Fire Statistics Scotland 2012-13

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


Table 26: Number and percentage of primary and secondary fires by number of appliances in attendance 2009-10 to 2012-13p - Scotland1,2

              Number           Percentage
  Primary fires Primary fires
Year 1 appliance 2 appliances 3-5 appliances 6-10 appliances 11- 15 appliances 16 and above appliances Total 1 appliance 2 appliances 3-5 appliances 6-10 appliances 11- 15 appliances 16 and above appliances
2009-10 4,877 6,036 2,827 106 31 20 13,897 35.1 43.4 20.3 0.8 0.2 0.1
2010-11r 4,543 5,918 2,404 155 29 27 13,076 34.7 45.3 18.4 1.2 0.2 0.2
2011-12r 3,984 5,444 2,689 131 28 17 12,293 32.4 44.3 21.9 1.1 0.2 0.1
2012-13p 3,349 5,114 2,341 97 27 13 10,941 30.6 46.7 21.4 0.9 0.2 0.1
                           
        Number           Percentage      
  Secondary fires       Secondary fires      
Year 1 appliance 2 appliances 3-5 appliances Total       1 appliance 2 appliances 3-5 appliances      
2009-10 19,641 2,785 496 22,922       85.7 12.1 2.2      
2010-11r 20,471 3,190 494 24,155       84.7 13.2 2.0      
2011-12r 15,623 2,573 430 18,626       83.9 13.8 2.3      
2012-13p 11,940 1,884 346 14,170       84.3 13.3 2.4      

Notes

p - provisional

r - revised

1 - Number of appliance includes the following types from IRS: Pumping - L4T - 4 x 4 or other off road or specialist vehicle, Pumping - Pump / Pump ladder, Pumping - Small fires unit, Pumping - Water tender ladder, Pumping - Water tender, Rescue - Rescue tender, ARP - Aerial Rescue Platform

2 - Number of primary and secondary fires excludes the following types:

i) the fire and rescue authority became aware of the fire only after the fire was known to have been extinguished (late calls)

ii) where none the appliances listed in note 1 are involved

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