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Fire Statistics Scotland 2011-12

Table 19a: Secondary fires by motive of fire - 2011-12 provisional - Fire and Rescue Service

	Accidental Secondary Fires¹
							Refuse				Number
FRS	Derelict Building	Grassland	Intentional straw or stubble	Outdoor structures	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	Total accidental secondary fires
Central	4	60	2	6	1	19	34	3	20	57	149
Dumfries & Galloway	1	36	-	13	-	3	14	3	19	36	89
Fife	4	61	2	14	2	6	35	5	29	69	158
Grampian	4	143	9	13	-	8	49	16	40	105	282
Highlands & Islands	6	295	6	11	1	17	36	7	20	63	399
Lothian & Borders	8	160	7	19	1	50	219	18	37	274	519
Strathclyde	20	168	4	68	16	56	115	19	81	215	547
Tayside	10	93	5	16	2	22	74	8	49	131	279
Scotland	57	1,016	35	160	23	181	576	79	295	950	2,422
	Deliberate Secondary Fires¹
							Refuse				Number
FRS	Derelict Building	Grassland	Intentional straw or stubble	Outdoor structures	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	Total deliberate secondary fires
Central	17	200	9	10	1	99	186	17	170	373	709
Dumfries & Galloway	1	17	-	3	-	2	30	1	40	71	94
Fife	25	218	12	28	2	49	190	11	293	494	828
Grampian	36	247	2	22	4	16	208	14	258	480	807
Highlands & Islands	10	131	2	6	4	33	21	6	66	93	279
Lothian & Borders	72	811	23	22	10	405	661	110	721	1,492	2,835
Strathclyde	393	2,263	24	128	58	1,435	2,378	435	2,650	5,463	9,764
Tayside	25	247	14	17	1	56	227	32	253	512	872
Scotland	579	4,134	86	236	80	2,095	3,901	626	4,451	8,978	16,188

Notes

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

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