Fire services; assistance, object and activities 1985-2013

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Region and municipal size Assistances Assistances in buildings Kind of building Other industry establishment (number) Assistances Assistances in buildings Kind of building Other buildings (number) Assistances Assistances in buildings Activities Other activities (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Objects Other motor vehicles (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Objects Other objects (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Activities Other activities (number) Victims Dead Other/unknown (number) Victims Wounded Other/unknown (%) Rescues By others (number) First aid By others (number)
Total Netherlands 356 1,634 3,992 476 6,802 4,549 423 4,062 636 278
North of the Netherlands (LD) 63 190 262 59 654 410 32 302 42 16
East of the Netherlands (LD) 60 396 555 112 2,187 1,353 69 953 156 109
West of the Netherlands (LD) 176 654 2,456 143 2,733 1,688 244 2,049 304 113
South of the Netherlands) (LD) 57 394 719 162 1,228 1,098 78 758 134 40
Drenthe (PV) 29 98 91 13 260 112 8 33 - 1
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
Kind of building
Other industry establishment
Other 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.
Other activities
Including salvaging corpses, resuscitation.
Assistances not in buildings
Objects
Other motor vehicles
Including lorry and tanker.
Other objects
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.
Other activities
Victims
Dead and wounded persons from events, not being fires, in which
the fire brigade is called upon.
Dead
Other/unknown
Wounded
Other/unknown
Rescues
Freeing of people from a situation they cannot free themselves.
It concerns events, not being fires, in which the fire brigade is called
upon.
By others
First aid
Lend of first aid by events, not being fires, in which the fire brigade
is called upon.
Excluding first aid to firemen on duty.
By others