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Fire and Rescue Statistics, Scotland, 2013-14
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Table 7: Casualties from Special service incidents, 2009-10 to 2013-14p, Scotland
| Number | Number | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal Casualties | Non-fatal Casualties | |||||||||
| Type of Special service Incident | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12r | 2012-13r | 2013-14p | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12r | 2012-13r | 2013-14p |
| RTC | 116 | 122 | 98 | 90 | 110 | 2,202 | 1,872 | 1,772 | 1,797 | 1,880 |
| Other Transport incident | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 19 |
| Flooding | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Rescue or evacuation from water | 22 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 54 | 33 | 31 | 42 | 45 |
| Other rescue/release of persons | 17 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 142 | 141 | 150 | 142 | 119 |
| Evacuation (no fire) | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| Lift Release | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 10 |
| Medical Incident - Co-responder/First responder | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 200 | 220 | 183 | 143 | 157 |
| Suicide/attempts | 18 | 28 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 12 |
| Hazardous Materials incident | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 68 | 35 | 44 |
| Spills and Leaks (not RTC) | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Removal of objects from people | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 22 | 19 | 30 | 32 |
| Animal assistance incidents | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Effecting entry or exit | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 73 | 118 |
| Making Safe (not RTC) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| No action (not false alarm) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 19 | 31 | 26 |
| Water provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stand By | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Assist other agencies | 36 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 30 | 167 | 134 | 111 | 105 | 156 |
| Advice Only | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 241 | 237 | 213 | 194 | 226 | 2,956 | 2,579 | 2,470 | 2,467 | 2,666 |
Notes
p - provisional
r - revised
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