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Fire Statistics Scotland 2011-12

Table 9: Outdoor fires by location 2002-03 to 2011-12^p - Scotland³

	Primary Outdoor Fires
	Others¹						Road Vehicles					Number
Year	Outdoor structures	Outdoor equipment and machinery	Grassland and crops	Woodland	Other transport vehicle	Other outdoors (including land)	Car	Abandoned Car	Other Road Vehicle	Abandoned Other Road Vehicle	Road Vehicle (subtotal)	Primary Outdoor Fire Total
2002-03⁴	*	*	*	*	72	*	*	*	*	*	5,401	6,663
2003-04	*	*	*	*	34	*	*	*	*	*	4,921	6,112
2004-05	*	*	*	*	28	*	*	*	*	*	4,002	4,968
2005-06	*	*	*	*	44	*	*	*	*	*	3,868	4,806
2006-07	*	*	*	*	37	*	*	*	*	*	3,856	4,907
2007-08	*	*	*	*	37	*	*	*	*	*	3,064	4,030
2008-09	*	*	*	*	33	*	*	*	*	*	2,931	3,839
2009-10^r	716	208	143	336	28	14	1,588	402	843	159	2,992	4,437
2010-11^r	676	179	140	320	39	18	1,433	338	778	139	2,688	4,060
2011-12^p	573	172	154	223	24	22	1,240	282	722	114	2,358	3,526

	Secondary Outdoor Fires²
							Refuse				Number
Year	Derelict buildings	Grasslands	Intentional straw or stubble	Outdoor structure	Derelict vehicle	Other Outdoors (including land)	Refuse - small/rubbish container (eg wheelie bin)	Refuse - large/ rubbish container (eg skip)	Refuse - loose/ rubbish tip	Refuse subtotal	Secondary Outdoor Fires Total
2002-03⁴	1,756	*	106	*	1,316	*	*	*	*	*	34,723
2003-04	1,868	*	130	*	1,069	*	*	*	*	*	42,181
2004-05	1,241	*	74	*	678	*	*	*	*	*	27,547
2005-06	1,184	*	403	*	539	*	*	*	*	*	31,554
2006-07	1,002	*	639	*	828	*	*	*	*	*	32,397
2007-08	942	*	1,499	*	291	*	*	*	*	*	30,385
2008-09	932	*	67	*	218	*	*	*	*	*	25,651
2009-10^r	706	6,971	198	368	179	2,735	4,401	875	6,548	11,824	22,981
2010-11^r	738	8,619	127	438	159	3,056	4,660	879	5,531	11,070	24,207
2011-12^p	636	5,150	121	396	103	2,276	4,477	705	4,746	9,928	18,610

Notes

p -provisional

r - revised

1 - there has been a change in the recording of other primary fires - see paragraph 6.5.2 ii for details

2 - there has been a change in the recording of secondary fires - see paragraph 6.5.3 iii for details

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

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

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