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2015/16

Building type Total Accidental Deliberate

Total 15,984 11,564 4,420

Offices and call centres 649 539 110

Retail premises 1,722 1,430 292

Industrial premises4

2,129 1,868 261

Agricultural premises 572 420 152

Hospitals and medical care 731 526 205

Education premises 650 525 125

Food and drink premises 1,567 1,401 166

Entertainment, culture and sport 610 447 163

Hotels, boarding houses, hostels etc.5

699 579 120

Communal living6

1,348 1,176 172

Private non-residential buildings73,287 2,122 1,165

Other public buildings and services81,789 426 1,363

Unspecified 231 105 126

1 Primary fires only

2 Excludes fatalities marked as not fire-related. Fire-related deaths are those that would not have otherwise occurred had there not been a fire. i.e. ‘no fire = no death’.

Note on 2009/10:

General note:

The full set of fire statistics releases, tables and guidance can be found on our landing page, here-

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics

The statistics in this table are National Statistics.

FIRE STATISTICS TABLE 0301: Fires1

, fatalities2

and non-fatal casualties in other buildings by motive3

and building type, England

3 The motive for the fire can be recorded as one of: Accidental, Deliberate or Not Known. For the purpose of these tables accidental is defined as when the motive was recorded as either Accidental or Not

known.

4 Industrial premises includes: Industrial manufacturing, Industrial processing, Laboratory/research, Mines and quarries - above ground, Vehicle repair and Warehouses and bulk storage.

Fire data are collected by the Incident Recording System (IRS) which collects information on all incidents attended by fire and rescue services. For a variety of reasons some records take longer than others

for fire services to upload to the IRS and therefore totals are constantly being amended (by relatively small numbers).

Fires1

5 Hotels, boarding houses, hostels etc. includes: Animal boarding, Boarding house/B&B for homeless/asylum seeker, Boarding house/B&B other, Caravan site - in caravan/camper van, Hostel, Hotel/Motel,

Other holiday residence and Youth hostel.

6 Communal living includes: Boarding school accomodation, Military/barracks, Monastery/convent, Nurses'/Doctors' accomodation, Other residential home, Residential home, Sheltered housing and

Student hall of residence.

7 Private non-residential buildings includes: Other private non-residential building, Private garage, Private garden shed, Private greenhouse, Private summer house.

8 Other public buildings and services includes: Car parks, Public admin/security/safety, Public toilets, Religious buildings, Sports pavilions and Transport buildings.

During 2009/10, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service were unable to fully supply their incident and casualty data, and Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service were unable to fully supply their casualty

data. As such totals for these Fire and Rescue Services were imputed. For these imputed records detailed breakdowns are not available. As such, some detailed breakdowns may not sum to their

corresponding totals.

Source: Home Office Incident Recording System

Contact: FireStatistics@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Total Accidental Deliberate Total Accidental Deliberate

21 15 6 1,089 710 379

0 0 0 20 17 3

2 2 0 66 62 4

7 7 0 119 114 5

0 0 0 23 21 2

1 1 0 65 16 49

0 0 0 26 20 6

1 0 1 112 104 8

0 0 0 21 19 2

2 0 2 78 57 21

3 2 1 206 149 57

2 1 1 129 116 13

1 1 0 209 6 203

2 1 1 15 9 6

2 Excludes fatalities marked as not fire-related. Fire-related deaths are those that would not have otherwise occurred had there not been a fire. i.e. ‘no fire = no death’.

FIRE STATISTICS TABLE 0301: Fires1

, fatalities2

and non-fatal casualties in other buildings by motive3

and building type, England

3 The motive for the fire can be recorded as one of: Accidental, Deliberate or Not Known. For the purpose of these tables accidental is defined as when the motive was recorded as either Accidental or Not

known.

4 Industrial premises includes: Industrial manufacturing, Industrial processing, Laboratory/research, Mines and quarries - above ground, Vehicle repair and Warehouses and bulk storage.

Fire data are collected by the Incident Recording System (IRS) which collects information on all incidents attended by fire and rescue services. For a variety of reasons some records take longer than others

for fire services to upload to the IRS and therefore totals are constantly being amended (by relatively small numbers).

5 Hotels, boarding houses, hostels etc. includes: Animal boarding, Boarding house/B&B for homeless/asylum seeker, Boarding house/B&B other, Caravan site - in caravan/camper van, Hostel, Hotel/Motel,

Other holiday residence and Youth hostel.

6 Communal living includes: Boarding school accomodation, Military/barracks, Monastery/convent, Nurses'/Doctors' accomodation, Other residential home, Residential home, Sheltered housing and

Student hall of residence.

7 Private non-residential buildings includes: Other private non-residential building, Private garage, Private garden shed, Private greenhouse, Private summer house.

8 Other public buildings and services includes: Car parks, Public admin/security/safety, Public toilets, Religious buildings, Sports pavilions and Transport buildings.

During 2009/10, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service were unable to fully supply their incident and casualty data, and Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service were unable to fully supply their casualty

data. As such totals for these Fire and Rescue Services were imputed. For these imputed records detailed breakdowns are not available. As such, some detailed breakdowns may not sum to their

corresponding totals.

Fire-related fatalities2Non-fatal casualties

Last updated: 17 August 2016

Next update: Winter 2016/17

Last updated: 17 August 2016

Next update: Winter 2016/17