18 Dec 2006 : Column 1657W—continued
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | ( 1 ) 2005 |
|
England
|
351
|
358
|
327
|
349
|
268
|
262
|
|
Avon
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
7
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
18 Dec 2006 : Column 1658W
|
Berkshire
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Cheshire
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
7
|
|
Cleveland
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
|
Cornwall
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
Cumbria
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
|
Derbyshire
|
10
|
5
|
10
|
11
|
6
|
3
|
|
Devon
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
|
Dorset
|
2
|
8
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
Durham
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
8
|
3
|
4
|
|
East Sussex
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
|
Essex
|
10
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
6
|
10
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
|
Hampshire
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
6
|
|
Hereford and Worcester
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
|
Humberside
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
4
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Kent
|
9
|
11
|
9
|
9
|
5
|
12
|
|
Lancashire
|
17
|
14
|
26
|
13
|
15
|
8
|
|
Leicestershire
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
9
|
3
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
|
Norfolk
|
9
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
2
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
|
Northumberland
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
|
Shropshire
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Somerset
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
|
Staffordshire
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
|
Suffolk
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
|
Surrey
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
|
Warwickshire
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
West Sussex
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
12
|
1
|
|
Wiltshire
|
0
|
4
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
23
|
27
|
17
|
29
|
17
|
31
|
|
Merseyside
|
22
|
15
|
11
|
10
|
13
|
12
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
12
|
18
|
5
|
13
|
12
|
11
|
|
Tyne and Wear
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
6
|
|
West Midlands
|
30
|
23
|
20
|
18
|
17
|
19
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
22
|
12
|
21
|
24
|
23
|
14
|
|
Greater London
|
48
|
68
|
56
|
67
|
46
|
38
|
(1) Provisional
Notes:
Includes deaths reported from other sources during periods of industrial action in 2002 and 2003.
Source:
Fire and rescue service returns to the Department for Communities and Local Government
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