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Summary

The latest National Statistics and analysis in detail on fires, casualties, and false alarms attended by the Fire and Rescue Services in the United Kingdom were released on Friday 25 November 2011 under the auspices of the UK Statistics Authority.

Key points from the publication include:

• Smokers' materials, predominantly cigarettes, were the source of ignition in the fires that accounted for 96 of the 268 fatalities in accidental dwelling fires in 2010-11.
• Smoke alarms were absent from the fire area in 37 per cent of dwelling fires (16,400 fires). Of the total of 306 dwelling fires fatalities in the Great Britain in 2010-11, 112 (37 per cent) of these fatalities were in fires where there was no smoke alarm present, and a further 76 fatalities (25 per cent) where a smoke alarm was present but did not operate.
• The proportion of households with a working smoke alarm increased rapidly from 8 per cent in 1988 to 70 per cent in 1994, and has continued to rise in recent years to 86 per cent in 2008.
• More than half (51 per cent) of accidental fires in homes arose from cooking. Other common sources of ignition were: electrical appliances (12 per cent), electrical distribution (10 per cent), smokers' materials (7 per cent), and space heating appliances (4 per cent).

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• Fire Statistics: Great Britain, 2010 - 2011
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• Fire Statistics: Great Britain, 2010 - 2011 - Tables 1a-16
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• Fire Statistics: Great Britain, 2010 - 2011 - Tables 17a-24
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• Fire Statistics: Great Britain, 2010 - 2011 - Tables 29-31
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• Fire Statistics: Great Britain, 2010 - 2011 - Table 25-28
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• Fire Statistics: Great Britain, 2010 - 2011 - Maps showing rates of incidents and casualties
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• Fire statistics Great Britain 2010-11- Erratum
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• Pre-release Access list: Fire Statistics Great Britain 2010-11
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