Schedule 12 FIRE SERVICES INDICATORS

Indicator Number	Description of indicator	Details of indicator
1	Number of calls to fire attended: (i) total calls (excluding false alarms) per 10,000 population; (ii) primary fires per 10,000 population; (iii) accidental fires in dwellings per 10,000 dwellings.	These indicators are to be calculated by: (a) dividing the number of fires recorded under the Fire Damage Report (FDR) forms FDR1 and FDR3^f1 by the total population of the fire authority area and multiplying the result by 10,000; (b) dividing the number of primary fires as recorded under form FDR1 by the total popuation of the fire authority area and multiplying the result by 10,000; and (c) dividing the number of accidental dwelling fires as recorded under form FDR1 by the number of dwellings in the fire authority area and multiplying the result by 10,000. In this indicator— “the number of dwellings in the fire authority area” is the figure specified in the Fire Service Statistics 1999^f2; “FDR1” is used for a reportable fire (i.e. an event of uncontrolled burning involving flames, heat or smoke) involving property, or casualties or rescue or fires attended by five or more appliances; and “FDR3” is used to report other miscellaneous fire-related incidents: secondary fires, chimney fires and false alarms as defined in the Fire Damage Report Guidance.
2	Number of— (i) deaths and (ii) injuries—arising from accidental fires in dwellings per 100,000 population.	This indicator is to be calculated by dividing the number of accidental fire deaths (i.e. attributable to fire), and fire injuries in dwellings as defined in form FDR1, by the total population in the fire authority area and multiplying the result by 100,000.
3	Accidental fire in dwellings confined to room of origin in major cities and classified as “A risk”^f3.	This indicator is to be calculated by taking the number of dwelling fires as per form FDR 1 where fire and heat damage as per FDR1 5.8 is limited to columns (i) “confined to item” and (ii) “beyond item but confined to room”, as a percentage of all dwellings fires. For the purposes of this indicator items 5.1a in FDR1 in respect of “Deliberate” or “Malicious” fires should be excluded from both parts of the equation.
4	Accidental fire in dwellings confined to room of origin in smaller cities/larger towns and classified as “B risk”.	For the calculation of this indicator see the details of indicator 3 of this Schedule.
5	Accidental fire in dwellings confined to room of origin in smaller towns and urban residential areas and classified as “C risk”.	For the calculation of this indicator see the details of indicator 3 of this Schedule.
6	Accidental fire in dwellings confined to room of origin in rural village areas and classified as “D risk”.	For the calculation of this indicator see the details of indicator 3 of this Schedule.
7	Percentage of calls to fires at which national standards for attendance were met.	The information used is that contained in Fire Service Circular 7/1999^f4. The data should be for the year in which the indicator is calculated.
8	Number of calls to malicious false alarms per 1,000 population.	This indicator is to be calculated by dividing the number of fire calls (false alarms) as reported on form FDR 3, section 1 “malicious” category only, by the total population in the fire authority area and multiplying the result by 1,000.
9	Average time taken to complete inspections for fire safety certificates.	This indicator is to be calculated using the information in “Dear Chief Officer Letter 2/2000”^f5.
10	False alarms caused by automatic fire detection apparatus per 1,000 non-domestic properties.	This indicator is to be calculated by dividing the number of fire calls (false alarms), as reported on form FDR 3, Section 1 “Due to apparatus” category only, by the total number of non-domestic properties in the fire authority area and multiplying the result by 1,000.
11	Expenditure per head of population on the provision of fire and rescue services.	This indicator is to be calculated by dividing the figure for the authority’s net expenditure by the total population in the fire authority area.

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Footnotes

f1: FDR forms—Fire Report Forms FDR1 and FDR3 details are given in the notes to the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 25/98 fire statistics, United Kingdom 1997 (ISSN 0143 6384) Published on 3rd November 1998 (as modified in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin 15/99, fire statistics, United Kingdom 1998 published on 8th September 1999).
f2: Published in August 1999 by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s Statistical Information Service, ISSN 0968-0357.
f3: the categories of the 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 22nd May 1985.
f4: Issued to fire authorities by the Home Office on 13th July 1999 under the heading “Percentage of fire calls at which attendance standards have been met”.
f5: “Dear Chief Officer letter” 2/2000 issued by the Home Office, free of charge, to chief fire officers on 31st January 2000.