MORE than a quarter of Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) attendances at fires and false alarms in 2013-14 were due to deliberate fires, according to the Welsh government’s biennial bulletin.
The statistics in Deliberate Fires 2013-14 are compiled from reports on fires attended and submitted by FRS’s in Wales.
The key points for the year 2013- 14 are:
A total of 7564 deliberate fires were attended, an increase of 18% compared with the previous year, but a decrease of 71% compared with 2001- 02. Of these, 18% were primary fires.
Two-thirds of deliberate fires were in South Wales, 24% in Mid and West Wales, and 10% in North Wales 664 primary fires were started deliberately in vehicles, a decrease of 8% compared with the previous year.
There were six deliberate fires in schools, equating to 18% of all fires in schools.
Two fatal casualties and 72 non-fatal resulted.
In the combined figures for 2009-10 to 2013-14, furniture and furnishings were the materials first ignited in 19% of deliberate primary fires and, of the dangerous substances, 70% were flammable liquids.
Included are those fires ignited deliberately, or where deliberate ignition is suspected, or those recorded as ‘doubtful’ by the FRS
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