Fire Statistics Scotland, 2007

Table 14
Primary fires ^1,2 by location and time of call, Scotland, 2007

FRS area	Total	Time of call
FRS area	Total	Midnight	1am	2am	3am	4am	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	Midday	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm	10pm	11pm
Total fires
Central	536	28	9	12	13	23	27	7	12	18	7	11	12	19	18	23	28	32	17	38	45	40	40	35	24
Dumfries & Galloway	337	5	12	-	2	4	2	-	2	14	31	13	22	19	14	14	26	15	24	27	21	28	27	5	11
Fife	736	38	22	1	19	10	8	14	11	17	14	16	24	33	48	22	21	87	76	41	34	48	50	56	24
Grampian	1,370	44	34	62	7	59	28	22	30	33	42	57	70	53	26	66	59	105	67	96	87	98	88	44	93
Highland and Islands	485	9	12	11	22	21	5	17	17	13	22	9	1	22	31	27	14	54	24	59	31	29	17	11	7
Lothian & Borders	2,762	148	69	86	110	76	46	37	56	50	89	85	47	158	126	99	95	146	190	180	179	184	162	178	168
Strathclyde	6,566	347	336	303	228	187	155	127	143	148	152	198	193	243	242	274	262	335	355	374	417	381	419	369	378
Tayside	1,013	23	33	30	15	15	20	13	7	5	40	26	40	30	28	65	64	78	101	91	61	70	52	71	35
Scotland	13,805	642	528	505	416	394	291	236	279	299	397	415	409	577	533	590	568	851	854	905	875	878	855	769	738
England	118,093	5,743	5,107	4,812	4,069	3,323	2,819	2,414	2,226	2,875	3,219	3,603	4,180	4,571	4,807	4,846	5,179	5,718	6,552	6,940	7,162	7,234	7,342	7,104	6,246
Wales	7,817	436	342	335	248	253	227	163	88	241	210	189	312	241	288	291	355	393	443	417	453	571	457	504	363
Northern Ireland	4,408	252	225	231	341	225	129	115	106	93	81	101	125	113	122	138	181	195	163	219	256	242	221	250	284
Dwellings ³
Central	267	23	2	1	5	-	23	3	1	6	2	10	8	12	10	11	10	25	9	21	33	11	17	11	11
Dumfries & Galloway	138	1	1	-	2	-	2	-	2	5	8	-	5	2	9	4	13	5	19	18	8	1	15	5	11
Fife	331	13	10	1	12	6	1	14	1	7	5	11	11	16	32	5	7	41	27	22	14	25	33	11	5
Grampian	702	13	10	35	7	27	14	14	2	12	27	7	27	31	20	33	24	68	54	60	69	39	31	30	47
Highland and Islands	219	9	2	2	8	6	-	17	12	12	7	2	-	16	4	12	2	27	8	37	9	14	7	6	1
Lothian & Borders	1,338	86	24	23	25	29	16	20	27	19	49	32	32	80	45	58	54	73	139	101	115	83	99	70	39
Strathclyde	3,148	122	123	109	82	60	45	40	64	68	76	114	105	141	145	146	151	214	230	215	213	191	183	161	150
Tayside	541	10	14	17	2	8	7	3	1	5	12	14	11	25	16	47	30	58	65	58	42	22	16	42	17
Scotland	6,684	277	186	188	143	136	108	111	111	134	186	191	199	323	282	317	291	510	551	533	502	387	401	338	282
England	42,163	1,502	1,350	1,150	907	685	592	666	795	1,049	1,307	1,462	1,841	2,130	2,129	1,978	2,190	2,761	3,052	3,185	2,996	2,580	2,256	1,944	1,656
Wales	2,363	106	85	73	53	70	49	33	24	54	70	71	109	109	117	107	133	171	218	152	143	128	89	123	77
Northern Ireland	1,406	62	38	70	59	48	25	19	20	31	25	49	28	34	38	46	93	78	78	105	131	98	83	62	87
Other Building fires
Central	132	4	-	11	-	-	-	4	4	12	5	-	4	-	8	12	-	-	1	6	6	18	18	15	5
Dumfries & Galloway	95	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	4	12	8	4	-	13	5	5	-	-	7	4	-	-
Fife	155	21	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	5	1	5	2	11	5	21	27	5	6	-	11	10	-
Grampian	285	18	9	19	-	-	5	8	18	16	8	29	22	-	4	18	18	7	8	22	11	19	13	4	8
Highland and Islands	107	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	1	-	-	7	1	-	13	10	6	12	10	12	12	6	-	-	6
Lothian & Borders	633	30	23	23	41	24	29	6	12	29	29	46	-	46	34	20	13	41	22	30	30	44	12	24	29
Strathclyde	1,333	47	51	52	34	35	21	31	31	43	47	49	56	50	59	69	67	51	71	82	81	78	89	69	70
Tayside	213	6	13	7	7	-	6	6	6	-	13	13	14	-	6	13	13	6	25	-	13	14	13	13	6
Scotland	2,953	129	112	113	89	65	61	55	82	120	110	153	109	109	130	151	135	143	169	156	159	185	160	135	123
England	25,530	871	885	719	695	549	537	555	559	828	1,089	1,109	1,256	1,164	1,350	1,370	1,279	1,266	1,471	1,500	1,512	1,460	1,401	1,102	1,004
Wales	1,574	66	46	38	26	27	43	10	26	64	58	47	86	61	76	97	132	87	80	121	108	78	77	68	51
Northern Ireland	830	43	28	53	55	34	20	14	19	15	14	20	44	15	18	23	40	48	43	60	40	44	61	43	38
Outdoor fires
Central	137	1	7	-	8	23	4	-	7	-	-	1	-	7	-	-	18	7	7	11	7	11	4	8	8
Dumfries & Galloway	104	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	14	9	4	9	-	10	-	4	-	9	13	20	9	-	-
Fife	250	5	7	-	7	5	7	-	-	-	9	-	12	12	15	7	9	25	22	14	14	23	7	35	19
Grampian	383	13	14	9	-	32	9	-	11	5	6	21	22	22	2	15	16	30	5	14	6	40	43	10	37
Highland and Islands	159	-	10	9	8	9	5	-	4	1	15	-	-	6	14	5	6	15	6	10	10	9	10	5	-
Lothian & Borders	791	32	23	39	44	23	1	11	17	2	11	7	16	33	47	21	28	32	29	49	34	57	51	85	100
Strathclyde	2,085	178	162	142	112	92	89	56	48	37	29	35	32	52	38	59	44	70	54	77	123	112	147	139	158
Tayside	259	7	7	5	5	7	7	4	-	-	16	-	16	5	5	5	21	14	11	33	7	33	23	16	12
Scotland	4,168	236	230	204	184	194	122	71	87	45	101	72	101	145	121	122	142	198	133	216	214	306	294	297	333
England	50,400	3,370	2,872	2,943	2,468	2,089	1,690	1,193	872	998	823	1,032	1,083	1,277	1,328	1,497	1,710	1,691	2,029	2,255	2,655	3,194	3,686	4,059	3,586
Wales	3,880	264	211	225	169	155	134	120	38	124	82	71	117	71	94	87	89	135	145	144	202	364	291	313	235
Northern Ireland	2,172	148	159	108	227	143	84	82	67	47	42	33	53	64	65	68	48	69	42	54	86	101	77	144	160

¹ Including late call and heat and smoke damage incidents.

² Figures are based on sample data weighted to individual FRS totals.

³ Includes caravans, houseboats and other non-building structures used solely as a permanent dwelling.

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