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Fire Statistics Scotland 2012-13

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

	Primary Outdoor Fires
	Others¹						Road Vehicle					Number
FRS	Outdoor structures	Outdoor equipment and machinery	Grassland and crops	Woodland	Other transport vehicle	Other outdoors (including land)	Car	Abandoned Car	Other Road Vehicle	Abandoned Other Road Vehicle	Road vehicle (subtotal)	Primary Outdoor Fire Total
Central	17	6	6	10	-	-	48	9	22	1	80	119
Dumfries & Galloway	2	6	2	-	1	-	30	2	22	-	54	65
Fife	41	10	6	2	9	-	67	14	45	4	130	198
Grampian	28	28	9	3	2	2	118	22	61	15	216	288
Highlands & Islands³	15	14	15	19	3	2	52	4	63	-	119	187
Lothian & Borders	91	27	21	40	3	2	148	26	91	31	296	480
Strathclyde	188	53	9	55	14	8	610	92	261	36	999	1,326
Tayside	19	12	9	2	1		75	8	48	7	138	181
Scotland	401	156	77	131	33	14	1,148	177	613	94	2,032	2,844

	Secondary Outdoor Fires²
							Refuse³				Number
FRS	Derelict Building	Grassland	Intentional straw or stubble	Outdoor structures	Derelict Vehicle	Other outdoors (including land)	Refuse - small/ rubbish container (eg wheelie bin)	Refuse - large/ rubbish container (eg skip)	Refuse - loose/ rubbish tip	Refuse subtotal	Secondary Outdoor Fires Total
Central	12	166	4	21	-	104	145	22	122	289	596
Dumfries & Galloway	4	30	-	13	1	3	22	4	48	74	125
Fife	15	133	4	19	5	5	198	27	285	510	691
Grampian	35	173	8	23	2	13	214	37	251	502	756
Highlands & Islands	10	415	1	12	5	50	46	6	44	96	589
Lothian & Borders	26	443	12	44	6	393	626	135	336	1,097	2,021
Strathclyde	359	1,902	25	177	48	1,257	2,262	348	2,359	4,969	8,737
Tayside	20	148	7	24	1	81	207	46	147	400	681
Scotland	481	3,410	61	333	68	1,906	3,720	625	3,592	7,937	14,196

Notes

1 - there has been a change in the recording of other primary fires - see section 6.5.2 ii for details

2 - there has been a change in the recording of secondary fires - see section 6.5.3 iii for details

3 - there has been a change to special services sub-categories, see section 6.5.5 iii for details

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