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Emergency Incident Statistics 2010-2011 - New Zealand Fire Service

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TABLE 26: VEGETATION FIRES - INDICATED/SUPPOSED CAUSE<br />

<strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Incident</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong><br />

<strong>2010</strong>/11 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07<br />

Design Construction, Installation Fault<br />

Design deficiency 1 1 - - 2<br />

Construction deficiency - 1 2 2 -<br />

Installed too close to combustibles 2 2 4 - 2<br />

Other installation deficiency 1 2 - - -<br />

No spark arrester: spark arrester, improperly installed<br />

Design, construction or installation fault - not classified<br />

1 3 1 12 6<br />

above - 3 2 - 1<br />

Design Construction, Installation Fault Total 5 12 9 14 11<br />

Operating Failure<br />

Collision, overturn, knockdown (includes vehicle) 7 8 5 8 10<br />

Accidentally turned on: not turned off - - 1 - -<br />

Equipment unattended 1 - 4 5 4<br />

Equipment overloaded 3 2 1 9 3<br />

Failure to clean 1 - 1 3 4<br />

Improper startup or shut down procedures - - 1 1 1<br />

Equipment used for purpose not intended 1 - 1 - -<br />

Equipment not being operated properly 5 3 6 2 2<br />

Operating deficiency - not classified above 9 9 6 7 7<br />

Operating Failure Total 27 22 26 35 31<br />

Extreme Conditions<br />

High wind 179 117 131 153 167<br />

High water, floods - 2 1 - -<br />

Lightning 8 14 10 18 12<br />

Solar, sun 19 14 24 34 12<br />

High temperature 47 51 31 68 35<br />

Extreme conditions - not classified above 6 5 3 18 6<br />

Extreme Conditions Total 259 203 200 291 232<br />

Other Supposed Cause<br />

Animal 3 10 5 8 6<br />

Rekindled from previous fire, Re-ignition 76 83 73 126 88<br />

Exposure fire 11 8 6 9 13<br />

Failure to use ordinary care 26 28 8 15 20<br />

Friction (sparks etc.) 50 61 47 76 50<br />

Pyrophoric - 3 3 - 1<br />

Spontaneous ignition 26 26 21 45 35<br />

Unknown 267 300 285 385 322<br />

Unable to classify 7 7 13 13 9<br />

Other Supposed Cause Total 466 526 461 677 544<br />

Information not recorded 58 159 20 29 16<br />

GRAND TOTAL 4,588 4,763 4,949 6,272 5,559<br />

<strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Service</strong> ....Table 26

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