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Fire Statistics Scotland, 2005

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Table 3(a)
Fires 1 by location, detail for outdoor fires, by fire and rescue service area Scotland (England, Wales & N.Ireland) 2005

Fires

FRS Area

Total

Primary outdoor fires

Secondary Fires

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. 2

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

Central

1,665

168

-

4

4

134

3

-

-

-

8

15

1,497

41

406

6

75

944

25

Dumfries & Galloway

552

119

-

4

-

89

5

-

-

-

8

13

433

2

103

2

15

299

12

Fife

2,370

349

2

5

4

271

6

6

-

-

40

15

2,021

63

559

9

46

1,321

23

Grampian

2,168

391

1

1

8

271

5

3

3

1

40

58

1,777

70

605

1

54

1,010

37

Highland & Islands

811

163

-

5

3

107

9

3

-

2

18

16

648

25

341

-

28

232

22

Lothian & Borders

6,077

852

4

5

10

648

16

9

-

-

109

51

5,225

117

1,200

315

463

3,037

93

Strathclyde

19,343

2,530

3

20

14

2,193

63

19

2

2

88

126

16,813

847

2,517

65

328

12,746

310

Tayside

2,285

310

-

2

6

236

9

1

-

-

28

28

1,975

49

519

5

36

1,319

47

Scotland

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

England

259,419

64,299

138

317

682

55,025

1,068

268

31

4

3,627

3,139

195,120

7,225

50,789

2,100

12,929

116,507

5,570

Wales

19,128

4,849

3

31

19

4,231

94

13

2

-

249

207

14,279

337

5,337

30

423

7,702

450

N.Ireland

13,745

2,296

10

21

27

2,021

32

8

1

-

70

106

11,449

620

3,183

-

134

7,109

403

1 Including late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.
2 Fires located in grassland, crops, woods etc are included under primary fires because they involved casualties, rescues or were attended by five or more appliances.

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