There were 9,606 official incident reports completed by the Tasmania Fire Service in 2003-04. Of these, 44.1% were non-malicious false alarms. The most common genuine incident reported to the Fire Service was wildfire, which represented 22.6% of all incidents reported in Tasmania.
INCIDENTS REPORTED, Tasmanian regions(a)
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| | Southern(b) | Northern(b) | North West(b) | Tasmania
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Incident type |
no.
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no.
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no.
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no.
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% of total incidents
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2002-03
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False alarm | | | | | |
| Malicious | 104 | 38 | 29 | 171 | 1.7 |
| Non-malicious | 2,177 | 1,234 | 677 | 4,088 | 40.2 |
Fire | | | | | |
| Rubbish | 270 | 113 | 78 | 461 | 4.5 |
| Structure | 423 | 201 | 170 | 794 | 7.8 |
| Vehicle | 394 | 90 | 59 | 543 | 3.3 |
| Wildfire | 1,601 | 790 | 423 | 2,814 | 27.7 |
| Other | 99 | 53 | 58 | 210 | 2.1 |
Incident | | | | | |
| Hazardous materials | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.1 |
| Rescue | 235 | 54 | 117 | 406 | 4.0 |
| Other | 327 | 235 | 116 | 678 | 6.7 |
Total | 5,636 | 2,809 | 1,729 | 10,174 | 100.0 |
2003-04
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False alarm | | | | | |
| Malicious | 71 | 43 | 24 | 138 | 1.4 |
| Non-malicious | 2,153 | 1,307 | 779 | 4,239 | 44.1 |
Fire | | | | | |
| Rubbish | 243 | 112 | 87 | 442 | 4.6 |
| Structure | 391 | 216 | 173 | 780 | 8.1 |
| Vehicle | 331 | 95 | 72 | 498 | 5.2 |
| Wildfire | 1,186 | 611 | 378 | 2,175 | 22.6 |
| Other | 95 | 71 | 71 | 237 | 2.5 |
Incident | | | | | |
| Hazardous materials | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0.1 |
| Rescue | 236 | 105 | 121 | 462 | 4.8 |
| Other | 317 | 170 | 138 | 625 | 6.5 |
Total | 5,027 | 2,734 | 1,845 | 9,606 | 100.0 |
(a) Details are based on reports completed at the time these figures were compiled. 2003-04 figures represent 97.7% of the 9,829 incidents received by the Tasmania Fire Service.
(b) All incidents are recorded by regions corresponding to the (03)62, (03)63 and (03)64 telephone directory areas. For detail refer to the Map of Tasmanian Telephone Directory Areas.
Source: Incident reporting system, Tasmania Fire Service. |