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.