Fire Statistics Scotland, 2005

Table 3
Fires ^1,2 by location, detail for outdoor fires, Scotland 1996-2005

Year	Total	Primary outdoor fires											Secondary Fires
Year	Total	Total Primary fires	Derelict buildings	Outdoor storage	Outdoor machinery and equipment	Road vehicles	Caravans	Ships and boats	Railway rolling stock	Derelict Vehicles	Grassland, crops, woods etc.	Other or unspecified	Total Secondary fires	Derelict buildings	Grassland, heath land etc.	Intentional straw and stubble burning	Single tree / Outdoor structure	Refuse, refuse containers	Derelict vehicles
1996	42,424	5,806	26	130	302	4,759	113	69	6	-	215	186	36,618	1,763	12,088	209	1,107	21,060	391
1997	32,756	5,586	13	157	318	4,586	98	53	24	-	187	151	27,170	1,409	5,693	216	881	18,483	488
1998	28,581	5,920	15	142	287	5,078	120	42	17	-	110	109	22,661	1,422	3,771	409	972	15,383	704
1999	35,697	7,178	11	218	334	6,085	161	17	1	-	153	199	28,519	1,560	5,621	163	817	19,210	1,148
2000	39,373	6,941	14	197	268	6,003	143	36	-	-	123	157	32,432	1,566	7,508	238	1,039	20,954	1,127
2001	43,164	6,926	14	273	309	5,704	126	59	9	-	149	283	36,238	1,725	8,422	113	905	23,876	1,197
2002 ³	37,947	7,010	22	255	292	5,799	150	43	27	1	212	212	30,937	1,696	4,421	100	726	22,641	1,353
2003 ⁴	51,724	6,323	12	257	386	4,998	127	39	-	-	272	233	45,401	1,923	16,214	135	834	25,158	1,139
2004	34,624	5,140	9	258	273	4,165	129	20	6	-	96	183	29,484	1,327	6,573	66	649	20,146	723
2005	35,271	4,882	10	46	49	3,949	116	41	5	5	339	322	30,389	1,214	6,250	403	1,045	20,908	569

¹ Including late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.
² Prior to 2005 figures for primary outdoor fires are based on sample data weighted to individual FRS totals.
³ Includes estimates for incidents occuring during ten days of national industrial action in November 2002.
⁴ Includes estimates for incidents occuring during industrial action in January and February 2003

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