Fire Statistics Scotland, 2005

Table 2
Fires ^1,2 by location, detail of buildings, Scotland, 1996-2005

Year	Total buildings	Dwellings ³	Private garages, sheds etc.	Agricultural Premises	Construction industry premises	Other industrial premises	Retail Distribution	Hotels, boarding houses, hostels etc.	Restaurants, cafes, public houses etc.	Education		Hospitals	Recreational and other cultural services	Other	Unspecified
Fires
Year	Total buildings	Dwellings ³	Private garages, sheds etc.	Agricultural Premises	Construction industry premises	Other industrial premises	Retail Distribution	Hotels, boarding houses, hostels etc.	Restaurants, cafes, public houses etc.	Schools	Further Education	Hospitals	Recreational and other cultural services	Other	Unspecified
1996	13,775	9,516	767	194	78	477	524	283	302	201	48	210	250	917	9
1997	13,288	9,325	677	156	74	430	473	204	285	175	36	239	256	941	16
1998	12,954	9,154	666	144	40	391	619	235	242	132	86	215	203	817	10
1999	13,478	9,415	615	142	79	420	569	267	289	174	43	320	238	906	0
2000	13,250	9,303	650	162	132	322	548	323	252	119	76	241	223	900	0
2001	12,812	8,836	779	124	60	387	518	272	307	149	50	278	293	736	23
2002 ⁴	12,185	8,504	626	189	38	314	485	308	257	136	27	255	302	717	27
2003 ⁵	11,702	8,043	671	136	50	308	567	223	313	159	59	181	301	646	47
2004	10,656	7,420	523	106	35	228	452	208	265	196	57	166	256	700	45
2005	10,244	7,054	590	108	34	229	435	253	268	165	62	172	229	604	41

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 not recorded during national industrial action in January and February 2003.

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