Fire Statistics Monitor, Quarter 4 2009 and Quarter 1 2010

Statistics on provisional fire incident include data for Wales for the period up to 31 March 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 4 December 2009.

Fires:

• The Welsh Fire and Rescue Services attended 36,000 fires and false alarms in the year ending 31 March 2010, a decrease of 6 per cent on the previous period.
• The number of primary fires in Wales decreased by 3 per cent compared with the previous period.

Casualties:

• There were 23(r) fire deaths in Wales in the year ending 31 March 2010, a rise from 16 in the previous period.
• There were 249 injuries and a further 326 sent to a hospital for precautionary tests or were advised to seek medical advice in the year ending 31 March 2010.

False Alarms:

• In the year ending 31 March 2010, there were 16,900 false fire alarms in Wales, a decrease of 10 per cent from 18,900 in the previous period.
• There were 900 malicious false alarms during the current period, a decrease of 36 per cent when compared with the previous period.

(r) Revised data

Revision note

Figures in tables 13, 14 and annexes 4 and 5 were revised on 7 September 2010.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 6699
E-mail: stats.inclusion@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

August 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)