§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what percentage of cases where fire alarms were present in dwellings on fire in 1999, they(a) raised the alarm, (b) operated but failed to raise the alarm and (c) failed to operate altogether, in each fire authority area. [159770]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe information requested (shown in the table) relates to the percentage of fires in dwellings where a smoke alarm was present and where the fire was attended by the local authority fire service.
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Fires in dwellings by brigade and by presence and operation of smoke detectors, UK, 1999 Percentage of alarms present that Total number of fires in dwellings Smoke alarm present Smoke alarm absent Operated and raised alarm Operated, but did not raised alarm Did not operate Suffolk 555 286 269 56 13 32 Surrey 627 224 402 58 13 29 Warwickshire 401 98 303 67 14 18 West Sussex 658 239 420 55 12 33 Wiltshire 483 166 317 54 11 36 Isles of Scilly 1 0 1 — — — England—Met Counties 27,510 8,425 19,085 68 9 23 Greater Manchester 5,121 1,465 3,655 61 12 27 Merseyside 3,019 913 2,106 69 9 23 South Yorkshire 1,433 313 1,121 69 11 20 Tyne and Wear 2,241 913 1,328 87 2 12 West Midlands 4,429 2,015 2,414 70 7 23 West Yorkshire 2,504 986 1,518 54 12 34 Greater London 8,763 1,820 6,944 68 12 20 Wales 3,322 1,496 1,826 62 11 27 North Wales 827 395 432 69 9 22 Mid and West Wales 1,030 472 557 66 11 23 South Wales 1,465 628 837 54 12 34 Northern Ireland 1,990 833 1,157 54 18 28 Scotland 9,411 4,762 4,650 56 9 35 Strathclyde 4,724 2,225 2,500 64 7 29 Highland and Islands 288 200 88 35 19 46 Grampian 883 590 294 63 8 28 Tayside 794 390 403 49 13 38 Lothian and Borders 1,804 896 908 42 12 46 Fife 437 188 248 53 15 32 Central 327 197 130 52 10 39 Dumfries 154 76 78 33 14 53 Notes:
1999 data are provisional and based on a sample of all incidents.
Including late call and heat and smoke damage incidents (not recorded prior to 1994).
Source:
Home Office Fire statistics