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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)
		Southern(b)	Northern(b)	North West(b)	Tasmania
Incident type		no.	no.	no.	no.	% of total incidents
2002-03
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
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.