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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Smoke alarm failures at building fires, 1994-2008, by reason for failure and year

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Click here to sort1994Click here to sort1995A small number of late call and heat and smoke damage only incidents were not recorded in 1995Click here to sort1996Click here to sort1997Click here to sort1998Click here to sort1999Click here to sort2000Click here to sort2001Click here to sort2002Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2002Click here to sort2003Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2003Click here to sort2004Click here to sort2005Click here to sort2006Click here to sort2007Click here to sort2008
[Collapse]TotalItems and totals have been rounded separately to the nearest final digit so the total shown may differ slightly from the sum of the items.351397491513596516622680620496539470433520357
TotalItems and totals have been rounded separately to the nearest final digit so the total shown may differ slightly from the sum of the items.Battery Failure/Flat553591256297648476827188319
Faulty System inc. incorrectly installed14155371924513757282925232121
Fire products did not reach detectors107107190180155178195287266196253236223200194
Missing Battery133114138187234147165215171121130869610529
Other act preventing alarm from operating3057394864857360386478725911478
Other inc. not known40334518502245212781929164426
Poor siting of detector227153217311612131124850
UnspecifiedUnspecified indicates it is not known if an alarm was present or if the alarm operated.0110000000000000

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