Fire Statistics Scotland, 2005

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Table 13(a)
False fire alarms attended by Scottish fire and rescue services, 2005

Number

FRS Area

Total false fire alarms

Malicious

Total due to apparatus

Good intents

Number

Percentage 1

Number

Percentage 1

Number

Percentage 1

Number

Percentage 1

Central

2,320

52%

334

7%

773

17%

1,213

27%

Dumfries & Galloway

762

46%

41

3%

541

33%

180

11%

Fife

3,072

51%

226

4%

2,291

38%

555

9%

Grampian

3,669

51%

251

4%

2,806

39%

612

9%

Highland & Islands

2,580

61%

196

5%

1,880

44%

504

12%

Lothian & Borders

11,508

58%

1,110

6%

8,920

45%

1,478

7%

Strathclyde

25,372

51%

3,304

7%

12,613

25%

9,455

19%

Tayside

4,223

57%

300

4%

3,217

43%

706

9%

All Brigades

53,506

53%

5,762

6%

33,041

33%

14,703

15%

1 Percentages are based on total number of fires plus false alarms.

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