Fire Statistics
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the total numbers of fires in the UK in (a) 1998-1999 and (b) 1999-2000 were in each fire authority area. [159769]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The response is shown in the table.
Number of fires(20),(21) in the UK and percentage of the total by fire authority area
| 1998-99(22) | 1999-2000(22)
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| Number | % | Number | %
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| United Kingdom | 405,174 | -- | 487,425 | --
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| England and Wales | 40,632 | 84 | 415,563 | 85
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| England | 315,489 | 78 | 384,233 | 79
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| England (Non Met Counties) | 170,475 | 42 | 205,082 | 42
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| Avon | 5,908 | 1 | 7,132 | 1
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| Bedfordshire | 2,817 | 1 | 3,518 | 1
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| Berkshire | 3,830 | 1 | 4,808 | 1
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| Buckinghamshire | 3,895 | 1 | 4,920 | 1
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| Cambridgeshire | 3,497 | 1 | 4,165 | 1
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| Cheshire | 5,996 | 1 | 7,336 | 2
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| Cleveland | 5,893 | 1 | 8,353 | 2
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| Cornwall | 2,338 | 1 | 2,697 | 1
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| Cumbria | 3,065 | 1 | 3,679 | 1
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| Derbyshire | 4,562 | 1 | 5,448 | 1
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| Devon | 5,771 | 1 | 6,532 | 1
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| Dorset | 3,164 | 1 | 3,606 | 1
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| Durham | 5,357 | 1 | 6,666 | 1
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| East Sussex | 4,063 | 1 | 4,994 | 1
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| Essex | 7,360 | 2 | 9,195 | 2
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| Gloucestershire | 2,673 | 1 | 2,887 | 1
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| Hampshire | 8,089 | 2 | 9,547 | 2
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| Hereford and Worcester | 3,345 | 1 | 3,832 | 1
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| Hertfordshire | 4,552 | 1 | 5,521 | 1
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| Humberside | 7,762 | 2 | 9,006 | 2
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| Isle of Wight | 659 | 0 | 678 | 0
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| Kent | 8,825 | 2 | 10,762 | 2
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| Lancashire | 10,807 | 3 | 12,958 | 3
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| Leicestershire | 5,058 | 1 | 5,808 | 1
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| Lincolnshire | 2,985 | 1 | 3,555 | 1
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| Norfolk | 3,532 | 1 | 3,838 | 1
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| North Yorkshire | 2,957 | 1 | 3,493 | 1
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| Northamptonshire | 4,300 | 1 | 4,675 | 1
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| Northumberland | 2,088 | 1 | 2,864 | 1
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| Nottinghamshire | 6,665 | 2 | 9,231 | 2
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| Oxfordshire | 2,946 | 1 | 3,141 | 1
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| Shropshire | 2,599 | 1 | 3,141 | 1
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| Somerset | 2,359 | 1 | 2,770 | 1
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| Staffordshire | 6,165 | 2 | 7,390 | 2
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| Suffolk | 2,537 | 1 | 2,843 | 1
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| Surrey | 3,663 | 1 | 4,475 | 1
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| Warwickshire | 2,599 | 1 | 3,107 | 1
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| West Sussex | 3,470 | 1 | 3,974 | 1
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| Wiltshire | 2,314 | 1 | 2,528 | 1
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| Isles of Scilly | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0
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| England (Met Counties) | 145,014 | 36 | 179,151 | 37
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| Greater Manchester | 24,698 | 6 | 30,982 | 6
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| Merseyside | 17,292 | 4 | 22,592 | 5
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| South Yorkshire | 10,741 | 3 | 13,292 | 3
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| Tyne and Wear | 13,005 | 3 | 16,304 | 3
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| West Midlands | 20,923 | 5 | 25,822 | 5
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| West Yorkshire | 17,533 | 4 | 20,763 | 4
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| Greater London(23) | 40,822 | 10 | 49,396 | 6
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| Wales | 25,143 | 6 | 31,331 | 6
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| North Wales | 4,582 | 1 | 5,508 | 1
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| Mid and West Wales | 6,715 | 2 | 8,513 | 2
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| South Wales | 13,846 | 3 | 17,310 | 4
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| Northern Ireland | 18,007 | 4 | 18,552 | 4
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| Scotland | 46,535 | 11 | 53,310 | 11
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| Strathclyde | 24,146 | 6 | 27,219 | 6
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| Highland and Islands | 2,345 | 1 | 2,284 | 0
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| Grampian | 3,570 | 1 | 3,964 | 1
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| Tayside | 3,669 | 1 | 4,334 | 1
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| Lothian and Borders | 7,149 | 2 | 9,508 | 2
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| Fife | 2,766 | 1 | 3,081 | 1
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| Central | 1,945 | 0 | 2,015 | 0
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| Dumfries | 945 | 0 | 904 | 0
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(20) Fires include primary (mainly property), secondary (mainly outdoors) and chimney fires
(21) Includes 'late' calls and heat and smoke damage incidents
(22) Provisional
(23) Includes estimates for missing data--secondary and chimney fires (London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority Q1 2000)
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Merseyside Fire Authority
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Fire Inspectorate has received
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a response from Merseyside Fire Authority to the Principal Inspection report issued in the third quarter of 2000. [159767]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The Merseyside Fire Authority was last inspected by Her Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate in February 2000. The subsequent report of Her Majesty's Inspector Gordon Russel made 17 recommendations concerning the management of the brigade. The inspector indicated that the fire authority should prepare an action plan to address these recommendations and noted that the Inspectorate would measure the Authority's progress against the plan during subsequent inspections.
A copy of the Fire authority's action plan was received by the Inspectorate in February 2001.
Copies of the Action Plan and Her Majesty's Inspector's report have been placed in the Library.
Fire Alarms
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what percentage of cases where fire alarms were present in dwellings on fire in 1999, they (a) raised the alarm, (b) operated but failed to raise the alarm and (c) failed to operate altogether, in each fire authority area. [159770]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The information requested (shown in the table) relates to the percentage of fires in dwellings where a smoke alarm was present and where the fire was attended by the local authority fire service.
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Fires in dwellings by brigade and by presence and operation of smoke detectors, UK, 1999
| | | | Percentage of alarms present that
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| Total number of fires in dwellings | Smoke alarm present | Smoke alarm absent | Operated and raised alarm | Operated, but did not raise alarm | Did not operate
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| United Kingdom | 72,126 | 26,890 | 45,235 | 63 | 10 | 27
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| England and Wales | 60,725 | 21,296 | 39,429 | 66 | 9 | 25
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| England | 57,403 | 19,800 | 37,603 | 66 | 9 | 25
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| England--non-Met counties | 29,893 | 11,375 | 18,518 | 64 | 9 | 27
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| Avon | 960 | 422 | 538 | 58 | 14 | 28
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| Bedfordshire | 429 | 74 | 354 | 69 | 18 | 14
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| Berkshire | 726 | 308 | 418 | 80 | 4 | 16
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| Buckinghamshire | 679 | 254 | 425 | 69 | 9 | 22
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| Cambridgeshire | 547 | 212 | 334 | 63 | 16 | 21
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| Cheshire | 999 | 382 | 617 | 61 | 12 | 27
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| Cleveland | 836 | 251 | 585 | 59 | 10 | 31
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| Cornwall | 437 | 149 | 287 | 66 | 15 | 19
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| Cumbria | 609 | 208 | 401 | 79 | 6 | 15
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| Derbyshire | 783 | 203 | 580 | 75 | 4 | 20
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| Devon | 1,225 | 555 | 670 | 77 | 8 | 15
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| Dorset | 492 | 180 | 312 | 68 | 11 | 21
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| Durham | 677 | 174 | 503 | 70 | 2 | 28
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| East Sussex | 1,129 | 430 | 699 | 60 | 5 | 35
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| Essex | 1,220 | 378 | 842 | 64 | 8 | 28
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| Gloucestershire | 521 | 221 | 299 | 62 | 8 | 30
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| Hampshire | 1,487 | 709 | 778 | 69 | 9 | 23
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| Hereford and Worcester | 677 | 290 | 386 | 72 | 7 | 20
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| Hertfordshire | 942 | 445 | 497 | 83 | 4 | 13
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| Humberside | 1,104 | 466 | 638 | 38 | 15 | 47
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| Isle of Wight | 165 | 75 | 89 | 81 | 12 | 7
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| Kent | 1,269 | 369 | 900 | 63 | 6 | 31
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| Lancashire | 2,274 | 898 | 1,375 | 59 | 10 | 31
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| Leicestershire | 733 | 206 | 527 | 57 | 9 | 34
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| Lincolnshire | 520 | 177 | 344 | 62 | 12 | 27
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| Norfolk | 583 | 157 | 426 | 54 | 9 | 38
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| North Yorkshire | 546 | 264 | 282 | 54 | 7 | 39
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| Northamptonshire | 715 | 407 | 309 | 70 | 5 | 26
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| Northumberland | 309 | 128 | 181 | 71 | 5 | 24
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| Nottinghamshire | 1,102 | 183 | 919 | 68 | 4 | 28
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| Oxfordshire | 474 | 244 | 230 | 56 | 4 | 40
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| Shropshire | 434 | 102 | 332 | 53 | 7 | 40
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| Somerset | 386 | 174 | 212 | 55 | 21 | 24
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| Staffordshire | 1,179 | 662 | 517 | 73 | 10 | 17
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| Suffolk | 555 | 286 | 269 | 56 | 13 | 32
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| Surrey | 627 | 224 | 402 | 58 | 13 | 29
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| Warwickshire | 401 | 98 | 303 | 67 | 14 | 18
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| West Sussex | 658 | 239 | 420 | 55 | 12 | 33
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| Wiltshire | 483 | 166 | 317 | 54 | 11 | 36
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| Isles of Scilly | 1 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- | --
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| England--Met Counties | 27,510 | 8,425 | 19,085 | 68 | 9 | 23
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| Greater Manchester | 5,121 | 1,465 | 3,655 | 61 | 12 | 27
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| Merseyside | 3,019 | 913 | 2,106 | 69 | 9 | 23
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| South Yorkshire | 1,433 | 313 | 1,121 | 69 | 11 | 20
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| Tyne and Wear | 2,241 | 913 | 1,328 | 87 | 2 | 12
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| West Midlands | 4,429 | 2,015 | 2,414 | 70 | 7 | 23
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| West Yorkshire | 2,504 | 986 | 1,518 | 54 | 12 | 34
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| Greater London | 8,763 | 1,820 | 6,944 | 68 | 12 | 20
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| Wales | 3,322 | 1,496 | 1,826 | 62 | 11 | 27
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| North Wales | 827 | 395 | 432 | 69 | 9 | 22
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| Mid and West Wales | 1,030 | 472 | 557 | 66 | 11 | 23
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| South Wales | 1,465 | 628 | 837 | 54 | 12 | 34
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| Northern Ireland | 1,990 | 833 | 1,157 | 54 | 18 | 28
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| Scotland | 9,411 | 4,762 | 4,650 | 56 | 9 | 35
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| Strathclyde | 4,724 | 2,225 | 2,500 | 64 | 7 | 29
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| Highland and Islands | 288 | 200 | 88 | 35 | 19 | 46
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| Grampian | 883 | 590 | 294 | 63 | 8 | 28
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| Tayside | 794 | 390 | 403 | 49 | 13 | 38
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| Lothian and Borders | 1,804 | 896 | 908 | 42 | 12 | 46
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| Fife | 437 | 188 | 248 | 53 | 15 | 32
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| Central | 327 | 197 | 130 | 52 | 10 | 39
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| Dumfries | 154 | 76 | 78 | 33 | 14 | 53
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Notes:
1999 data are provisional and based on a sample of all incidents.
Including late call and heat and smoke damage incidents (not recorded prior to 1994).
Source:
Home Office Fire statistics
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