Fire and rescue authority performance: April 2021 to March 2022

The analysis in this bulletin relates to fire and rescue service incidents between April 2021 and end March 2022, whilst making comparisons with April 2020 to March 2021, a period largely effected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and therefore the public health restrictions that were in place during the course of the pandemic. Whilst restrictions were eased during 2021-22 there were some periods during the year when restrictions remained in place and patterns of behaviour may not have returned to that occurring prior to the pandemic.

An annual report which includes information on fires attended, casualties due to fires, false alarms, Special Service Incidents and contained dwelling fires.

Main points

• There were 10,736 fires attended by the FRAs in Wales, equating to 34 fires per 10,000 population. This is an increase of 4% compared with 2020-21. Since responsibility for fire and rescue services was devolved to Wales in 2004‑05 the number and rate have more than halved.
• There were 15,799 false alarms attended in 2021-22, equating to 50 per 10,000 population and an increase of 2% compared with 2020-21.
• There were 152 deaths and injuries due to fires in Wales (5 per 100,000 population).  This is a decrease of 4% in the number of casualties.
• 84% of dwelling fires in Wales were contained within the room where the fire started.