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FIRE STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2001

Fires 1 by location, Scotland, 1992-2001

Table 1

Fires (thousands)

Year

All Fires

Primary Fires 1,2

Secondary fires

Chimney Fires

Total fires in buildings and outdoors

Buildings

Outdoors

Total

Dwellings

Other Buildings

Total

Road Vehicles

Other

1992

52.2

20.9

13.9

9.6

4.3

7.0

5.8

1.2

23.4

7.8

1993

56.1

20.5

14.1

9.8

4.3

6.5

5.3

1.2

27.7

7.9

1994 (1,2)

61.7

19.7

13.9

9.5

4.3

5.9

4.6

1.2

34.9

7.0

1995 (3)

60.4

19.4

13.5

9.2

4.3

6.0

4.7

1.3

35.4

5.6

1996

62.3

19.6

13.8

9.5

4.3

5.8

4.8

1.0

36.6

6.1

1997

50.8

18.9

13.3

9.3

4.0

5.6

4.6

1.0

27.2

4.7

1998

45.6

18.9

13.0

9.2

3.8

5.9

5.1

0.8

22.7

4.1

1999

52.6

20.7

13.5

9.4

4.1

7.2

6.1

1.1

28.5

3.5

2000r

55.7

20.2

13.3

9.3

3.9

6.9

6.0

0.9

32.4

3.1

2001p

59.4

19.8

12.8

8.8

4.0

6.9

5.7

1.2

36.2

3.4

1

Including "late" call, heat and smoke damage only incidents. Not recorded prior to 1994.
2 Figures for 1994 and later years are based on sample data weighted to the brigade totals.
3 Data for 1995 exclude a number of Late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.
r Data for 2000 are revised.
p Data for 2001 are provisional.

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