Civil Defence Employees

HC Deb 05 December 1968 vol 774 c539W

80. Sir J. Eden

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the former Civil Defence employees have been found alternative employment in local government or other comparable work; and how many have been declared redundant.

NUMBER OF FIRES ATTENDED BY FIRE BRIGADES IN GREAT BRITAIN IN THE YEARS 1958–1967 (INCLUDING FIRES NOT IN BUILDINGS BUT EXCLUDING CHIMNEY FIRES WHICH DID NOT SPREAD BEYOND THE HEARTH) TOGETHER WITH THE NUMBERS OF FATAL AND NON-FATAL CASUALTIES IN EACH YEAR*
		(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)
Year		Fires in buildings (including derelict buildings and buildings under construction)	Fires not in buildings	Total (a)+(b)	Fatal casualties	Other casualties
				(estimated)	(estimated)	(estimated)
1967	…	—	—	200,000	760	4,165
1966	…	84,823	75,561	160,384	764	4,379
1965	…	81,702	94,947	176,649	693	4,325
1964	…	80,316	116,416	196,732	665	4,288
1963	…	77,478	76,844	154,322	806	4,172
1962	…	72,100	92,696	164,796	656	3,671
1961	…	68,382	89,058	157,440	562	3,405
1960	…	61,336	70,428	131,764	511	3,365
1959	…	60,320	175,534	235,854	475	3,266
1958	…	51,184	49,540	100,724	446	3,162
* These figures are derived from the United Kingdom Fire Statistics prepared annually by the Joint Fire Research Organisation and published by H.M. Stationery Office.