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Number of deliberate chimney fires - quarterly (5375) Metric type
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- This is the number of deliberate chimney fires, chimney fire are fires in buildings (usually residential - this does NOT cover industrial chimneys which are reported as a Primary fires) where the fire was contained within the chimney structure and did not involve injuries, fatalities, rescues or attendance by five or more appliances. Until 2008/09 it was assumed the all chimney fires were accidental but from 2009/10 this was no longer the case and deliberate chimney fires were recorded.
The motive for the fire can be recorded as one of: Accidental, Deliberate or Not Known. For the purpose of this metric deliberate is defined as when the motive was recorded as deliberate (only).
- Modified
- 13 Nov 2020
- Data last updated
- 25 Jan 2024
- Short label
- Deliberate chimney fires - quarterly
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Count
- Dataset
- Deliberate fires by location and fire and rescue authority
- Collection
- Fire statistics monitors
- Source
- Home Office
- is found in the following lists
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