Fire services; fires, victims and rescues, employees, costs 1985-2013

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.
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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.