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1 -.. - ~-.,., PRELMNARY ANALYSS OF FRE REPORTS FROM FRE BRGADES N THE UNTED KNGDOM 1969 by S. E. CHANDLER April 1970 FRE RESEARCH STATON BRE Trust (UK) Permission is granted for personal noncommercial research use. Citation of the work is allowed and encouraged.

2 F.R.. Note No.815. April PRELMNARY ANALYSS OF FRE REPORTS FROM FRE BRGADES N THE UNTED KNGDOM by s. E. Chandler KEY WORDS: Fire statistics -" Crown copyright This repor-t has not been published and should be considered as contidcrrtic! odvonce information. No retercnce should be mode to it in any publication without the written consent of the Dirczctor of Fire Rczsaarch. MNSTRY OF TECHNOLOGY AND FRE OFFCES' COMMTTEE JONT FRE RESEARCH ORGANZATON

3 F.R. Note No.815. Aprii PRELMNARY ANALYSS OF FRE REPORTS. FROM FRE BRGADES N THE UNTED KNGDOM, 1969 'by S. E. Chaiidler.. NTRODUCTON A preliminary analysis of reports shows that, during 1969,. local. authority fire brigades attended fires in England and Wales, in Scotland and 5' 162 in Northern reland. The United Kingdom provis~onal total of fires. is the highest ever. The Northern reland total was' undoubtedly increased substantially as a result of civil disturbances. The number of incidents attended by. each brigade is given in Table 1. Nine firemen were killed at the scenes of fires, five in.one.incident. n England and Wales 410 members of the fire services were injured at fires; the corresponding figures for Scotland and Northern reland were 31 and 11 respectively. Fire brigades assisted in the rescue of 836 persons from hazardous situations at fires in England and 'Wales, 226 in Scotland and 58 in Northern reland" A further 1 '386 persons' were rescued by other persons in England and Wales; the corresponding figures for Scotland and Northern reland were 154 and 86, respectively.six hundred and eighty-two people in England and Wales escaped by emergency means from fire; there were 55 such escapes in Scotland and 24 in Northern reland. Further details of casualties, rescues and, escapes are 'given in Tables 2;. 3 and 4. '..' '0', There were ten il).cidents, in which mass evacuation of premises was thought to be advisable. Seven of these fires were in England andt,wales (two hotels{ three hospitals, a bus and a school), two in Scotland (an hotel and, a schoo~) andione in Northern reland (a children's hostel). These incidents'have not been classified as,escue or escape incidents and are not included in Table 4. As well as these evacuations ther& were three incidents inlhotels (two in England and Wales" one in Northern'reland) where large nuinbers had to be rescued; these are included 'in Table 4. The analysis is based on reports received up to 6th March, 1970 and the figures are subject to revision, when outstanding reports are received.

4 Table ~ rires attc~ded by Fi,e Brigades in the United Kingdu~, 1969 Tobl fj res Fire Brigades f::'res other thwl those conf'li.ed to grasoldnd ard heathland FiT-ss cmf'lned to grassland and heathland England ~nd Wales - County Fire, Bri~ade A.1g" ebey Bedf,rdshire ;:>6 211 BOks. an~ Reading '1 Brecun Co. and Radno-r Bucfinghamshire 2 251, Cad1-narvonsnt.re CanDriug~shire and Ecy sle of ':ardi,;s shire and Cann'rthenshi.'e Cheshire L G COr.'all c/4~ 458 Clmcerland D>nllg~ and Montgomery 930 6fl8 '?42 Dcrb.'shirE Devonshire ? 352 Dorsetshire & \)url}a~ Co ESbe..c 4 T; Flint"hL'e ,225 'n'lllorga'lshire Glo"l<..estershire Faupsha.r-e 38' , 6 {3 H":'er'ordshire 4;:> H"r+fordshire L Hunui.ngdonshf~e ani Petcrborough ~e! t 'and Canrerbury Lar.caahere , 141 ~eicestershirp and Rutl,n~ Liner. (Holland' L: nc s, ~Keqtcven) (1 ~ (1 Lines. (Lindsey) Londm Jl:erionethshire ' (2~ 31 t.ormouth.:jhire 1 "85 6~ 1 ~; 565 Nlrfolk Northamptonshi:e 1 '02 t! Northu'Dberland 1 " t'o ttinghamsl,ire 1 <;35 ' Ox~orishi",e ;28 Dembrokeshire ,...

5 .~. Table 1 (cont d) Fires attended by Fire Brigades in the United Kingdom, Fire Brigades.- '" fires other than Fires those confined confined fires to grassland and to grassland heathland and heathland County Fire Brigades (cont'd) ,. - - " Shrop",hire 1 : (1) Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk(East) Suffolk(West) and pswich Surrey Sussex East Sussex West Warwickshire Westmorland ( 1) 37 (1) Wight. sle of Wiltshire Worcester Co. and Worcs. C'.B Yorks (East Riding) Yorks (North Ridi~), Yorks (West Riding , England and Wales - County Borough Fire Brigades Barnsley Barrow in Furness Bath Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn ' Blackpool Bolton ' Bootle Bournemouth Bradford (1.) Brighton Bristol Burnley ( 1) Burton on Trent Bury /184 ( 1) Cardiff (4). 310 Carlisle C.hester Coventiry Darlington Derby' ( 1) Dewsbury Doncaster Dudley -... '

6 Table 1 (cont'd) Fires attended by Fire Brigades in the United Kingdom, 1969 Fire Brigades fires fires other than those confined to grassland and heathland Fires confined to grassland andheathland County Borough Fire Brigades (cont'd) Eastbourne Exeter : Gloucester Great Yarmouth Grimsby Halifax Hartlepool Hastings Huddersfield Kingston upon Hull Leeds Leicester Lincoln Liverpool Luton Manchester Merthyr Tydfil Newcastle on Tyne and Gateshead Newport (Mon.) Northampton Norwich Nottingham Oldham Oxford Plymouth (3) <021 Portsmouth Preston Rochdale (4) 112 (1 ) Rotherham st. Helens (4) 200 ( 1) Salford Sheffield Solihull Southampton Southend Southport (1 ) South Shields ~ 137 Stockport Stoke on Trent Sunderland Swansea

7 " ' Table 1 (cont'd) Fires attended by Fire Brigades in the United Kingdom, 1969 Fire Brigades fires fires other than those confined to grassland and heathland.fires confined to grassland and heathland County Borough Fire Brigades (cont'd) 'l'ees-,side Tynemouth Wakefield Wallasey Walsall Warley ( 1) Warrington West Bromwich Wigan Wolverhampton York number of fires attended in England and 'vales , Fire Brigades fires fires other than those confined to grassland and heathland Fires confined to grassland and heathland..' Scotland Glasgow Lanark Central Western South Western South Eastern Fife Perth and Kinross Angus North Eastern Northern number of fires attended in Scotland

8 Table! (cont'd) Fires attended by Fire Brigades in the United Kingdom, 1969 Fire Brigades fires" fires" other than those confined to grassland and heathland Fires confined to grassland and heathland Northern reland North South West' m 229 Belfast number of fires attended in Northern reland v (1) Date of last report received (2) The record for this brigade includes fire calls of which there will be "no further particulars owing to an industrial dispute. (3) Date of last report received (4) Date of last report received (5) The records for these brigades include fire calls during the civil disturbances for which there is very little information

9 Table 2 Nature of injuries of casualties in fires FATAL CASUALTES 1 England and Wales Scotland Northern reland Casualties Fire Other Fire Other Fire Other brigade casualties brigade casualties brigade casualties i Burns and scalds Overcome by gas or smoke ' Other and undefined injuries J NON FATAL CASUALTES Burns and scalds Bruises, cuts, abrasions Dislocations, sprains, fractures ' '2 4 Overcome by gas or smoke ' More than one of the above injuries '6 6 Shock : Other and undefined injuries l TOT A L Casualties who are certified as having died from "Burns and asphyxiation" are included under "Overcome by gas or smoke" 2. Casualties who suffer shock in addition to another injury are classified according to the other injury.

10 Table 3 Sex and age of fatal casualties in the United Kingdom* Age (years) Male Female Under * and over Not stated, unknown * *One death of a three year old child whose sex was not recorded is not included in this table - 8 -

11 Table 4 Persons rescued or escaped by emergency means from fires attended by fire brigades in the United Kingdom, Number of persons Appliances or methods used United England Scotland, Northern Kingdom and Wales reland Rescue with fire brigade assistance from Buildings Escape (hand operated) Ladder: extension _. first floor hook turntable (mechanical) (1) (~, <:., other or undefined (3) 15 4 Ladder and line Line Other apparatus Without apparatus (4) Road vehicles Ships Other specified hazards , Rescue without fire brigade, assistance from Buildings Automatic escape lines Carried or"assisted out Jumping sheet Ladder.. ' -, ' '. Lowered from windows, roof etc Other or undefined methods Road vehicles Caravans Ships Other specified hazards '.J

12 Table 4 (cont'd) Persons rescued or escaped by emergency means from fires attended by fire brigades in the United Kingdom Number of persons,appliances or metho9-s used " United England ' Northern Scotland Kingdom and Wales reland.,, Escape'byemergency means from Aircraft Baled out Through exits or from debris Thrown clear Method,not stated Buildings Climbing over roof. window ledges etc Fixed fire escape Jumping from upstairs window, roof etc Ladder Sliding down drainpipe, sheets etc Through ground floor windows Other or,undefined methods Road vehicles (5) G 4 Caravans Ships Railway locomotive Other specified hazards ' persons rescued or escaped (1) ncludes 50 rescued from hotel by turntable ladders, esc~pes, hook ladders and lines. Numbers by each method unknown. (2) ncludes 50 rescued from hotel by turntable ladders and escapes. (3) Others are known to have been rescued by this method at En hotel but no particulars obtained. (4) There was also an incident at an,hotel in which an unknown number was rescued by this method. (5) ncludes two full coach loads. v

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