High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Fires in Scotland
In 2010-11, the total number of fires in Scotland was provisionally 38,927, which is 1 per cent higher than in 2009-10 (38,720). Of these, 34 per cent where primary fires (13,231), 62 per cent were secondary fires (24,162) and 4 per cent were chimney fires (1,534).
Primary fires include all fires in buildings (excluding derelict), vehicles or any fire involving casualties, rescues or fires attended by 5 or more appliances. Primary fires for 2010-11 are the second lowest in Scotland in the last ten years.
The provisional figure for fatal fire casualties in 2010-11 was 47 - a decrease of 12 (20 per cent) on the revised figure of 59 for 2009-10. This is the second lowest figure since 2001-02. The provisional number of non-fatal fire casualties in 2010-11 was 1,294. This has increased by 7 per cent (1,209) since 2009-10.
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Notes
p - provisional
r - revised
(1) - with the exception of 2009-10 and 2010-11, figures for primary fires are based on sample data weighted to Fire and Rescue Service level
(2) - does not include incidents that occurred during national industrial action in November 2002, January 2003 and February 2003
(3) - includes caravans and houseboats used solely as a permanent dwelling
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