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Table 1
Fires 1,2 by location, Scotland, 1996-2005

Fires (thousands)

Year

All Fires

Primary Fires

Secondary fires

Chimney Fires

Total Primary Fires

Buildings

Outdoors

Total

Dwellings

Other Buildings

Total

Road Vehicles

Other

1996

62.3

19.6

13.8

9.5

4.3

5.8

4.8

1.0

36.6

6.1

1997

50.8

18.9

13.3

9.3

4.0

5.6

4.6

1.0

27.2

4.7

1998

45.6

18.9

13.0

9.2

3.8

5.9

5.1

0.8

22.7

4.1

1999

52.6

20.7

13.5

9.4

4.1

7.2

6.1

1.1

28.5

3.5

2000

55.7

20.2

13.3

9.3

3.9

6.9

6.0

0.9

32.4

3.1

2001

59.4

19.7

12.8

8.8

4.0

6.9

5.7

1.2

36.2

3.4

2002 3

52.6

19.2

12.2

8.5

3.7

7.0

5.8

1.2

30.9

2.5

2003 4

65.6

18.0

11.7

8.0

3.7

6.3

5.0

1.3

45.4

2.2

2004

46.9

15.8

10.7

7.4

3.2

5.1

4.2

1.0

29.5

1.7

2005

47.0

15.1

10.2

7.1

3.2

4.9

3.9

0.9

30.4

1.5

1 Including late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.
2 Prior to 2005 figures for primary fires are based on sample data weighted to Fire and Rescue Service totals.
3 Includes estimates for incidents occuring during ten days of national industrial action in November 2002.
4 Includes estimates for incidents not recorded during industrial action in January and February 2003.

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