Fire services; fires, victims and rescues, employees, costs 1985-2013
| Regions | Periods | Fires Total fires (number) | Fires Indoor fires Total number of indoor fires (number) | Fires Indoor fires Object of indoor fires Residential buildings Single-family dwelling Number of fires (number) | Fires Indoor fires Object of indoor fires Residential buildings Other dwellings Number of fires (number) | Fires Outdoor fires Total outdoor fires (number) | Victims and rescues Dead (number) | Victims and rescues Wounded (number) | Victims and rescues Rescues (number) | Costs fire brigade Total costs (x mln euro) | Costs fire brigade Costs per inhabitant (euro) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Netherlands | 2013 | 35,447 | 14,326 | 1,697 | 2,429 | 19,401 | 92 | 720 | 476 | 1,104 | 66 |
| North of the Netherlands (LD) | 2013 | 3,479 | 1,293 | 158 | 382 | 1,965 | 14 | 54 | 14 | 92 | 53 |
| East of the Netherlands (LD) | 2013 | 6,265 | 2,051 | 434 | 334 | 3,714 | 22 | 138 | 72 | 216 | 61 |
| West of the Netherlands (LD) | 2013 | 18,186 | 8,348 | 549 | 1,307 | 9,288 | 35 | 405 | 293 | 594 | 75 |
| South of the Netherlands (LD) | 2013 | 7,517 | 2,634 | 556 | 406 | 4,434 | 21 | 123 | 97 | 202 | 56 |
| Groningen (PV) | 2013 | 1,063 | 378 | 62 | 132 | 630 | 5 | 33 | 13 | 37 | 63 |
| Friesland (PV) | 2013 | 1,260 | 486 | 91 | 72 | 690 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 40 |
| Drenthe (PV) | 2013 | 1,156 | 429 | 5 | 178 | 645 | 7 | 6 | - | 30 | 60 |
| Overijssel (PV) | 2013 | 1,694 | 540 | 81 | 123 | 992 | 4 | 58 | 42 | 75 | 66 |
| Flevoland (PV) | 2013 | 864 | 236 | 46 | . | 602 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 55 |
| Gelderland (PV) | 2013 | 3,707 | 1,275 | 307 | 211 | 2,120 | 15 | 59 | 27 | 119 | 59 |
| Utrecht (PV) | 2013 | 1,912 | 624 | 125 | 147 | 1,153 | 6 | 62 | 52 | 86 | 69 |
| Noord-Holland (PV) | 2013 | 5,482 | 2,558 | 207 | 601 | 2,748 | 12 | 195 | 92 | 217 | 80 |
| Zuid-Holland (PV) | 2013 | 9,935 | 4,893 | 154 | 510 | 4,852 | 15 | 111 | 132 | 262 | 73 |
| Zeeland (PV) | 2013 | 857 | 273 | 63 | 49 | 535 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 29 | 77 |
| Noord-Brabant (PV) | 2013 | 5,134 | 1,904 | 438 | 240 | 2,878 | 17 | 64 | 65 | 132 | 53 |
| Limburg (PV) | 2013 | 2,383 | 730 | 118 | 166 | 1,556 | 4 | 59 | 32 | 70 | 66 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||||
Table explanation
This table contains information about activities by the municipal fire brigades. The information concerns:
- the number of fires the fire brigade turned out for
- the number of victims due to these fires
- the number of people rescued from these fires
- the number of fires with damage and the amount of financial damage (1985 up to 1993)
- the number of employees of the fire brigade (up to 2006)
- the amount of fire fighting equipment (up to 2004)
- the expenditures by municipalities for the fire brigade.
For fires, there is a registration of departure, driving and response times and a distinction between chimney fires, indoor and outdoor fires. The fires are separated by object of location (e.g. residential buildings, office buildings, verges).
For the year 2008, no information is available about both fire and assistance reports in the provinces Noord-Holland, Friesland, the regions North of the Netherlands and West of the Netherlands.
For the year 2009, no information is available about both fire and assistance reports in the Provinces Noord-Holland, Flevoland, the regions East Netherlands and West Netherlands.
Furthermore, there is no data available on fires in residential buildings in 2009.
The amount of financial damage is not available from 1994 onwards. The figures about the amount of damage per object type were not reliable. Because of technical reasons not all the regional breakdowns are available at this moment.
Data available from 1985 to 2013.
Status of the figures:
The data are final.
Changes as of: 6 January 2017:
The data on 2013 are final and the table has been discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable.
This table is replaced by the following tables:'Branden en hulpverleningen; meldingen bij de brandweermeldkamer, regio', 'Branden en hulpverleningen; alarmering van de brandweer, regio' en 'Branden; reactietijden van de brandweer, regio' (only in Dutch). See section 3 for links to relevant tables.
Description topics
- Fires
- Total fires
- Indoor fires
- An indoor fire is a fire in a more or less confined space, for example in
buildings.- Total number of indoor fires
- Object of indoor fires
- Residential buildings
- Single-family dwelling
- Number of fires
- Other dwellings
- Flat, house with a porch, block of flats with an entrance hall,
maisonette, a detached house, gallery flat, high-rise flat and villa.- Number of fires
- Outdoor fires
- An outdoor fire is a fire in the open air, by which no buildings are
involved.- Total outdoor fires
- Victims and rescues
- Victims are persons who die by fire or are injured by it. This includes
fire fighters.- Dead
- Persons, including fire fighters, who die by fire.
- Wounded
- Persons that had to be transported to the hospital because of injuries
caused by fire, as well as fire fighters who couldn't continue their
duties, because of their injuries.
- Rescues
- Persons that were rescued from a situation they
couldn't come out of by themselves.
- Costs fire brigade
- Net expenses of the fire brigade, as justified on function 120 of
the municipal account.- Total costs
- Until 2006, the costs for the total Netherlands have been based on the
municipal account of the year concerned.
Since 2004, the costs per province or region have been based on the
estimated account of the year concerned.
From 2007 onwards the costs per province or region are based on the
municipal account.
2010 is not final and based on the estimated account.
- Costs per inhabitant
- Until 2006, the costs for the total Netherlands have been based on the
municipal account of the year concerned.
Since 2004, the costs per province or region have been based on the
estimated account of the year concerned.
From 2007 onwards the costs per province or region are based on the
municipal account.
2010 is not final and based on the estimated account.