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FIRE STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2001

Fires 1,7 by locations, detail of buildings, Scotland, 1992-2001

Table 2

Fires

Year

Total buildings

Dwellings 2

Private garages, sheds etc.

Agricultural Premises

Construction industry premises

Other industrial premises

Retail Distribution 3

Hotels, boarding houses, hostels etc.

Restaurants, cafes, public houses etc.

Education

Hospitals

Recreational and other cultural services4

Other 3,4

Unspecified

Schools

Further Education

1992

13,925

9,612

705

214

88

466

397

253

298

287

60

259

201

1,066

19

1993

14,056

9,786

646

181

108

506

392

237

286

283

71

272

178

1,099

11

1994 (5)

13,853

9,539

779

200

154

439

536

218

239

298

57

162

343

878

11

1995 (6)

13,455

9,152

758

194

120

433

573

277

277

n/a

n/a

166

288

835

74

1996

13,775

9,516

767

194

78

477

524

283

302

201

48

210

250

917

9

1997

13,288

9,325

677

156

74

430

473

204

285

175

36

239

256

941

16

1998

12,954

9,154

666

144

40

391

619

235

242

132

86

215

203

817

10

1999

13,478

9,415

615

142

79

420

569

267

289

174

43

320

238

906

0

2000r

13,250

9,303

650

162

132

322

548

323

252

119

76

241

223

900

0

2001p

12,823

8,834

779

129

60

387

518

272

307

149

50

281

295

738

23

1

Including "late" call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.
2 Includes caravans, houseboats and other non-building structures used solely as a permanent dwelling.
3 From 1994 repair of goods and vehicles were included with retail distribution (previously part of 'other').
From 1994 'high street' banks and building society premises were included with shops. These may previously have been coded as financial intermedation.
4 From 1994 places of worship were included with recreational and other cultural services (previously part of 'other').
5 Late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents not recorded prior to 1994.
6 Data for 1995 excludes some Late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.
7The figures are weighted estimates and do not necessarily sum to the independently rounded totals - see Annex Note 5.12
n/a Not available
r Revised data.
p Provisional data.

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