Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Fire Safety and Organisational Statistics, Scotland, 2013-14

Statistical bulletin providing information on the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Topics covered include Home Fire Safety Visits, stations, equipment, workforce and attacks on personnel at incidents.


Table 16a: Total number of Fire and Rescue Service personnel injured during attacks at incidents, 2010-11 to 2013-14, Scotland

Type of attack
Objects thrown at firefighters/appliances Physical abuse Verbal abuse Harassment Other acts of aggression All attacks
Year Incidents where attacks occurred SFRS personnel injured Incidents where attacks occurred SFRS personnel injured Incidents where attacks occurred SFRS personnel injured Incidents where attacks occurred SFRS personnel injured Incidents where attacks occurred SFRS personnel injured Total incidents where attacks occurred Total SFRS personnel injured
2010-11 94 10 7 4 60 - 5 - 6 - 172 14
2011-12r 49 - 8 - 37 - 6 - 9 1 109 1
2012-13r 43 1 5 3 29 - 2 - 2 - 81 4
2013-14p 38 1 3 1 20 - 1 - 7 - 69 2

Notes

p - provisional

r - revised

(1) - Incidents data taken from Fire and Rescue Statistics, Scotland, 2013-14. Total incidents is the sum of all fires, special service incidents and false alarms

(2) - Data revision from last publication as per revision policy, see paragraph 6.3

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