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FIRE STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2001

Fires 1,5 in dwellings 3 and other buildings by spread of fire, Scotland, 1992-2001

Table 11

Fires 1,5: percentage

Spread of fire

1992

1993

1994 (1,2)

1995 (4)

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000r

2001p

DWELLINGS 3

Number of fires

Confined to item

4,836

5,316

5,570

5,268

5,491

5,393

5,256

5,266

5,469

5,038

Beyond item but confined to room

4,047

3,837

3,067

3,116

3,113

3,136

3,119

3,223

3,110

3,046

Elsewhere in building

716

617

615

643

619

501

507

587

516

450

Beyond building

13

16

33

25

32

35

28

52

36

44

No fire damage

-

-

254

100

261

260

244

287

172

256

Total

9,612

9,786

9,539

9,152

9,516

9,325

9,154

9,415

9,303

8,834

Percentage

Confined to item

50%

54%

58%

58%

58%

58%

57%

56%

59%

57%

Beyond item but confined to room

42%

39%

32%

34%

33%

34%

34%

34%

33%

34%

Elsewhere in building

7%

6%

6%

7%

7%

5%

6%

6%

6%

5%

Beyond building

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

No fire damage

0%

0%

3%

1%

3%

3%

3%

3%

2%

3%

OTHER BUILDINGS

Number of fires 5

Confined to item

1,460

1,498

1,877

1,714

1,773

1,704

1,758

1,840

1,909

1,756

Beyond item but confined to room

2,333

2,306

1,733

2,026

1,950

1,689

1,593

1,575

1,496

1,728

Elsewhere in building

375

310

484

397

320

354

271

394

300

283

Beyond building

145

156

102

130

109

91

108

147

98

121

No fire damage

-

-

120

37

107

124

71

106

145

102

Total

4,313

4,270

4,315

4,303

4,259

3,963

3,800

4,063

3,947

3,989

Percentage

Confined to item

34%

35%

43%

40%

42%

43%

46%

45%

48%

44%

Beyond item but confined to room

54%

54%

40%

47%

46%

43%

42%

39%

38%

43%

Elsewhere in building

9%

7%

11%

9%

8%

9%

7%

10%

8%

7%

Beyond building

3%

4%

2%

3%

3%

2%

3%

4%

2%

3%

No fire damage

0%

0%

3%

1%

3%

3%

2%

3%

4%

3%

1

Changes were made in the method of recording the spread of fire in 1994.
2 Figures from 1994, are based on sample data weighted to the brigade totals. They include additional 'late' call and heat and smoke damage only incidents, which were not recorded prior to 1994
3 Includes caravans, houseboats and other non-building structures used solely as a permanent dwelling
4 Data for 1995 exclude some Late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.
5The Figures are weighted samples and do not necessarily sum to the independently rounded totals - see Annex Note 5.12.
r Data for 2000 are revised.
p Data for 2001 are provisional.

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