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 Freeing animals (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Activities Freeing animals (number)
Total Netherlands 2013 393 1,976
North of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 84 303
East of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 82 434
West of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 151 963
South of the Netherlands) (LD) 2013 76 276
Groningen (PV) 2013 16 136
Friesland (PV) 2013 20 105
Drenthe (PV) 2013 48 62
Overijssel (PV) 2013 26 146
Flevoland (PV) 2013 20 57
Gelderland (PV) 2013 36 231
Utrecht (PV) 2013 37 251
Noord-Holland (PV) 2013 69 347
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2013 40 331
Zeeland (PV) 2013 5 34
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2013 64 246
Limburg (PV) 2013 12 30
250.000 and more inhabitants 2013 33 147
150.000 to 250.000 inhabitants 2013 34 152
100.000 to 150.000 inhabitants 2013 34 176
50.000 to 100.000 inhabitants 2013 77 335
20.000 to 50.000 inhabitants 2013 162 797
More than 20.000 inhabitants 2013 53 369
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


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 animals
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 animals