Fire Statistics Scotland, 2005

Table 10
Fires ^1,2 in dwellings ³ and other buildings by cause, Scotland, 1996-2005

Year	Cause of Fire
Fires
Year	Total	Deliberate ⁴	Faulty fuel supplies	Faulty appliance and leads	Misuse of equipment or appliances	Chip or fat pan fires	Playing with fire	Careless handling of fire or hot substances	Articles and heat too close	Other	Unspecified
Dwellings
1996	9,516	1,818	281	937	2,656	2,150	83	783	433	352	23
1997	9,325	1,801	304	833	2,587	2,214	46	711	411	370	48
1998	9,154	1,738	244	890	2,518	2,211	54	690	387	379	43
1999	9,415	1,944	259	691	2,966	1,716	64	782	512	417	64
2000	9,303	2,089	267	608	2,874	1,774	62	631	530	421	38
2001	8,836	2,002	214	699	2,609	1,586	47	752	464	419	43
2002 ⁵	8,504	1,979	205	617	2,360	1,616	39	652	452	529	52
2003 ⁶	8,043	1,790	173	648	2,224	1,658	53	723	394	315	65
2004	7,420	1,583	165	661	2,499	1,120	33	590	377	341	51
2005	7,054	1,369	233	677	2,548	854	46	461	412	396	58
Other Buildings
1996	4,259	2,019	155	818	282	42	6	365	174	375	24
1997	3,963	1,830	208	732	326	19	21	307	151	299	72
1998	3,800	1,638	215	614	383	60	-	323	161	377	29
1999	4,063	1,791	223	509	474	67	9	311	186	407	86
2000	3,947	1,895	268	443	442	61	5	217	179	373	62
2001	3,976	1,915	211	540	343	68	10	275	146	400	68
2002 ⁵	3,681	1,741	170	554	340	69	5	221	131	375	76
2003 ⁶	3,659	1,720	134	587	321	98	11	243	124	358	63
2004	3,236	1,456	129	606	283	71	1	184	106	333	68
2005	3,190	1,291	191	617	331	39	1	160	105	391	64

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 Deliberate fires include fires where deliberate or malicious ignition was merely suspected.
⁵ Includes estimates for incidents occuring during ten days of national industrial action in November 2002.
⁶ Includes estimates for incidents occuring during industrial action in January and February 2003

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