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Table 12
Fires 1,2 in dwellings 3 and other buildings by spread of fire, Scotland, 1996-2005

Fires 1: percentage

Spread of fire

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002 4

2003 5

2004

2005

Dwellings

Number of fires

Confined to item

5,491

5,393

5,256

5,266

5,469

5,037

4,542

4,448

4130

3810

Beyond item but confined to room

3,113

3,136

3,119

3,223

3,110

3,049

2,929

2,713

2568

2522

Elsewhere in building

619

501

507

587

516

450

522

509

470

460

Beyond building

32

35

28

52

36

44

28

31

26

33

No fire damage

261

260

244

287

172

256

219

214

227

229

Total

9,516

9,325

9,154

9,415

9,303

8,836

8,240

7,916

7,420

7,054

Percentage

Confined to item

58%

58%

57%

56%

59%

57%

55%

56%

56%

54%

Beyond item but confined to room

33%

34%

34%

34%

33%

35%

36%

34%

35%

36%

Elsewhere in building

7%

5%

6%

6%

6%

5%

6%

6%

6%

7%

Beyond building

0%

0%

0%

1%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

No fire damage

3%

3%

3%

3%

2%

3%

3%

3%

3%

3%

Other Buildings

Number of fires

Confined to item

1,773

1,704

1,758

1,840

1,909

1,749

1,642

1,636

1494

1353

Beyond item but confined to room

1,950

1,689

1,593

1,575

1,496

1,722

1,493

1,413

1266

1317

Elsewhere in building

320

354

271

394

300

283

208

278

249

280

Beyond building

109

91

108

147

98

121

111

145

142

117

No fire damage

107

124

71

106

145

102

103

141

85

123

Total

4,259

3,963

3,800

4,063

3,947

3,976

3,557

3,612

3,236

3,190

Percentage

Confined to item

42%

43%

46%

45%

48%

44%

46%

45%

46%

42%

Beyond item but confined to room

46%

43%

42%

39%

38%

43%

42%

39%

39%

41%

Elsewhere in building

8%

9%

7%

10%

8%

7%

6%

8%

8%

9%

Beyond building

3%

2%

3%

4%

2%

3%

3%

4%

4%

4%

No fire damage

3%

3%

2%

3%

4%

3%

3%

4%

3%

4%

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 Excludes incidents occuring during ten days of national industrial action in November 2002.
5 Excludes estimates for incidents occuring during industrial action in January and February 2003

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