18 Dec 2006 : Column 1626W—continued
| | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
|
Avon
|
399
|
779
|
559
|
542
|
374
|
|
Bedfordshire and Luton
|
130
|
143
|
165
|
102
|
96
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
164
|
190
|
170
|
183
|
152
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
318
|
347
|
282
|
174
|
163
|
|
Cheshire
|
186
|
215
|
179
|
155
|
132
|
|
Cleveland
|
332
|
346
|
314
|
250
|
231
|
|
Cornwall
|
129
|
126
|
126
|
140
|
132
|
|
County Durham and Darlington
|
115
|
107
|
99
|
114
|
116
|
|
Cumbria
|
63
|
49
|
74
|
50
|
34
|
|
Derbyshire
|
263
|
251
|
252
|
194
|
177
|
|
Devon
|
392
|
442
|
383
|
389
|
297
|
|
Dorset
|
204
|
216
|
238
|
203
|
179
|
|
East Sussex
|
501
|
458
|
404
|
347
|
256
|
|
Essex
|
666
|
531
|
668
|
591
|
536
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
213
|
234
|
194
|
219
|
149
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
554
|
963
|
555
|
568
|
475
|
|
Hampshire
|
491
|
432
|
386
|
324
|
240
|
|
Hereford and Worcester
|
279
|
276
|
258
|
235
|
193
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
47
|
60
|
41
|
36
|
55
|
|
Humberside
|
465
|
515
|
374
|
309
|
227
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
42
|
58
|
32
|
40
|
28
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
|
Kent
|
420
|
461
|
466
|
416
|
335
|
|
Lancashire
|
468
|
370
|
332
|
299
|
284
|
|
Leicestershire
|
366
|
305
|
342
|
263
|
217
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
68
|
71
|
126
|
155
|
144
|
|
London
|
435
|
464
|
463
|
346
|
336
|
|
Merseyside
|
248
|
201
|
128
|
197
|
126
|
|
Norfolk
|
196
|
205
|
198
|
164
|
158
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
266
|
251
|
256
|
233
|
240
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
272
|
262
|
266
|
215
|
162
|
|
Northumberland
|
75
|
74
|
57
|
58
|
39
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
406
|
445
|
406
|
302
|
269
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
181
|
160
|
155
|
150
|
139
|
|
Royal Berkshire
|
234
|
191
|
148
|
171
|
109
|
18 Dec 2006 : Column 1627W
18 Dec 2006 : Column 1628W
|
Shropshire
|
94
|
86
|
62
|
66
|
59
|
|
Somerset
|
175
|
210
|
194
|
190
|
140
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
367
|
444
|
349
|
319
|
237
|
|
Staffordshire
|
198
|
228
|
244
|
157
|
175
|
|
Suffolk
|
128
|
172
|
153
|
142
|
120
|
|
Surrey
|
265
|
293
|
253
|
240
|
225
|
|
Tyne and Wear
|
181
|
167
|
162
|
162
|
150
|
|
Warwickshire
|
171
|
161
|
134
|
151
|
139
|
|
West Midlands
|
1,471
|
1,295
|
1,114
|
887
|
835
|
|
West Sussex
|
367
|
348
|
295
|
271
|
216
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
318
|
337
|
308
|
245
|
229
|
|
Wiltshire
|
206
|
199
|
210
|
223
|
162
|
|
Total
|
13,529
|
14,140
|
12,574
|
11,189
|
9,488
|
Source:
Fire and rescue service returns to Department for Communities and Local Government
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