Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Fire Statistics Scotland, 2010-11

Statistical information on the incidents attended by Scotland's fire and rescue services for 2010-11.


Table 17: Primary fires in dwellings and other buildings by cause 2001-02 to 2010-11 p - Scotland 1
Primary Dwelling Fires 3 Number
Year Deliberate 5 Placing articles too close to heat Careless handling of fire or hot substances Cooking - Chip/fat pan fires Faulty appliances and leads Faulty fuel supplies Misuse of equipment or appliance (heat source)4 Playing with fire Others Unspecified Total
2001-02 2,030 452 732 1,661 708 220 2,530 45 * 55 8,895
2002-03 2 1,761 416 605 1,614 541 181 2,261 36 * 36 7,875
2003-04 1,905 382 746 1,573 694 131 2,286 57 * 65 8,131
2004-05 1,407 384 525 957 645 218 2,466 28 * 47 7,048
2005-06 1,433 416 469 864 669 207 2,490 45 * 65 7,061
2006-07 1,369 436 503 714 677 165 2,661 41 * 45 6,963
2007-08 1,187 522 517 569 747 173 2,575 17 * 63 6,666
2008-09 1,308 412 490 509 788 139 2,594 14 * 67 6,705
2009-10 r 1,194 321 631 412 599 253 2,563 28 535 25 6,561
2010-11p 1,082 370 607 345 575 254 2,539 32 494 38 6,336
Primary Other Buildings Fires Number
Year Deliberate 5 Placing articles too close to heat Careless handling of fire or hot substances Cooking - Chip/fat pan fires Faulty appliances and leads Faulty fuel supplies Misuse of equipment or appliance (heat source)4 Playing with fire Others Unspecified Total
2001-02 1,900 162 232 76 515 192 343 10 * 51 3,893
2002-03 2 1,742 128 203 66 586 171 283 5 * 109 3,669
2003-04 1,608 110 257 101 555 111 320 11 * 45 3,445
2004-05 1,356 105 155 55 605 143 314 1 * 62 3,134
2005-06 1,313 108 165 38 632 191 337 1 * 77 3,258
2006-07 1,203 114 151 19 557 167 268 7 * 62 2,887
2007-08 1,159 117 160 24 636 113 366 2 * 58 2,922
2008-09 975 112 135 8 641 139 322 1 * 51 2,630
2009-10 r 969 140 150 60 465 195 460 21 521 26 3,007
2010-11p 815 138 154 54 465 210 473 6 492 30 2,837


Notes
p - provisional
r - revised
1 - with the exception of 2009-10 and 2010-11, figures for primary fires are based on sample data weighted to Fire and Rescue Service level
2 - does not include incidents that occurred during national industrial action in November 2002, January 2003 and February 2003
3 - includes caravans and houseboats used solely as a permanent dwelling
4 Under IRS, the category for "Misuse of equipment or appliances" includes incidents which have been recorded as "Other cooking" a new category introduced with IRS.
It is believed that the majority of these incidents were previously recorded as the misuse of cooking appliances under the FDR1 collection
5 - there has been a change in recording cause of fires - see paragraph 6.3.4 vi

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