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Fire Statistics Scotland 2012-13
Statistical bulletin providing statistics on the incidents that Scotland's Fire and Rescue Services attended in 2012-13.
Table 23: Casualties from accidental primary dwelling fires by source of ignition and cause 2012-13 provisional - Scotland
| Fatal Casualties of Accidental Primary Dwelling Fires | Number | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placing articles too close to heat | Careless handling of fire or hot substances | Cooking - Chip/fat pan fires | Faulty appliances and leads | Faulty fuel supplies | Misuse of equipment or appliance (heat source)2 | Playing with fire | Others | Unspecified | Total | |
| Blowlamps | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candles | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Central/Water heating appliances | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chimney, stove pipe, flue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cooking appliances | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Electrical distribution | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other electrical appliances | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Smokers' materials and matches | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 17 |
| Space heating appliances | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 5 |
| Welding/cutting equipment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Unspecified | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 37 |
| Non-Fatal Casualties of Accidental Primary Dwelling Fires1 | Number | |||||||||
| Placing articles too close to heat | Careless handling of fire or hot substances | Cooking - Chip/fat pan fires | Faulty appliances and leads | Faulty fuel supplies | Misuse of equipment or appliance (heat source)2 | Playing with fire | Others | Unspecified | Total | |
| Blowlamps | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Candles | 14 | 15 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 8 | - | 44 | |
| Central/Water heating appliances | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Chimney, stove pipe, flue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| Cooking appliances | 30 | 34 | 170 | 7 | 3 | 348 | 1 | 7 | - | 600 |
| Electrical distribution | - | 1 | - | 14 | 18 | - | - | 3 | - | 36 |
| Other electrical appliances | 5 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 8 | 5 | - | 7 | - | 70 |
| Smokers' materials and matches | 7 | 118 | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 6 | - | 143 |
| Space heating appliances | 27 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 40 |
| Welding/cutting equipment | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Other | 9 | 7 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | - | 28 |
| Unspecified | 2 | 6 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 22 | 6 | 38 |
| Total | 94 | 186 | 171 | 73 | 31 | 367 | 14 | 72 | 6 | 1,014 |
Notes
1 - there has been a change in the recording of non-fatal casualties and 2009-10 and beyond can no longer be compared to previous years - see section 6.5.2 ii for details
2 - Under IRS, the category for "Misuse of equipment or appliances" includes incidents which have been recorded as "Other cooking" (a new category introduced with IRS). It is believed that the majority of these incidents were previously recorded as the misuse of cooking appliances under the FDR1 collection.
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