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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-best-value-performance-indicators-and-performance-standards-order-2002/schedule-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/523",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-best-value-performance-indicators-and-performance-standards-order-2002",
  "path": "schedule/14",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "FIRE SERVICES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS",
  "text": "Indicator Number\nDescription of indicator\n1\nThe number of calls to fire attended:\n(i) total calls (excluding false alarms) per 10,000 population;\n(ii) primary fires per 10,000 population; and\n(iii) accidental fires in dwellings per 10,000 dwellings.\n2\nThe number of—\n(i) deaths; and\n(ii) injuries (excluding precautionary checks),\narising from accidental fires in dwellings per 100,000 population.\n3\nAccidental fire in dwellings confined to room of origin in major cities and classified as “A risk” according to the categories set out in Fire Service Circular 4/1985.\n4\nAccidental fire in dwellings confined to room of origin in smaller cities/larger towns and classified as “B risk” according to the categories set out in Fire Service Circular 4/1985.\n5\nAccidental fire in dwellings confined to room of origin in smaller towns and urban residential areas and classified as “C risk” according to the categories set out in Fire Service Circular 4/1985.\n6\nAccidental fire in dwellings confined to room of origin in rural village areas and classified as “D risk”.\n7\nThe percentage of calls to fires at which national standards for attendance were met.\n8\nThe number of calls to malicious false alarms per 1,000 population.\n9\nThe average time taken by fire authorities to issue fire safety certificates.\n10\nFalse alarms caused by automatic fire detection apparatus per 1,000 non-domestic properties.\n11\nExpenditure per head of population on the provision of fire and rescue services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The categories of fire risk “A”, “B”, “C” and “D” are determined by reference to the type of property which predominates in an area. The basis of these risk categories is set out in Fire Service Circular 4/1985, issued to fire authorities by the Home Office on 22 May 1985."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/523/schedule/14",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}