Fire Statistics Scotland 2012-13

Statistical bulletin providing statistics on the incidents that Scotland's Fire and Rescue Services attended in 2012-13.


Table 7: Casualties from special services 2009-10 to 2012-13p - Scotland

Number Number
Fatal Casualties Non-fatal Casualties
Type of Special Services 2009-10 2010-11r 2011-12r 2012-13p 2009-10 2010-11r 2011-12r 2012-13p
RTC 116 122 100 91 2,202 1,872 1,774 1,767
Other Transport incident 3 2 3 7 28 29 27 16
Flooding - - - - 3 3 3 3
Rescue or evacuation from water 22 16 17 23 54 33 31 42
Other rescue/release of persons 17 8 6 8 142 141 150 138
Evacuation (no fire) - - - - 4 7 6 14
Lift Release - - - - 7 8 13 7
Medical Incident - Co-responder/First responder 15 15 15 7 200 220 183 143
Suicide/attempts 18 28 33 19 17 11 18 10
Hazardous Materials incident - 1 1 1 23 28 68 35
Spills and Leaks (not RTC) - - - - 4 8 3 7
Removal of objects from people - - - - 26 22 19 30
Animal assistance incidents - - - - 3 3 1 1
Effecting entry or exit 10 6 5 5 37 37 37 73
Making Safe (not RTC) 2 4 4 4 6 8 7 8
No action (not false alarm) 2 5 3 4 30 14 18 31
Water provision - - - - - - - -
Stand By - - - - 3 1 1 -
Assist other agencies 36 29 25 26 167 134 111 104
Advice Only - 1 - - - - 1 3
Total 241 237 212 195 2,956 2,579 2,471 2,432

Notes

p - provisional

r - revised

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