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FIRE STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2001

Fires 1, casualties 2 and rescues from fires in dwellings 3, Scotland, 1992-2001

Table 8

Number

Year

Fires

Fatal Casualties

Non-Fatal Casualties

Rescued By brigade

Rescued Without Brigade

(number)

(number)

(per 1,000 fires)

(number)

(per 1,000 fires)

(persons)

(persons)

1992

9,612

82

9

1,614

168

546

502

1993

9,786

113

12

1,688

172

761

490

1994 (1,3)

9,539

75

8

1,716

180

553

415

1995 (4)

9,152

76

8

1,513

165

549

255

1996

9,516

96

10

1,746

183

683

263

1997

9,325

74

8

1,861

200

643

351

1998

9,154

76

8

1,853

202

787

306

1999

9,415

81

9

1,996

212

826

290

2000r

9,303

67

7

1,999

215

1,013

335

2001p

8,834

88

10

1,799

204

835

309

1

Including "late" call, heat and smoke damage only incidents. Not recorded prior to 1994.
2 The fatality figures for 2001 are likely to be revised downwards as later information becomes available.
3 Figures for 1994 and later years are based on sample data weighted to the brigade totals.
4Data for 1995 exclude some Late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents were only recorded for quarter 1 out of 4.
r Data for 2000 are revised.
p Data for 2001 are provisional.

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