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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Primary and secondary grassland, woodland and crop fires by month and financial year
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Click here to sortPrimary firesIncludes all fires in non-derelict buildings and vehicles or in outdoor structures, or any fire involving casualties, rescues, or fires attended by five or more appliances.Click here to sortSecondary firesThese are the majority of outdoor fires including grassland and refuse fires unless they involve casualties or rescues, property loss or five or more appliances attend. They include fires in single derelict buildings. They are reported in less detail than other fires and consequently less information concerning them is available.Click here to sortPrimary firesIncludes all fires in non-derelict buildings and vehicles or in outdoor structures, or any fire involving casualties, rescues, or fires attended by five or more appliances.Click here to sortSecondary firesThese are the majority of outdoor fires including grassland and refuse fires unless they involve casualties or rescues, property loss or five or more appliances attend. They include fires in single derelict buildings. They are reported in less detail than other fires and consequently less information concerning them is available.Click here to sortPrimary firesIncludes all fires in non-derelict buildings and vehicles or in outdoor structures, or any fire involving casualties, rescues, or fires attended by five or more appliances.Click here to sortSecondary firesThese are the majority of outdoor fires including grassland and refuse fires unless they involve casualties or rescues, property loss or five or more appliances attend. They include fires in single derelict buildings. They are reported in less detail than other fires and consequently less information concerning them is available.Click here to sortPrimary firesIncludes all fires in non-derelict buildings and vehicles or in outdoor structures, or any fire involving casualties, rescues, or fires attended by five or more appliances.Click here to sortSecondary firesThese are the majority of outdoor fires including grassland and refuse fires unless they involve casualties or rescues, property loss or five or more appliances attend. They include fires in single derelict buildings. They are reported in less detail than other fires and consequently less information concerning them is available.
[Collapse]Annual totalTotals are not recaculated if any months are deselected.1802,0492,2291402,3182,4581802,4392,619~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available
Annual totalTotals are not recaculated if any months are deselected.April5769174846777823335245579220229
May524935458941021119520633391424
June331872201218820020212232103571674
July37073101922024842547323128151
August169411016911075161166243337
September881898136144917818734548
October124254343834548~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available
November234362333512223~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available
December014141181911718~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available
January0995313601717~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available
February16869252543111114~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available
March72842912667269808282~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available~The data item is not yet available

Metadata

Title

Primary and secondary grassland, woodland and crop fires by month

Last update

March 2024 March 2024

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

Keywords

Fire, Fire and Rescue Authorities, Grassland, Woodland, Crop, month

General description

This table shows numbers of Grassland, Woodland and Crop fires by month.
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.
April to September 2023 data were extracted from IRS in February 2024.
2022-23 and April to September 2023 data are currently provisional and will be updated September 2024.

Source: The Home Office
Added to StatsWales: August 2011
Contact: stats.inclusion@gov.wales

Data collection and calculation

Data were collected via the Incident Recording System (IRS).

Frequency of publication

Twice yearly

Data reference periods

Financial years 2009-10 to September 2023

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

None

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.

Statistical quality

See weblinks