Fire and Rescue Service Performance, 2009-10

Statistics on fire and rescue service performance include data for Wales for the period 2009-10. The latest release updates the statistics previously released by the Local Government Data Unit ~ Wales on 15 October 2009.

Key results for 2009-10 show:

• There were 19,131 fires attended by the fire and rescue services in Wales, a fall of 2 per cent compared with 2008-09;
• Over two-thirds of all the fires attended in Wales were started deliberately. This figure of 12,902 deliberate fires has dropped by 5 per cent compared with 2008-09 and by over a third since 2004-05;
• There were 23 deaths due to fires in Wales; 4 more than in 2008-09;
• There were 3,473 malicious false alarm calls during the year: this has dropped by 17 per cent compared with 2008-09 and by a third since 2004-05;
• Over 3.5 per cent of firefighters, both full-time and retained, in March 2010 were women: this number has doubled to 130 since March 2005.

Contact

Tel: 029 2080 1157
E-mail: stats.inclusion@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next Update

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