Fire Statistics Scotland 2011-12

Fire Statistics Scotland 2011-12


Table 25a: Number and percentage of primary fires by number of appliances in attendance 2011-12 provisional - Fire and Rescue Service1,2

    Number   Percentage
  Primary fires Primary fires
FRS 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
Central 201 244 68 12 - 1 526 38.2 46.4 12.9 2.3 - 0.2
Dumfries & Galloway 133 110 14 3 - - 260 51.2 42.3 5.4 1.2 - -
Fife 217 317 66 12 3 - 615 35.3 51.5 10.7 2.0 0.5 -
Grampian 366 429 409 11 1 - 1,216 30.1 35.3 33.6 0.9 0.1 -
Highlands & Islands 234 219 46 12 2 2 515 45.4 42.5 8.9 2.3 0.4 0.4
Lothian & Borders 922 924 597 29 8 5 2,485 37.1 37.2 24.0 1.2 0.3 0.2
Strathclyde 1,672 2,673 1,341 43 11 6 5,746 29.1 46.5 23.3 0.7 0.2 0.1
Tayside 248 521 141 8 - - 918 27.0 56.8 15.4 0.9 - -
Scotland 3,993 5,437 2,682 130 25 14 12,281 32.5 44.3 21.8 1.1 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
Central 785 63 5 853 92.0 7.4 0.6
Dumfries & Galloway 166 14 2 182 91.2 7.7 1.1
Fife 909 67 7 983 92.5 6.8 0.7
Grampian 943 100 42 1,085 86.9 9.2 3.9
Highlands & Islands 556 81 35 672 82.7 12.1 5.2
Lothian & Borders 3,106 200 45 3,351 92.7 6.0 1.3
Strathclyde 8,057 1,952 279 10,288 78.3 19.0 2.7
Tayside 1,055 82 9 1,146 92.1 7.2 0.8
Scotland 15,577 2,559 424 18,560 83.9 13.8 2.3

Notes

p - provisional

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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