Statistics

Statistics for 2000 show that there were a total of 219,500 fires in buildings, which resulted in 595 deaths and 17,600 injuries during that year.

Of these fires - 70,900 were in dwellings, which caused 447 deaths and 14,400 injuries.

These statistics clearly show that your home is a dangerous place.

In fact fires in the home account for over 60% of all building fires and over 75% of all casualties.

You are three times more likely to die in a fire at home than anywhere else.

After 10 years of falling numbers, fatal casualties seem to have levelled off.

At the same time the number of non-fatal casualties continues to grow, having increased by more than 50% in the last 10 years.

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The dark red band shows all fire deaths or injuries and the paler band shows residential casualties.

From this you can see that over 75% of all fire casualties occur in the home.

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