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Table 9
Fires 1,2 and casualties from fires in dwellings 3 by presence and operation of smoke detectors, Scotland, 1996-2005

Year

Total

Present, operated & raised alarm

Present, operated, but did not raise alarm

Present but did not operate

Smoke alarm absent

Fires

1996

9,516

2,395

473

1,431

5,216

1997

9,325

2,405

460

1,395

5,065

1998

9,154

2,433

512

1,548

4,661

1999

9,415

2,655

458

1,655

4,647

2000

9,303

2,747

454

1,608

4,495

2001

8,836

2,764

372

1,367

4,333

2002 4

8,504

2,609

462

1,321

4,112

2003 5

8,043

2,758

442

1,218

3,625

2004

7,420

2,769

443

1,035

3,173

2005

7,054

2,793

432

1,079

2,750

Fatal Casualties

1996

96

15

8

28

45

1997

74

8

10

19

37

1998

76

12

4

27

33

1999

81

8

2

30

41

2000

67

10

5

20

32

2001

86

21

9

26

30

2002 4

63

15

6

21

21

2003 5

61

8

7

18

28

2004

76

12

10

27

27

2005

58

14

9

13

22

Non-Fatal casualties

1996

1,746

378

119

336

913

1997

1,861

439

117

385

920

1998

1,853

472

86

405

890

1999

1,996

545

125

462

864

2000

1,999

541

110

470

878

2001

1,799

583

93

382

741

2002 4

1,759

588

135

354

682

2003 5

1,625

523

104

388

610

2004

1,637

624

109

332

572

2005

1,461

595

130

295

441

1 Including 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 caravans, houseboats and other non-building structures used solely as a permanent dwelling.
4 Includes estimates for incidents occuring during ten days of national industrial action in November 2002.
5 Includes estimates for incidents occuring during industrial action in January and February 2003

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