Fire Statistics Scotland 2012-13

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


Table 26a: Number and percentage of primary and secondary fires by number of appliances in attendance 2012-13 provisional - Fire and Rescue Service1,2

              Number           Percentage
  Primary fires Primary fires
FRS 1 appliance 2 appliances 3-5 appliances 6-10 appliances 11- 15 appliances 16 and above appliances Total 1 appliance 2 appliances 3-5 appliances 6-10 appliances 11- 15 appliances 16 and above appliances
Central 145 218 60 5 2 - 430 33.7 50.7 14.0 1.2 0.5 -
Dumfries & Galloway 92 127 16 - - - 235 39.1 54.0 6.8 - - -
Fife 212 319 82 5 - - 618 34.3 51.6 13.3 0.8 - -
Grampian 361 372 356 5 1 1 1,096 32.9 33.9 32.5 0.5 0.1 0.1
Highlands & Islands 218 199 46 12 5 1 481 45.3 41.4 9.6 2.5 1.0 0.2
Lothian & Borders 687 830 540 24 5 2 2,088 32.9 39.8 25.9 1.1 0.2 0.1
Strathclyde 1,440 2,572 1,095 39 13 9 5,168 27.9 49.8 21.2 0.8 0.3 0.2
Tayside 194 477 146 7 1 - 825 23.5 57.8 17.7 0.8 0.1 -
Scotland 3,349 5,114 2,341 97 27 13 10,941 30.6 46.7 21.4 0.9 0.2 0.1
                           
        Number           Percentage      
  Secondary fires       Secondary fires      
Year 1 appliance 2 appliances 3-5 appliances Total       1 appliance 2 appliances 3-5 appliances      
Central 556 30 5 591       94.1 5.1 0.8      
Dumfries & Galloway 118 6 1 125       94.4 4.8 0.8      
Fife 650 34 5 689       94.3 4.9 0.7      
Grampian 667 68 21 756       88.2 9.0 2.8      
Highlands & Islands 496 65 27 588       84.4 11.1 4.6      
Lothian & Borders 1,892 97 30 2,019       93.7 4.8 1.5      
Strathclyde 6,953 1,523 248 8,724       79.7 17.5 2.8      
Tayside 608 61 9 678       89.7 9.0 1.3      
Scotland 11,940 1,884 346 14,170       84.3 13.3 2.4      

Notes

1 - Number of appliance includes the following types from IRS: Pumping - L4T - 4 x 4 or other off road or specialist vehicle, Pumping - Pump / Pump ladder, Pumping - Small fires unit, Pumping - Water tender ladder, Pumping - Water tender, Rescue - Rescue tender, ARP - Aerial Rescue Platform

2 - Number of primary and secondary fires excludes the following types:

i) the fire and rescue authority became aware of the fire only after the fire was known to have been extinguished (late calls)

ii) where none of the appliances listed in note 1 are involved

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