Fire Statistics Scotland 2011-12

Fire Statistics Scotland 2011-12


Table 3: Casualties from accidental dwelling fires 2002-03 to 2011-12p - Scotland3

          Rate
    Accidental Dwelling Fires
    Fatal Casualties Non-Fatal Casualties1
Year Accidental Dwelling Fires Number (per 1,000 fires) Number (per 1,000 fires)
2002-032 6,114 61 10.0 1,369 223.9
2003-04 6,226 53 8.5 1,402 225.2
2004-05 5,642 70 12.4 1,277 226.3
2005-06 5,628 44 7.8 1,164 206.8
2006-07 5,594 32 5.7 1,155 206.5
2007-08 5,479 54 9.9 1,247 227.6
2008-09 5,397 49 9.1 1,188 220.1
2009-10r 5,379 48 8.9 886 164.7
2010-11r 5,215 43 8.2 975 187.0
2011-12p 5,116 47 9.2 978 191.2

Notes

p - provisional

r - revised

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 paragraph 6.5.2 ii for details

2 - does not include incidents that occurred during national industrial action in November 2002, January 2003 and February 2003

3 - figures before 2009-10 for primary fires are based on sample data weighted to Fire and Rescue Service totals

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