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 20: Primary dwelling fires and casualties by presence and operation of smoke alarms 2003-04 to 2012-13^p - Scotland¹

											Percentage
	Primary Dwelling Fires					Number	Primary Dwelling Fires
Year	Present, operated & raised alarm	Present, operated but did not raise alarm	Present but did not operate	Smoke alarm absent	Don't know if smoke alarm was present³	Total fires	Present, operated & raised alarm	Present, operated but did not raise alarm	Present but did not operate	Smoke alarm absent	Don't know if smoke alarm was present³
2003-04	2,803	450	1,210	3,669	-	8,131	34.5	5.5	14.9	45.1	-
2004-05	2,685	433	1,023	2,907	-	7,048	38.1	6.1	14.5	41.2	-
2005-06	2,840	448	1,043	2,730	-	7,061	40.2	6.3	14.8	38.7	-
2006-07	2,957	390	949	2,666	-	6,963	42.5	5.6	13.6	38.3	-
2007-08	2,892	461	877	2,436	-	6,666	43.4	6.9	13.2	36.5	-
2008-09	3,003	446	876	2,379	1	6,705	44.8	6.7	13.1	35.5	0.0
2009-10	2,525	485	846	2,472	245	6,573	38.4	7.4	12.9	37.6	3.7
2010-11^r	2,578	494	823	2,261	144	6,300	40.9	7.8	13.1	35.9	2.3
2011-12^r	2,663	492	801	2,080	125	6,161	43.2	8.0	13.0	33.8	2.0
2012-13^p	2,636	481	806	1,801	96	5,820	45.3	8.3	13.8	30.9	1.6

											Percentage
	Fatal Casualties - Primary Dwelling Fires					Number	Fatal Casualties - Primary Dwelling Fires
Year	Present, operated & raised alarm	Present, operated but did not raise alarm	Present but did not operate	Smoke alarm absent	Don't know if smoke alarm was present³	Total fatal casualties	Present, operated & raised alarm	Present, operated but did not raise alarm	Present but did not operate	Smoke alarm absent	Don't know if smoke alarm was present³
2003-04	9	4	21	22	-	56	16.1	7.1	37.5	39.3	-
2004-05	10	13	22	31	-	76	13.2	17.1	28.9	40.8	-
2005-06	12	10	13	18	-	53	22.6	18.9	24.5	34.0	-
2006-07	9	3	15	11	-	38	23.7	7.9	39.5	28.9	-
2007-08	11	8	14	25	-	58	19.0	13.8	24.1	43.1	-
2008-09	9	7	16	22	-	54	16.7	13.0	29.6	40.7	-
2009-10	10	9	10	18	6	53	18.9	17.0	18.9	34.0	11.3
2010-11^r	15	4	8	8	10	45	33.3	8.9	17.8	17.8	22.2
2011-12^r	14	11	12	10	5	52	26.9	21.2	23.1	19.2	9.6
2012-13^p	11	7	7	13	3	41	26.8	17.1	17.1	31.7	7.3

											Percentage
	Non-Fatal Casualties - Primary Dwelling Fires²					Number	Non-Fatal Casualties - Primary Dwelling Fires²
Year	Present, operated & raised alarm	Present, operated but did not raise alarm	Present but did not operate	Smoke alarm absent	Don't know if smoke alarm was present³	Total non-fatal casualties	Present, operated & raised alarm	Present, operated but did not raise alarm	Present but did not operate	Smoke alarm absent	Don't know if smoke alarm was present³
2003-04	566	115	386	623	-	1,690	33.5	6.8	22.8	36.9	-
2004-05	590	101	304	538	-	1,533	38.5	6.6	19.8	35.1	-
2005-06	603	131	267	471	-	1,472	41.0	8.9	18.1	32.0	-
2006-07	650	104	235	461	-	1,450	44.8	7.2	16.2	31.8	-
2007-08	661	112	271	493	-	1,537	43.0	7.3	17.6	32.1	-
2008-09	647	123	221	464	2	1,457	44.4	8.4	15.2	31.8	0.1
2009-10	414	123	152	302	33	1,024	40.4	12.0	14.8	29.5	3.2
2010-11^r	494	106	155	362	25	1,142	43.3	9.3	13.6	31.7	2.2
2011-12^r	521	143	144	380	33	1,221	42.7	11.7	11.8	31.1	2.7
2012-13^p	536	136	145	305	42	1,164	46.0	11.7	12.5	26.2	3.6

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 - there has been a change in the recording of non-fatal casualties and 2009-10 and beyond can no longer be compared to previous years - see section 6.5.2 ii for details

3 - there has been a change in the recording of smoke alarms - see section 6.5.3 iv

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