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Fire Statistics Scotland 2012-13

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

	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
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	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^r	577	172	157	221	26	22	1,243	282	724	114	2,363	3,538
2012-13^p	401	156	77	131	33	14	1,148	177	613	94	2,032	2,844

	Secondary Outdoor Fires²
							Refuse⁴				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
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	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^r	641	5,207	120	392	100	2,282	4,480	706	4,748	9,934	18,676
2012-13^p	481	3,410	61	333	68	1,906	3,720	625	3,592	7,937	14,196

Notes

p -provisional

r - revised

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

2 - there has been a change in the recording of secondary fires - see section 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 - there has been a change to location sub-categories, see section 6.5.5 iii for details

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