Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service Plan 2012 to 2015

Annual report 2010 to 2011

Number of fires in non-domestic properties

A non-domestic property is a property that is not used as a home. It includes business premises, schools, libraries and so on.

Fires in non-domestic properties can cause serious disturbance or loss of business to a company and its workforce. The number of incidents we have attended has reduced by 49% since 2006. However, we had a small increase last year. Our performance is still better than the national average.

Our ‘prevention team’ continues to work with business owners and occupiers to help reduce the likelihood of having a fire. Through education and advice we can greatly reduce the number of fires and their cost to businesses.

The graph shows the number of fires in non-domestic properties for every 1,000 non-domestic properties compared with the national average.

Annual Report - Number of Fires in Non-Domestic Properties

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Red line = Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
Blue line = National average

Number of accidental fires in domestic properties

The graph shows the number of accidental fires for every 10,000 domestic properties, compared with the national average.

Our performance in 2010 to 2011 showed a 5% reduction in the number of incidents we attended compared with the previous year. After a downward trend in the number of fires, we experienced an increase in 2009 to 2010.

This was in line with the national average and may be the result of changes to the new national system for recording incidents, which records information about all incidents electronically. Before this new system was introduced, all fire and rescue services recorded incidents using a paper-based system.

Since the new system was introduced, we have seen the figures reduce again with just over a 5% reduction in the last year.

Annual Report - Number of Accidental Fires in Domestic Properties

Key to graph

Red line = Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service
Blue line = National average