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Mr. Clapham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many incidents attended by the fire and rescue service in each fire authority area in each year since 1994 required stand-by or precautionary measures to be implemented because of a potentially hazardous situation. [108999]
Angela E. Smith:
The information available is for the period 1995-96 to 2004-05 and is in the following table.
| Number of standby or precautionary actions in potentially hazardous situations taken by rescue services 1995-96 to 2004-05 |
| | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
|
Avon
|
8
|
11
|
13
|
9
|
11
|
9
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
|
Bedfordshire and Luton
|
29
|
32
|
47
|
32
|
38
|
30
|
31
|
13
|
14
|
7
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
26
|
13
|
14
|
10
|
17
|
19
|
16
|
15
|
13
|
7
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
55
|
47
|
56
|
51
|
48
|
61
|
58
|
21
|
18
|
19
|
|
Cheshire
|
17
|
31
|
22
|
12
|
24
|
15
|
12
|
9
|
5
|
4
|
|
Cleveland
|
91
|
33
|
35
|
57
|
22
|
17
|
28
|
22
|
26
|
81
|
|
Cornwall
|
115
|
123
|
134
|
83
|
145
|
67
|
68
|
51
|
45
|
56
|
|
County Durham and Darlington
|
14
|
9
|
6
|
9
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
|
Cumbria
|
31
|
23
|
27
|
21
|
11
|
25
|
20
|
22
|
25
|
10
|
|
Derbyshire
|
12
|
4
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
9
|
4
|
7
|
|
Devon
|
75
|
91
|
81
|
85
|
107
|
103
|
106
|
64
|
62
|
76
|
|
Dorset
|
28
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
20
|
29
|
20
|
|
East Sussex
|
5
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
13
|
6
|
11
|
4
|
0
|
|
Essex
|
52
|
2
|
5
|
97
|
45
|
15
|
6
|
42
|
43
|
3
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
16
|
25
|
21
|
20
|
34
|
28
|
26
|
27
|
48
|
23
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
43
|
218
|
256
|
42
|
53
|
33
|
30
|
78
|
77
|
61
|
|
Hampshire
|
46
|
60
|
49
|
47
|
58
|
43
|
39
|
29
|
14
|
22
|
|
Hereford and Worcester
|
24
|
43
|
7
|
11
|
19
|
29
|
23
|
31
|
14
|
22
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
7
|
7
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
4
|
74
|
55
|
42
|
42
|
|
Humberside
|
128
|
71
|
75
|
75
|
101
|
91
|
100
|
100
|
112
|
128
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
39
|
36
|
39
|
43
|
32
|
36
|
39
|
26
|
0
|
27
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
0
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kent
|
32
|
76
|
65
|
44
|
58
|
46
|
29
|
22
|
36
|
25
|
|
Lancashire
|
23
|
41
|
23
|
17
|
17
|
31
|
31
|
31
|
24
|
19
|
|
Leicestershire
|
115
|
55
|
130
|
16
|
27
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
14
|
12
|
3
|
2
|
10
|
14
|
9
|
3
|
7
|
21
|
|
London
|
15
|
17
|
28
|
27
|
361
|
465
|
435
|
356
|
361
|
333
|
|
Merseyside
|
39
|
49
|
56
|
137
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
Norfolk
|
38
|
69
|
41
|
39
|
66
|
69
|
54
|
19
|
4
|
4
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
57
|
57
|
42
|
36
|
31
|
42
|
60
|
39
|
46
|
34
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
18
|
16
|
78
|
107
|
43
|
24
|
13
|
10
|
10
|
4
|
|
Northumberland
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
8
|
3
|
10
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
8
|
18
|
21
|
11
|
19
|
18
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
8
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
35
|
18
|
21
|
10
|
4
|
15
|
14
|
13
|
8
|
4
|
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|
Royal Berkshire
|
22
|
35
|
4
|
25
|
19
|
34
|
18
|
16
|
14
|
19
|
|
Shropshire
|
15
|
16
|
10
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
2
|
|
Somerset
|
7
|
10
|
11
|
4
|
1
|
10
|
14
|
3
|
10
|
13
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
15
|
15
|
16
|
12
|
22
|
19
|
13
|
21
|
26
|
15
|
|
Staffordshire
|
20
|
58
|
8
|
7
|
10
|
36
|
38
|
94
|
80
|
66
|
|
Suffolk
|
31
|
39
|
31
|
34
|
12
|
46
|
70
|
46
|
31
|
23
|
|
Surrey
|
78
|
83
|
18
|
16
|
9
|
11
|
14
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
|
Tyne and Wear
|
172
|
59
|
46
|
39
|
53
|
41
|
39
|
36
|
37
|
38
|
|
Warwickshire
|
4
|
3
|
14
|
11
|
5
|
13
|
14
|
12
|
13
|
25
|
|
West Midlands
|
64
|
163
|
205
|
202
|
181
|
72
|
158
|
120
|
148
|
127
|
|
West Sussex
|
229
|
234
|
125
|
144
|
126
|
92
|
83
|
94
|
62
|
39
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
61
|
40
|
53
|
45
|
54
|
53
|
38
|
52
|
68
|
74
|
|
Wiltshire
|
44
|
39
|
38
|
37
|
41
|
46
|
37
|
23
|
25
|
24
|
|
Total
|
2,022
|
2,129
|
2,003
|
1,753
|
1,965
|
1,867
|
1,904
|
1,681
|
1,634
|
1,552
|
Source: Fire and rescue service returns to Department for Communities and Local Government.
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