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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.

	Accidental Secondary Fires¹
							Refuse²				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	Total accidental secondary fires
Central	5	32	-	8	-	7	25	5	12	42	94
Dumfries & Galloway	1	8	-	12	-	1	5	1	20	26	48
Fife	1	40	1	11	1	-	38	7	31	76	130
Grampian	4	64	7	12	-	3	55	9	67	131	221
Highlands & Islands	5	335	1	10	2	26	23	4	11	38	417
Lothian & Borders	3	70	2	16	2	51	183	24	20	227	371
Strathclyde	17	166	2	63	8	43	157	16	58	231	530
Tayside	7	39	1	11		12	42	11	24	77	147
Scotland	43	754	14	143	13	143	528	77	243	848	1,958
	Deliberate Secondary Fires¹
							Refuse²				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	Total deliberate secondary fires
Central	7	134	4	13	-	97	120	17	110	247	502
Dumfries & Galloway	3	22	-	1	1	2	17	3	28	48	77
Fife	14	93	3	8	4	5	160	20	254	434	561
Grampian	31	109	1	11	2	10	159	28	184	371	535
Highlands & Islands	5	80	-	2	3	24	23	2	33	58	172
Lothian & Borders	23	373	10	28	4	342	443	111	316	870	1,650
Strathclyde	342	1,736	23	114	40	1,214	2,105	332	2,301	4,738	8,207
Tayside	13	109	6	13	1	69	165	35	123	323	534
Scotland	438	2,656	47	190	55	1,763	3,192	548	3,349	7,089	12,238

Notes

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

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

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