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Table 7
Fires 1,2 and casualties by motive of fire, Scotland, 1996-2005

Fires

Year

Total Primary

Accidental

Deliberate

Fires

Fatalities

Non-fatal casualties

Fires

Fatalities

Non-fatal casualties

Fires

Fatalities

Non-fatal casualties

1996

19,581

110

2,060

12,455

98

1,673

7,126

12

387

1997

18,874

88

2,145

12,219

80

1,819

6,655

8

326

1998

18,874

96

2,171

11,942

82

1,797

6,932

14

374

1999

20,656

105

2,254

12,120

94

1,877

8,536

11

377

2000

20,191

75

2,263

11,378

64

1,839

8,813

11

424

2001

19,738

96

2,091

10,940

81

1,604

8,798

15

487

2002 3

19,196

77

2,045

10,403

65

1,670

8,793

12

375

2003 4

18,025

80

1,880

10,130

69

1,523

7,896

10

357

2004

15,796

99

1,858

9,264

95

1,485

6,532

4

373

2005

15,126

65

1,667

9,279

54

1,348

5,847

11

319

1 Includes late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.
2 Prior to 2005 figures are based on sample data weighted to individual FRS totals.
3 Includes an estimated 65 non-fatal casualties for incidents occuring during ten days of national industrial action in November 2002.
4 Includes estimates for incidents occuring during industrial action in January and February 2003

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