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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.

			Rate
	Non Fire and Rescue Service Fatal Casualties³
Cause of death	Female	Male	Total
Burns	2.6	1.9	2.3
Burns and overcome by gas or smoke¹	1.1	0.4	0.8
Overcome by gas, smoke or fumes	1.8	4.3	3.0
Physical injuries²	-	-	-
Other specified	-	-	-
Unspecified/not known	2.9	2.3	2.6
Total	8.4	8.9	8.7

Notes:

1 - tables show main injuries only, priority is given to 'burns' and being 'overcome by gas or smoke'.

However, if both these injuries occur, these are shown together

2 - if 'physical injuries' and 'shock' occur, then physical injuries is recorded

3 - refers to persons who are not members of the fire and rescue service

4 - this category is a subset of 'others' - where FRS stated smoke inhalation occurred but not severe enough to be classified as person was overcome

5 - NRS: Mid-Year Estimate NRS:

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