Home Office Fire Statistics

1 includes 1 5 billion in damage caused by the oakland fire storm most of which was lost to homes but for which no detailed breakdown by property type was available.

Home office fire statistics. 2 includes 809 million in damage caused by southern california wildfires 3 this does not include the southern california wildfires with an estimated property damage of 2 billion. 18 february 2020 the latest statistics published by the home office show that while the number of fires attended by fire and rescue services have reduced by 10 per cent there was a 9 per cent increase in dwelling fire fatalities over a 12 month period. The release covers the year ending september 2019. Frss attended 182 825 fires.

The national fire chiefs council has voiced its concern that the latest home office figures show a six per cent increase in fire fatalities over the last year and a 19 per cent increase in dwelling fire fatalities. Just over one fifth 22 of the reported fires in office properties began in the kitchen or cooking area causing one percent of the direct property damage. The highest share of direct property damage 24 of total resulted from fires starting in an office which were the cause of 12 of office property fires. The home office has responsibility for fire services in england.

According to the statistics there has been a 14 per cent increase in the number of fires over the same period and a two per cent increase in the number of incidents attended overall with a 16 per cent increase in deliberate fires. The home office has responsibility for fire services in england. The detailed analysis of fires attended by fire and rescue services in england between april 2017 and march 2018 expand on the statistics first published in august. 2011 the bastrop county texas complex wildfire 400 000 000 2012 the waldo canyon fire and the high park fire in colorado 567 400 000 total 2013 the black forest fire 420 500 000 in colorado 2015 the valley and butte wildfires in california 1 950 000 000 total 2016 the gatlinburg tennessee wildfires.

The vast majority of statistics produced by the home office are for england but some clearly marked tables are for great britain. 4 does not include the california fire storm. This was a nine per cent increase compared with the previous year 167 330 a seven per cent increase compared with five years ago 171 349. Direct dollar loss includes.

The fire related fatality rate per million is higher for men and older people. For men aged 65 to 79 the fatality rate was 9 6 per million population while the equivalent rate for women was 6 2 per.