Fire Statistics Scotland, 2003

FIRE STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2003

Fires ^1,2 in dwellings ³ and other buildings by cause, Scotland, 1994-2003

Table 10
Fires

Year	Cause of Fire
Year	Total	Deliberate ⁴	Faulty fuel supplies	Faulty appliance and leads	Misuse of equipment or appliances	Chip or fat pan fires	Playing with fire	Careless handling of fire or hot substances	Articles and heat too close	Other	Unspecified
Dwellings ³
1994	9,539	1,724	167	883	2,940	1,882	136	904	410	445	47

1995 ⁵	9,152	1,732	227	805	2,784	1,802	67	712	370	600	54
1996	9,516	1,818	281	937	2,656	2,150	83	783	433	352	23
1997	9,325	1,801	304	833	2,587	2,214	46	711	411	370	48
1998	9,154	1,738	244	890	2,518	2,211	54	690	387	379	43
1999	9,415	1,944	259	691	2,966	1,716	64	782	512	417	64

2000	9,303	2,089	267	608	2,874	1,774	62	631	530	421	38
2001	8,836	2,002	214	699	2,609	1,586	47	752	464	419	43
2002 ⁶	8,504	1,979	205	617	2,360	1,616	39	652	452	529	52
2003 ⁷	8,043	1,790	173	648	2,224	1,658	53	723	394	315	65
Other Buildings
1994	4,315	1,978	156	592	418	73	11	411	235	384	57

1995 ⁵	4,303	2,086	172	592	439	43	20	334	121	433	64
1996	4,259	2,019	155	818	282	42	6	365	174	375	24
1997	3,963	1,830	208	732	326	19	21	307	151	299	72
1998	3,800	1,638	215	614	383	60	-	323	161	377	29
1999	4,063	1,791	223	509	474	67	9	311	186	407	86

2000	3,947	1,895	268	443	442	61	5	217	179	373	62
2001	3,976	1,915	211	540	343	68	10	275	146	400	68
2002 ⁶	3,681	1,741	170	554	340	69	5	221	131	375	76
2003 ⁷	3,659	1,720	134	587	321	98	11	243	124	358	63

^{1 Including late call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.}
^{2 Figures from 1994 are based on sample data weighted to the brigade totals.}
^{3 Includes caravans, houseboats and other non-building structures used solely as a permanent dwelling.}
^{4 Deliberate fires include fires where deliberate or malicious ignition was merely suspected.}
^{5 Data for 1995 exclude some "late" call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.}
^{6 Includes estimates for incidents occuring during ten days of national industrial action in November 2002}
^{7Includes estimates for incidents occuring during industrial action in January and February 2003}

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