The Scottish Government

Fires ¹ by location, detail for outdoor fires by brigade area Scotland (England, Wales & N.Ireland) 2001p

Table 3(a)

Fires

Brigade Area

Total

Primary outdoor fires ³

Secondary Fires

Total outdoor fires

Derelict buildings

Outdoor storage ⁽²⁾

Outdoor machinery and equipment

Road vehicles

Caravans

Ships and boats

Railway rolling stock

Derelict Vehicles

Grassland, crops, woods etc. ⁴

Other or unspecified

Total Secondary fires

Derelict buildings

Grassland, heath land etc.

Intentional straw and stubble burning

Single tree / Outdoor structure

Refuse, refuse containers

Derelict vehicles

Central

2,068

301

-

5

19

238

6

-

-

-

13

19

1,767

76

370

34

85

1,133

69

Dumfries & Galloway

473

103

-

-

21

81

-

-

-

-

-

1

370

5

58

2

20

275

10

Fife

2,345

500

-

29

30

377

9

4

-

-

17

34

1,845

60

539

1

36

1,150

59

Grampian

2,191

482

1

15

47

349

14

5

5

-

25

21

1,709

60

550

4

61

970

64

Highland & Islands

1,145

210

-

17

20

146

1

6

-

-

19

2

935

12

554

1

35

299

34

Lothian & Borders

7,061

1,175

4

104

55

916

29

-

-

-

40

26

5,886

200

1,288

5

146

4,036

211

Strathclyde

24,456

3,622

9

92

113

3,138

54

44

-

18

150

20,834

1,184

4,581

66

463

13,925

Tayside

3,420

537

-

11

5

461

12

-

5

-

17

30

2,883

127

482

-

51

2,088

135

Scotland

43,159

6,930

14

273

309

5,706

126

59

9

-

150

284

36,229

1,724

8,422

113

897

23,876

1,197

England

326,751

97,549

167

3,292

2,384

86,599

1,180

260

124

11

898

2,634

229,202

9,037

48,733

965

13,064

142,672

14,731

Wales

28,904

7,245

8

350

183

6,339

117

10

5

1

83

148

21,659

670

8,552

29

549

10,728

1,131

N.Ireland

18,819

3,932

22

114

124

3,498

32

-

5

-

76

61

14,887

901

4,916

-

236

8,035

799