Fire Statistics Scotland, 2001

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FIRE STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2001

Casualties from fires 1 by brigade area, Scotland (England, Wales & Northern Ireland), 2001

Table 6

Brigade Area

Fatal 2 Casualties

Non-Fatal Casualties
(non fire brigade) 4

Number

Rate per million population 3

Number

Rate per million population 3

Central

5

18

140

501

Dumfries & Galloway

3

20

31

210

Fife

4

11

99

283

Grampian

16

30

155

295

Highland & Islands

6

22

83

300

Lothian & Borders

15

17

346

390

Strathclyde

45

20

953

431

Tayside

9

23

214

550

Scotland

103

20

2,021

399

England

469

10

13,168

268

Wales

32

11

936

322

Northern Ireland

17

10

422

250

1

Including "late" call, heat and smoke damage only incidents
2 The fatality figures for 2001 are likely to be revised downwards as later information becomes available.
3 Population data from ONS
4 Refers to persons who are not a members of the fire brigade

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