Publication - Statistics

Fire Statistics Scotland 2012-13

Published: 8 October 2013
ISBN: 9781782569510

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

Supporting documents

Table 19: Secondary fires by motive of fire - 2009-10 to 2012-13^p - Scotland

	Accidental Secondary Fires¹										Number
							Refuse²
Year	Derelict Building	Grassland	Intentional straw or strubble	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
2009-10	105	1,753	49	162	67	464	931	197	977	2,105	4,705
2010-11^r	53	1,220	26	165	40	194	524	92	292	908	2,606
2011-12^r	55	1,062	34	161	23	183	579	80	296	955	2,473
2012-13^p	43	754	14	143	13	143	528	77	243	848	1,958
	Deliberate Secondary Fires¹										Number
							Refuse²
Year	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
2009-10	601	5,218	149	206	112	2,271	3,470	678	5,571	9,719	18,276
2010-11^r	685	7,399	101	273	119	2,862	4,136	787	5,239	10,162	21,601
2011-12^r	586	4,145	86	231	77	2,099	3,901	626	4,452	8,979	16,203
2012-13^p	438	2,656	47	190	55	1,763	3,192	548	3,349	7,089	12,238

Notes

p - provisional

r - revised

1 - there has been a change in the recording of secondary fires - see section 6.5.3 iii for details, unable to supply trend data before 2009-10 for above table

2 - there has been a change to special services sub-categories, see section 6.5.5 iii for details

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