Information on fires attended, casualties due to fires, false alarms, Special Service Incidents and contained dwelling fires for April 2018 to March 2019.
This is not the latest release in the series: Fire and rescue authority performance
Series information:
Main points
- There were 12,912 fires attended by the FRAs in Wales, equating to 41 fires per 10,000 population. This is an increase of 17% compared with 2017-18. Since responsibility for fire and rescue services was devolved to Wales in 2004 05 the number and rate have more than halved.
- There were 15,002 false alarms attended in 2018-19, equating to 48 per 10,000 population and an increase of 2% compared with 2017-18.
- There were 178 deaths and injuries due to fires in Wales (6 per 100,000 population). This is a slight decrease in numbers but no percentage change.
- 86% of dwelling fires in Wales were contained within the room where the fire started.
Reports
Fire and rescue authority performance, April 2018 to March 2019 , file type: PDF, file size: 859 KB
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