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1. Introduction
This bulletin is the sixth in the series presenting statistics on fires in Scotland. These statistics are compiled from reports submitted to the Department for Communities and Local Government ( DCLG) on fires attended by all United Kingdom ( UK) local authority fire and rescue services ( FRS) in 2005. This bulletin provides a detailed overview of Scottish fire statistics over the past decade, at a fire and rescue service and Scotland level with comparisons with the other UK countries.
Due to the industrial action by firefighters in November 2002 and January and February 2003, the reporting of fires for these months was disrupted. In order to present the most accurate picture of the fires, casualties and false alarms which occurred in 2002 and 2003, in some cases estimates have been incorporated in this publication to account for the missing information.
This bulletin is the collective work of staff within the Department for Communities and Local Government, Fire Statistics and Research Branch, and the Scottish Executive Justice Analytical Services Division. In particular we would like to thank Ben Pledger and Jon Gamble from the Fire Statistics and Social Research Branch for the provision of the bulletin tables.
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