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Publication - Statistics

Fire Statistics Scotland 2011-12

Published
2 October 2012
ISBN
9781782560999

Fire Statistics Scotland 2011-12

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Table 24: Primary fires in dwellings and other buildings by spread of fire 2002-03 to 2010-12p - Scotland1

  Primary Fires in Dwellings Number Primary Fires in Dwellings Percentage
Year Fire confined to the item Fire beyond item but confined to room Fire elsewhere in building Fire beyond building Unspecified Smoke and/or heat damage only
(no fire)3		 Total - Dwelling fires Fire confined to the item Fire beyond item but confined to room Fire elsewhere in building Fire beyond building Unspecified Smoke and/or heat damage only (no fire)3
2002-032 * * * * * * 7,875 * * * * * *
2003-04 * * * * * * 8,131 * * * * * *
2004-05 * * * * * * 7,048 * * * * * *
2005-06 * * * * * * 7,061 * * * * * *
2006-07 * * * * * * 6,963 * * * * * *
2007-08 * * * * * * 6,666 * * * * * *
2008-09 * * * * * * 6,705 * * * * * *
2009-10r 1,392 1,249 607 87 272 2,966 6,573 21.2 19.0 9.2 1.3 4.1 45.1
2010-11r 1,516 1,254 595 113 267 2,555 6,300 24.1 19.9 9.4 1.8 4.2 40.6
2011-12p 1,611 1,219 489 59 218 2,553 6,149 26.2 19.8 8.0 1.0 3.5 41.5
  Primary Fires in Other Buildings Number Primary Fires in Other Buildings Percentage
Year Fire confined to the item Fire beyond item but confined to room Fire elsewhere in building Fire beyond building Unspecified Smoke and/or heat damage only
 (no fire)3		 Total - Other Buildings fires Fire confined to the item Fire beyond item but confined to room Fire elsewhere in building Fire beyond building Unspecified Smoke and/or heat damage only (no fire)3
2002-032 * * * * * * 3,669 * * * * * *
2003-04 * * * * * * 3,445 * * * * * *
2004-05 * * * * * * 3,134 * * * * * *
2005-06 * * * * * * 3,258 * * * * * *
2006-07 * * * * * * 2,887 * * * * * *
2007-08 * * * * * * 2,922 * * * * * *
2008-09 * * * * * * 2,630 * * * * * *
2009-10r 695 602 204 315 629 563 3,008 23.1 20.0 6.8 10.5 20.9 18.7
2010-11r 757 481 194 331 254 821 2,838 26.7 16.9 6.8 11.7 8.9 28.9
2011-12p 755 474 159 327 121 889 2,725 27.7 17.4 5.8 12.0 4.4 32.6

Notes

p - provisional

r - revised

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

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

3 - there has been a change in the recording of spread of fire - see paragraph 6.5.3 v for details

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