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Fire Statistics Scotland 2011-12

Table 8: Primary fires by location of buildings 2002-03 to 2011-12^p - Scotland³

		Other Buildings¹													Number
Year	Dwellings	Other Residential	Private garages, sheds, etc	Permanent Agricultural	Industrial	Warehouses and bulk storage	Offices and call centres	Public admin, security and safety	Entertainment, Sport and Culture	Food and Drink	Retail	Education	Hospitals and medical care	Others	Total primary fires in buildings
2002-03²	7,875	*	650	180	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	183	*	*	11,544
2003-04	8,131	*	659	127	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	215	*	*	11,576
2004-05	7,048	*	472	92	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	257	*	*	10,182
2005-06	7,061	*	586	120	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	226	*	*	10,319
2006-07	6,963	*	559	101	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	223	*	*	9,850
2007-08	6,666	*	554	94	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	205	*	*	9,588
2008-09	6,705	*	443	87	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	231	*	*	9,335
2009-10^r	6,573	612	418	88	301	64	145	87	176	202	328	220	161	206	9,581
2010-11^r	6,300	599	392	89	329	53	146	112	143	196	307	188	145	139	9,138
2011-12^p	6,149	523	427	84	298	39	116	110	160	189	269	164	173	173	8,874

Notes

p - provisional

r - revised

1 - there has been a change in the recording of other buildings - see paragraph 6.5.3 i for details

2 - does not include incidents that occurred during national industrial action in November 2002, January 2003 and February 2003

3 - figures before 2009-10 for primary fires are based on sample data weighted to Fire and Rescue Service totals

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