in peripheral or newly developed districts. Since 1952, about 127 Taiwanese firefighters have died in the line of duty.
