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Primary fires, fatalities and casualties in care homes in England by source of ignition and victim age and gender

New analysis of primary fires, fatalities and casualties in care homes in England by source of ignition and victim age and gender.

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Primary fires, fatalities and casualties in care homes in England by source of ignition and victim age and gender

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These statistics are sourced from the Home Office’s online Incident Recording System (IRS), which fire and rescue services (FRSs) complete for every incident they attend, be it a fire, a false alarm or a non-fire incident.

Updates to this page

Published 26 October 2023
Last updated 25 July 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated to accompany publication of 'Fire and rescue incident statistics, year ending March 2024'.

  2. First published.

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