Smoke alarm failures at fires in buildings by reason and financial year
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Title
Smoke alarm failures at fires in buildingsLast update
October 2023Next update
September 2024Publishing organisation
Welsh GovernmentContact email
stats.inclusion@gov.walesDesignation
National StatisticsLowest level of geographical disaggregation
Fire and rescue authoritiesGeographical coverage
Fire and rescue authoritiesLanguages covered
English and WelshData 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-licenceStatistical quality
See weblinksKeywords
Fire, Fire and Rescue Authority, Smoke alarm, Smoke alarm failureWeblinks
Data quality report.http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/fire-statistics/?lang=en#/statistics-and-research/fire-statistics/fire-statistics-quality-report/?lang=en
General description
Number of smoke alarms in building fires which failed to operate, by reason.Note: data refers to number of smoke alarms rather than fires. There are a small number of incidents where more than one smoke alarm was located in the building and the details for each smoke alarm have been included in these tables.
Note: 2008-09 Figures are partially based on sampled data, weighted to true brigade totals.
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 2011
Contact: stats.inclusion@gov
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
AnnualData reference periods
Financial years 2008-09 to 2022-23Users, 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.