Fire casualties by motive, location, severity, financial year and fire and rescue authority

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Next update expected:October 2027

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6th October 2026
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Accredited official statistics
Data provider
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Data source
Fire and Rescue Data Platform (FaRDaP)
Time period covered
April 2009 to March 2026
Dataset ID
ce8f7afa-45a2-4c1b-993b-791b7a981d55

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

The table shows the number of casualties (including fatalities) from fires by location type, motive, fire and rescue authority and financial year.

Data collection or calculation

Fatal casualties include fatalities recorded as "fire-related" but excludes fatalities marked as "not fire-related". Those where the role of fire in the fatality was "not known" are included in "fire-related". Fire-related fatalities are those that would not have otherwise occurred had there not been a fire.

Non-fatal casualties includes both “fire-related” and all other casualties.

“Other dwelling” includes “houseboat”, “tenement”, “royal palace”, “stately home”, and “castle” in addition to incidents recorded using the “other dwelling” category.

Starting in the financial year 2025-26, data has been extracted from the Fire and Rescue Data Platform (FaRDaP) administered by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

Between 2009-10 and 2024-25, data was extracted from the Incident Recording System (IRS).

Statistical quality

FaRDaP (and the IRS before it) is a live system and so data extracted at a different time may not match the figures in this table. Data are revised each year, and data for the latest financial year is marked as provisional.

Please see the Quality Report for further information.

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Organisation
Welsh Government
Contact email
statsinclusion@gov.wales