28th August 2009
ISBN
978 0 7559 7637 9
ISSN 0261 1178
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A National Statistics Publication for Scotland
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Main Points
3. Commentary
3.1 Total number of fires
3.2 Building fires
3.3 Outdoor fires
3.4 Casualties from fires
3.5 Casualty rates from fires
3.6 Deliberate fires
3.7 Accidental fires
3.8 Fatal casualties in dwelling fires
3.9 Smoke alarms
3.10 Causes of fires
3.11 False fire alarms
3.12 Call out times to fires
3.13 Casualties from fires in dwellings, by time of call
4.Appendix of Tables
5. Notes on statistics used in this bulletin
5.1 Source of Statistics
5.2 Fatalities
5.3 Deliberate and accidental fires
5.4 Selection of samples of primary fires, 1994 to 2004
5.5 Definitions
5.6 Symbols
5.7 Publications of fire statistics
5.8 Industrial Action
Scottish Government Statistician Group