False alarms by reason and financial year

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Year

Reason

Reason 1

2007-08

2008-09

Data on incidents prior to April 2009 are based on partially based on sampled data, weighted to true brigade totals. Some totals may not be equal to the sum of their parts as a result.

2009-10

Since April 2009, data have been collected via the Incident Recording System (IRS).

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

All fire false alarms Excludes Special Service false alarms.

19,598

18,855

16,901

17,006

15,874

15,088

15,312

15,485

14,491

14,790

14,161

14,485

14,281

14,879

15,319

16,008

All fire false alarms Excludes Special Service false alarms.

Malicious $Malicious - the call was made with the intention of getting the Fire and Rescue Service to attend a non-existent fire-related event. This includes \'deliberate\' and \'suspected malicious\' intentions.$

1,532

1,397

898

769

775

689

646

605

558

441

419

372

375

321

426

497

Good intent Good intent - the call was made in good faith in the belief that the Fire and Rescue Service really would attend a fire.

5,946

5,273

4,856

5,955

5,075

4,218

4,854

4,735

4,523

4,283

4,997

5,855

5,422

5,810

6,063

5,659

Due to apparatus Due to apparatus - the call was initiated by fire alarm and firefighting equipment operating (including accidental initiation of alarm apparatus by person).

Due to apparatus - the call was initiated by fire alarm and firefighting equipment operating (including accidental initiation of alarm apparatus by person).

12,120

12,185

11,147

10,282

10,024

10,181

9,812

10,145

9,410

10,066

8,745

8,258

8,484

8,748

8,830

9,852

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Title

False alarms by reason and financial year

Last update

October 2023

Next update

September 2024

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Fire incident recording system, Home Office

Contact email

stats.inclusion@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Fire and rescue authorities

Geographical coverage

Fire and rescue authorities

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

The table shows the number of false alarms attended by the Fire and Rescue Authorities in Wales.
Note:Figures for 2008-09 and earlier years are partially based on sampled data, weighted to true brigade totals.
Data from 2009-10 onwards were extracted from the Incident Recording System (IRS).
2009-10 data were extracted from IRS in May 2011.
2010-11 data were extracted from IRS in May 2012.
2011-12 data were extracted from IRS in May 2013.
2012-13 data were extracted from IRS in May 2014.
2013-14 data were extracted from IRS in June 2015.
2014-15 data were extracted from IRS in July 2016.
2015-16 data were extracted from IRS in July 2017.
2016-17 data were extracted from IRS in July 2018.
2017-18 data were extracted from IRS in July 2019.
2018-19 data were extracted from IRS in September 2020
2019-20 data were extracted from IRS in August 2021.
2020-21 data were extracted from IRS in August 2022.
2021-22 and 2022-23 data were extracted from IRS in August 2023.
2022-23 data are currently provisional and will be updated September 2024.

Source: The Home Office
Added to StatsWales: July 2013
Contact: stats.inclusion@gov.wales

Data collection and calculation

Data prior to 2009-10 were collected via the Fire Data Report (FDR) paper forms.
Data from 2009-10 onwards were collected via the Incident Recording System (IRS).

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Financial years 2001-02 to 2022-23

Users, uses and context

The data are used to inform policy decisions and to provide contextual information. The data is used by the Welsh Government to help monitor trends in incidents attended by FRAs over time and provides information on FRAs’ performance and activities to citizens and communities in Wales.
See web link for further information.

Rounding applied

Fire data prior to 2009-10 are based on a sampled dataset and so are rounded to the nearest whole number. For this reason the sum of component parts may not equal the totals shown.

Revisions information

Revisions are marked with an (r). The most recent year shown is currently provisional and may be revised when the table is next updated.

Weblinks

Data quality report.
http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/fire-statistics/?lang=en#/statistics-and-research/fire-statistics/fire-statistics-quality-report/?lang=en

Statistical quality

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Keywords

Fire, Fire and Rescue Authority, False alarm, Malicious

Name

CSAF0051