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Publication - Statistics

Fire and Rescue Statistics, Scotland, 2013-14

Published
16 December 2014
ISBN
9781785440205

Statistical bulletin providing the latest statistics on fires, special service incidents, casualties and false alarms attended by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

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Table 9a: Outdoor fires by location, 2013-14p, Local Authority

Primary Outdoor Fires
Others1 Road Vehicle Number Rate
Local Authority 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 Total Primary Outdoor Fires per 100,000 population
Aberdeen City 16 4 1 3 - - 49 10 25 13 97 121 53.3
Aberdeenshire 15 21 5 3 1 - 39 7 49 2 97 142 55.1
Angus 7 7 1 - - - 19 3 10 1 33 48 41.3
Argyll and Bute 2 4 - 1 5 - 15 1 12 - 28 40 45.4
Clackmannanshire 7 2 5 7 - - 6 1 3 - 10 31 60.5
Dumfries and Galloway 5 7 3 - - - 26 3 31 1 61 76 50.6
Dundee City 9 1 - - 1 - 24 4 9 3 40 51 34.4
East Ayrshire 13 3 2 5 - - 21 8 12 2 43 66 53.9
East Dunbartonshire 3 2 1 1 - - 19 3 10 1 33 40 37.8
East Lothian 5 2 6 5 1 - 18 3 9 3 33 52 51.3
East Renfrewshire 3 3 1 1 - - 16 - 8 1 25 33 36.1
Edinburgh, City of 60 8 2 23 - 2 74 17 47 64 202 297 60.9
Eilean Siar 1 3 3 2 - - 3 - 1 - 4 13 47.4
Falkirk 17 2 7 18 1 1 25 3 17 3 48 94 59.8
Fife 24 9 8 5 11 1 45 10 38 3 96 154 42.0
Glasgow City 49 10 2 10 2 2 155 28 76 9 268 343 57.5
Highland 10 17 17 13 4 - 39 1 35 2 77 138 59.2
Inverclyde 7 1 - 5 - 1 24 2 13 - 39 53 66.0
Midlothian 7 1 10 13 - - 7 2 13 3 25 56 66.1
Moray 2 2 6 3 - - 14 - 14 4 32 45 47.7
North Ayrshire 6 4 1 5 - - 12 3 12 3 30 46 33.6
North Lanarkshire 29 10 3 15 1 - 85 23 51 5 164 222 65.7
Orkney Islands - 5 - - 1 - 3 - - - 3 9 41.7
Perth and Kinross 3 7 4 1 1 1 19 2 24 1 46 63 42.6
Renfrewshire 7 5 - 11 - - 53 10 19 3 85 108 62.1
Scottish Borders 6 4 4 16 - 1 17 1 16 - 34 65 57.1
Shetland Islands 1 3 - - - - 2 - 5 - 7 11 47.4
South Ayrshire 3 4 - 2 1 - 14 3 12 1 30 40 35.4
South Lanarkshire 22 7 3 11 - - 61 10 26 - 97 140 44.5
Stirling 3 2 1 7 - - 18 1 11 - 30 43 47.1
West Dunbartonshire 8 2 - 3 1 - 29 3 17 3 52 66 73.5
West Lothian 20 2 8 46 - - 29 10 20 8 67 143 81.2
Scotland 370 164 104 235 31 9 980 172 645 139 1,936 2,849 53.5
Secondary Outdoor Fires2
Refuse3 Number Rate
Local Authority 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 Total Secondary Outdoor Fires per 100,000 population
Aberdeen City 9 100 - 14 - 6 149 14 138 301 430 189.3
Aberdeenshire 16 120 6 12 2 2 30 14 99 143 301 116.8
Angus 4 96 2 9 1 41 22 1 23 46 199 171.2
Argyll and Bute 3 66 2 5 2 27 14 2 12 28 133 151.1
Clackmannanshire 3 60 1 1 1 15 13 4 12 29 110 214.5
Dumfries and Galloway 2 63 - 14 2 3 26 5 58 89 173 115.1
Dundee City 21 205 - 14 3 65 182 31 126 339 647 436.7
East Ayrshire 14 306 3 5 3 49 131 23 159 313 693 566.0
East Dunbartonshire 5 74 1 10 4 23 42 10 52 104 221 208.8
East Lothian 2 121 2 4 1 41 30 8 28 66 237 233.8
East Renfrewshire 9 63 - 5 3 23 15 7 29 51 154 168.3
Edinburgh, City of 15 354 1 31 4 250 497 117 189 803 1458 299.1
Eilean Siar 1 76 - 2 1 1 4 - 3 7 88 321.2
Falkirk 2 191 2 24 1 98 103 20 55 178 496 315.6
Fife 19 305 11 26 2 8 120 22 288 430 801 218.3
Glasgow City 88 753 4 59 7 290 780 143 718 1641 2842 476.4
Highland 12 391 1 17 4 44 41 10 36 87 556 238.7
Inverclyde 18 210 2 9 - 44 65 8 91 164 447 556.6
Midlothian 11 145 7 9 2 71 37 11 43 91 336 396.7
Moray 3 84 2 4 4 1 11 2 17 30 128 135.7
North Ayrshire 5 215 2 7 6 114 103 11 91 205 554 404.6
North Lanarkshire 14 739 5 29 5 213 343 56 441 840 1845 546.3
Orkney Islands - 10 - 1 - - 1 - 1 2 13 60.3
Perth and Kinross 1 54 1 2 3 21 21 5 20 46 128 86.6
Renfrewshire 19 183 2 6 3 49 112 22 127 261 523 300.7
Scottish Borders 2 56 1 8 1 14 14 5 6 25 107 94.0
Shetland Islands - 2 - 1 - 1 1 2 2 5 9 38.8
South Ayrshire 13 93 2 4 4 36 68 14 59 141 293 259.6
South Lanarkshire 39 407 4 22 7 110 228 56 335 619 1,208 383.7
Stirling 2 54 1 6 - 20 20 4 23 47 130 142.5
West Dunbartonshire 19 215 1 1 3 51 101 5 100 206 496 552.3
West Lothian 7 276 2 14 2 84 138 16 64 218 603 342.3
Scotland 378 6,087 68 375 81 1,815 3,462 648 3,445 7,555 16,359 307.1

Notes
1 - there has been a change in the recording of other primary fires - see section 6.5.2 i and 6.5.3 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 refuse sub-categories, see section 6.5.3 iii for details

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