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FIRE STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2001

Fires 1 and casualties 2 by motive of fire by brigade area, Scotland
(England, Wales & N.Ireland) 2001

Table 7(a)

Fires

Brigade Area

Total Primary

Accidental

Malicious

Fires 3

Fatalities

Non-fatal casualties

Fires 3

Fatalities

Non-fatal casualties

Fires 3

Fatalities

Non-fatal casualties

Central

863

5

140

499

2

98

364

3

42

Dumfries & Galloway

355

3

32

277

3

24

78

-

8

Fife

1,235

4

99

703

4

84

532

-

15

Grampian

1,604

16

162

1,088

12

130

516

4

32

Highland & Islands

662

6

83

531

6

61

131

-

22

Lothian & Borders

3,683

15

364

1,912

11

261

1,771

4

103

Strathclyde

9,722

45

997

4,943

41

808

4,779

4

189

Tayside

1,629

9

214

994

9

138

635

-

76

Scotland

19,753

103

2,091

10,947

88

1,604

8,806

15

487

England

188291

470

13,815

85,847

411

11,095

102,444

59

2,720

Wales

12986

32

954

5,568

28

817

7,418

4

137

N.Ireland

7199

17

470

2,683

13

359

4,516

4

111

1

Includes "late" call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.
2 The fatality figures for 2001 are likely to be revised downwards as later information becomes available.
3 The figures are weighted estimates and do not necessarily sum to the independantly rounded totals - see Annex Note 5.12.

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