Fire services; assistance, object and activities 1985-2013

Fire services; assistance, object and activities 1985-2013

Region and municipal size Years Assistances Assistances in buildings Activities Averting storm damage (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Objects Storage yards (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Activities Averting/remedying storm damage (number)
Total Netherlands 2013 1,024 57 4,261
North of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 98 13 297
East of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 129 10 1,184
West of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 665 27 1,814
South of the Netherlands) (LD) 2013 132 7 966
Groningen (PV) 2013 16 4 83
Friesland (PV) 2013 26 6 133
Drenthe (PV) 2013 56 3 81
Overijssel (PV) 2013 28 - 224
Flevoland (PV) 2013 33 1 58
Gelderland (PV) 2013 68 9 902
Utrecht (PV) 2013 110 6 547
Noord-Holland (PV) 2013 313 4 707
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2013 219 16 526
Zeeland (PV) 2013 23 1 34
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2013 93 5 783
Limburg (PV) 2013 39 2 183
250.000 and more inhabitants 2013 151 4 221
150.000 to 250.000 inhabitants 2013 72 2 356
100.000 to 150.000 inhabitants 2013 129 4 513
50.000 to 100.000 inhabitants 2013 219 12 692
20.000 to 50.000 inhabitants 2013 371 23 1,825
More than 20.000 inhabitants 2013 82 12 654
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains information on (technical) assistances, other than fire fighting, by the municipal fire brigades. The information concerns:
- assistances in buildings (specified by kind)
- assistances at other locations (specified by location)
- assistances by kind
- victims (dead and wounded)
- rescues (freeing people)
- first aid to victims.
Information about false alarms is not included. Victims, rescues and first aid concerning active fire men is not
included. Also, information about assistances by other organisations (e.g. internal fire brigades in companies) is not included in this table.

The data are available by region, province and groups of cities.

For the year 2008 no information is available for the provinces Noord-Holland, Friesland, the regions North of the Netherlands, West of the Netherlands and municipal size.

For the year 2009, no information is available about both fire and assistance reports in the provinces Noord-Holland, Flevoland, the regions East of the Netherlands, West of the Netherlands and division of cities.

Data available from 1985 to 2013.

Status of the figures:
The data are final.

Changes as of: 20 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

Assistances
Assistances in buildings
Activities
Each time the fire brigade turns out for assistance, in general they
perform more than one activity. Thus the sum of the separate activities
will be higher than the total number of assistances.
Averting storm damage
Including remedying.
Assistances not in buildings
Objects
Storage yards
Activities
Each time the fire brigade turns out for assistance, in general they
perform more than one activitiy. Thus the sum of the separate activities
will be higher than the total number of assistances.
Averting/remedying storm damage