Fire services; assistance, object and activities 1985-2013

Fire services; assistance, object and activities 1985-2013

Region and municipal size Years Rescues Total rescues (number) Rescues By fire brigade (number) Rescues By others (number)
Total Netherlands 2013 9,168 8,532 636
North of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 762 720 42
East of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 1,917 1,761 156
West of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 4,628 4,324 304
South of the Netherlands) (LD) 2013 1,861 1,727 134
Groningen (PV) 2013 300 274 26
Friesland (PV) 2013 242 226 16
Drenthe (PV) 2013 220 220 -
Overijssel (PV) 2013 544 466 78
Flevoland (PV) 2013 238 238 -
Gelderland (PV) 2013 1,135 1,057 78
Utrecht (PV) 2013 689 630 59
Noord-Holland (PV) 2013 2,779 2,622 157
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2013 888 835 53
Zeeland (PV) 2013 272 237 35
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2013 1,472 1,407 65
Limburg (PV) 2013 389 320 69
250.000 and more inhabitants 2013 2,201 2,094 107
150.000 to 250.000 inhabitants 2013 1,055 1,009 46
100.000 to 150.000 inhabitants 2013 753 700 53
50.000 to 100.000 inhabitants 2013 1,559 1,425 134
20.000 to 50.000 inhabitants 2013 2,716 2,507 209
More than 20.000 inhabitants 2013 884 797 87
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

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.
Total rescues
By fire brigade
By others