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Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Fire Statistics Scotland, 2010-11

Published: 26 October 2011
ISBN: 9781780454740

Statistical information on the incidents attended by Scotland's fire and rescue services for 2010-11.

Table 16: Primary dwelling fires and casualties by presence and operation of smoke alarms 2001-02 to 2010-11 ^p- Scotland ¹

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 present⁵	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 present⁵
	Primary Dwelling Fires ³					Number	Primary Dwelling Fires ³				*Percentage*
2001-02	2,703	405	1,355	4,433	-	8,895	30.4	4.6	15.2	49.8	-
2002-03²	2,558	413	1,212	3,692	-	7,875	32.5	5.2	15.4	46.9	-
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 ^r	2,522	484	847	2,467	241	6,561	38.4	7.4	12.9	37.6	3.7
2010-11^p	2,585	494	822	2,288	147	6,336	40.8	7.8	13.0	36.1	2.3
	Fatal Casualties - Primary Dwelling Fires ³					Number	Fatal Casualties - Primary Dwelling Fires ³				*Percentage*
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 present⁽⁵⁾	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 present⁽⁵⁾
2001-02	21	7	25	24	-	77	27.3	9.1	32.5	31.2	-
2002-03²	14	8	22	25	-	69	20.3	11.6	31.9	36.2	-
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 ^r	9	9	10	16	7	51	17.6	17.6	19.6	31.4	13.7
2010-11^p	13	4	7	8	8	40	32.5	10.0	17.5	20.0	20.0
	Non-Fatal Casualties - Primary Dwelling Fires ^{3, 4}					Number	Non-Fatal Casualties - Primary Dwelling Fires ^3,4				*Percentage*
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 present⁵	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 present⁵
2001-02	596	98	352	706	-	1,752	34.0	5.6	20.1	40.3	-
2002-03²	534	122	351	601	-	1,608	33.2	7.6	21.8	37.4	-
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 ^r	414	123	152	301	33	1,023	40.5	12.0	14.9	29.4	3.2
2010-11^p	482	104	150	346	26	1,108	43.5	9.4	13.5	31.2	2.3

Notes
p - provisional
r - revised
1 - with the exception of 2009-10 and 2010-11, figures for primary fires are based on sample data weighted to Fire and Rescue Service level
2 - does not include incidents that occurred during national industrial action in November 2002, January 2003 and February 2003
3 - includes caravans and houseboats used solely as a permanent dwelling
4 - 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 paragraph 6.3.3 ii for details
5 - there has been a change in the recording of smoke alarms - see paragraph 6.3.4 iv

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Table 16: Primary dwelling fires and casualties by presence and operation of smoke alarms 2001-02 to 2010-11 ^p- Scotland ¹