Fire services; assistance, object and activities 1985-2013

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Region and municipal size Assistances Assistances in buildings Activities Freeing and rescuing people (number) Assistances Assistances in buildings Activities Averting and remedying flooding (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Activities Freeing and rescuing people (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Activities Salvaging and removal of vehicles (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Activities Cleaning roads and grounds (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Activities Averting and remedying flooding (number)
Total Netherlands 3,218 962 3,737 275 1,520 469
North of the Netherlands (LD) 245 66 406 32 114 27
East of the Netherlands (LD) 467 118 1,130 72 253 131
West of the Netherlands (LD) 2,007 609 1,330 96 406 180
South of the Netherlands) (LD) 499 169 871 75 747 131
Friesland (PV) 48 15 157 15 55 16
Flevoland (PV) 67 5 165 4 2 20
Gelderland (PV) 285 78 662 48 165 96
Noord-Holland (PV) 1,252 343 692 38 91 61
Zuid-Holland (PV) 411 129 326 26 133 69
Zeeland (PV) 69 19 121 14 25 17
250.000 and more inhabitants 1,009 288 440 9 33 15
Source: CBS.
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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.
Freeing and rescuing people
Averting and remedying flooding
Assistances not in buildings
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.
Freeing and rescuing people
Salvaging and removal of vehicles
Cleaning roads and grounds
Averting and remedying flooding