Emergency Incident Statistics 2010-2011 - New Zealand Fire Service

TABLE 7: ALL FIRES - INDICATED/SUPPOSED CAUSE
Emergency Incident Statistics
2010/11 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07
Design Construction, Installation Fault
Design deficiency 41 29 45 49 50
Construction deficiency 28 32 44 55 39
Installed too close to combustibles 81 57 90 84 70
Other installation deficiency 58 48 85 65 71
No spark arrester: spark arrester, improperly installed 7 8 4 19 18
Design, construction or installation fault - not classified above 52 44 50 66 55
Design Construction, Installation Fault Total 267 218 318 338 303
Operating Failure
Collision, overturn, knockdown (includes vehicle) 52 39 56 67 81
Accidentally turned on: not turned off 33 28 36 30 36
Equipment unattended 65 47 98 89 83
Equipment overloaded 132 92 132 141 159
Failure to clean 438 388 501 510 519
Improper startup or shut down procedures 30 14 32 24 36
Equipment used for purpose not intended 10 9 15 16 10
Equipment not being operated properly 65 32 72 58 50
Operating deficiency - not classified above 132 100 178 183 160
Operating Failure Total 957 749 1,120 1,118 1,134
Extreme Conditions
High wind 232 141 162 207 237
Earthquake 39 - 1 - -
High water, floods 3 8 4 7 3
Lightning 15 18 18 30 23
Solar, sun 32 29 34 54 17
High temperature 85 86 72 115 69
Extreme conditions - not classified above 19 14 16 33 18
Extreme Conditions Total 425 296 307 446 367
Other Supposed Cause
Animal 50 41 56 50 37
Rekindled from previous fire, Re-ignition 151 159 151 207 185
Exposure fire 26 20 20 23 33
Failure to use ordinary care 105 106 97 121 131
Friction (sparks etc.) 105 118 102 143 117
Pyrophoric 16 12 25 26 21
Spontaneous ignition 128 148 118 175 158
Unknown 733 716 853 976 983
Unable to classify 38 38 60 56 71
Other Supposed Cause Total 1,352 1,358 1,482 1,777 1,736
Not Recorded 198 1,136 57 74 42
GRAND TOTAL 20,852 18,587 22,665 25,130 25,473
New Zealand Fire Service ....Table 7