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<p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Tuesday 17 June 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p>
</p><p><strong><em>Collection of statistics</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department's
<em>Fire Statistics Monitor</em> publication continues to provide statistics on numbers
of non-fire incidents. These are updated twice a year and data for each fire and rescue
authority in England can be found in spreadsheet workbook 7 at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department published numbers of casualties at non-fire
incidents for the first time in the 2010-11 publication of <em>Fire Statistics Great
Britain</em>. This was discontinued following a 2012 readership survey which did not
identify any need for them on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>
</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Statistics on incidents attended</em></strong></p><p>
</p><p>The table below provides figures for incidents with one or more casualties
attended by fire and rescue authorities in Great Britain, based on the Fire and Rescue
Incident Recording System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td>
</td><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire incidents with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>8,881</p></td><td><p>8,167</p></td><td><p>7,464</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Road traffic collision with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>16,627</p></td><td><p>16,375</p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical incidents</p></td><td><p>5,278</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>5,919</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-fire incident with one or more
casualties</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>6,146</p></td><td><p>6,270</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37,086</p></td><td><p>36,787</p></td><td><p>36,473</p></td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong><em>Statistical calculation of response times</em></strong></p><p>
</p><p>The difference in the primary fire numbers published is due to a small number
of incidents being excluded from the calculation of average response times to ensure
the data is as representative and consistent over time as possible. These are Official
Statistics publications and as such, the Department's Head of Profession for Statistics
has sole responsibility for decisions on the methodology for these statistics and
how they are presented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The excluded incidents are those
for which response time may be less critical, such as fires in abandoned vehicles
or derelict property, and exceptional incidents which would otherwise skew averages
and hinder analysis of trends. The exclusions are in line with long-established statistical
practice; details on the exclusions are set out on p.16 of the <em>Fire Incident Response
Times 2012-13</em>, published in August 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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