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<p>The Home Office published the latest statistics on incidents attended by fire and
rescue services in 2017/18 on 9 May 2019. The number of total incidents, fires, rescue
incidents and other emergency incidents attended by fire and rescue services in the
North West<sup>1</sup> in each year are shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>Total
incidents </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fires</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rescues<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other
emergency incidents<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>94,815</p></td><td><p>43,326</p></td><td><p>2,077</p></td><td><p>49,412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>83,832</p></td><td><p>38,004</p></td><td><p>1,985</p></td><td><p>43,843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>71,890</p></td><td><p>28,781</p></td><td><p>1,864</p></td><td><p>41,245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>71,595</p></td><td><p>32,010</p></td><td><p>1,611</p></td><td><p>37,974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>66,279</p></td><td><p>27,593</p></td><td><p>1,724</p></td><td><p>36,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>74,339</p></td><td><p>29,077</p></td><td><p>1,711</p></td><td><p>43,551</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>78,058</p></td><td><p>28,604</p></td><td><p>1,742</p></td><td><p>47,712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>77,021</p></td><td><p>29,389</p></td><td><p>1,724</p></td><td><p>45,908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1
</sup>Includes Cumbria, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside fire
and rescue services</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Includes rescue or evacuation from water, lift
release, other rescue / release of persons</p><p><sup>3</sup> Includes all other non-fire
incidents and fire false alarms</p>
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