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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 17: Primary fires in dwellings and other buildings by cause 2001-02 to 2010-11 ^p - Scotland ¹

Year	Deliberate ⁵	Placing articles too close to heat	Careless handling of fire or hot substances	Cooking - Chip/fat pan fires	Faulty appliances and leads	Faulty fuel supplies	Misuse of equipment or appliance (heat source)⁴	Playing with fire	Others	Unspecified	Total
	Primary Dwelling Fires ³										Number
2001-02	2,030	452	732	1,661	708	220	2,530	45	*	55	8,895
2002-03 ²	1,761	416	605	1,614	541	181	2,261	36	*	36	7,875
2003-04	1,905	382	746	1,573	694	131	2,286	57	*	65	8,131
2004-05	1,407	384	525	957	645	218	2,466	28	*	47	7,048
2005-06	1,433	416	469	864	669	207	2,490	45	*	65	7,061
2006-07	1,369	436	503	714	677	165	2,661	41	*	45	6,963
2007-08	1,187	522	517	569	747	173	2,575	17	*	63	6,666
2008-09	1,308	412	490	509	788	139	2,594	14	*	67	6,705
2009-10 ^r	1,194	321	631	412	599	253	2,563	28	535	25	6,561
2010-11^p	1,082	370	607	345	575	254	2,539	32	494	38	6,336
	Primary Other Buildings Fires										Number
Year	Deliberate ⁵	Placing articles too close to heat	Careless handling of fire or hot substances	Cooking - Chip/fat pan fires	Faulty appliances and leads	Faulty fuel supplies	Misuse of equipment or appliance (heat source)⁴	Playing with fire	Others	Unspecified	Total
2001-02	1,900	162	232	76	515	192	343	10	*	51	3,893
2002-03 ²	1,742	128	203	66	586	171	283	5	*	109	3,669
2003-04	1,608	110	257	101	555	111	320	11	*	45	3,445
2004-05	1,356	105	155	55	605	143	314	1	*	62	3,134
2005-06	1,313	108	165	38	632	191	337	1	*	77	3,258
2006-07	1,203	114	151	19	557	167	268	7	*	62	2,887
2007-08	1,159	117	160	24	636	113	366	2	*	58	2,922
2008-09	975	112	135	8	641	139	322	1	*	51	2,630
2009-10 ^r	969	140	150	60	465	195	460	21	521	26	3,007
2010-11^p	815	138	154	54	465	210	473	6	492	30	2,837

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 Under IRS, the category for "Misuse of equipment or appliances" includes incidents which have been recorded as "Other cooking" a new category introduced with IRS.
It is believed that the majority of these incidents were previously recorded as the misuse of cooking appliances under the FDR1 collection
5 - there has been a change in recording cause of fires - see paragraph 6.3.4 vi

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Table 17: Primary fires in dwellings and other buildings by cause 2001-02 to 2010-11 ^p - Scotland ¹