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Please see below the answers to your request in tables 1 to 4.
Final Response:
Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful if you would supply me with the following information:
1) In your jurisdiction, how many fires occurred per annum from January 1st, 2014 to January 1st, 2019 that were caused by smoking related sources such as cigarettes, cigars, tobacco etc?
Table 1 - Smoking related fires 2014 - 2018
|
Year |
Cigarette lighters |
Smoking materials |
Total |
|
2014 |
23 |
57 |
80 |
|
2015 |
21 |
65 |
86 |
|
2016 |
27 |
69 |
96 |
|
2017 |
31 |
66 |
97 |
|
2018 |
27 |
65 |
92 |
2) In your jurisdiction, how many fires occurred per annum from January 1st, 2006 to January 1st, 2011 that were caused by smoking related sources such as cigarettes, cigars, tobacco etc?
Table 2 – Smoking related fires 2009 - 2011
|
Year |
Cigarette lighters |
Smoking materials |
Total |
|
2009 |
21 |
96 |
117 |
|
2010 |
17 |
89 |
106 |
|
2011 |
13 |
87 |
100 |
Please note that our Incident Recording System (IRS) only records data from March 2009 onwards.
3. For each of the above answers, how many fatalities were caused by those fires?
01 Jan 2014 - 01 Jan 2019 = 5
01 Apr 2009 - 01 Jan 2011 = 4
4) For the answers to questions 1 and 2 how many of those fires occurred within a building?
Table 3 - Smoking related fires 2014 – 2018 within buildings
|
Year |
Cigarette lighters |
Smoking materials |
Total |
|
2014 |
20 |
51 |
71 |
|
2015 |
14 |
55 |
69 |
|
2016 |
23 |
52 |
75 |
|
2017 |
25 |
56 |
81 |
|
2018 |
14 |
53 |
67 |
|
Year |
Cigarette lighters |
Smoking materials |
Total |
|
2009 |
18 |
73 |
91 |
|
2010 |
13 |
78 |
91 |
|
2011 |
12 |
81 |
93 |
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