Emergency Incident Statistics 2010-2011 - New Zealand Fire Service

TABLE 10: ALL STRUCTURE FIRES - ROOM/SPACE OF FIRE ORIGIN
Emergency Incident Statistics
2010/11 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07
Vehicle Area
Passenger area (of transportation equipment) 1 2 - 1 1
Boot, Load carrying area - - 1 - 1
Engine area, Running gear 2 - 4 2 -
Fuel tank, Fuel line area 1 - - - 1
Operating control area: Cockpit, Cab of truck, Bridge on ship - - 1 1 -
Vehicle area - not classified above 3 1 1 1 -
Vehicle Area Total 7 3 7 5 3
Outside Area, Multiple Area
Lawn , Park, Sports field 22 18 22 22 16
Open land, Scrub land, Farm land 7 2 5 9 6
Patio, Court, Terrace, Gazebo 43 43 42 48 49
Road, Street, Parking lot, Highway, Motorway 9 14 15 16 9
On or near railway track or embankment 3 2 - 1 2
Area under construction or major renovation 1 - 4 3 6
Vacant structural area 6 7 5 5 4
Multiple areas of origin 6 9 7 11 8
Outside area, multiple area - not classified above 7 9 18 13 8
Outside Area, Multiple Area Total 104 104 118 128 108
Unable to Classify 32 21 34 39 38
Not Recorded * 648 901 779 725 724
GRAND TOTAL 5,887 4,744 6,364 6,237 6,269
* Not all structure fires have the area of origin recorded, specifically:
Chimney fires
Derelict building fires
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