The numbers of hoax calls received by Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service for the last 10 calendar years are set out in the table as follows:
NI total 1997 6,192 1998 4,911 1999 4,172 2000 5,879 2001 7,444 2002 5,704 2003 5,873 2004 5,952 2005 5,079 2006 4,777
The numbers of hoax calls received by the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS), for each of the last eight financial years, are set out in the following table. NIAS cannot provide information prior to the 1999-2000 financial year. (Note: These figures include calls generated by Automated Fire Alarms).
NI total 1999-2000 1,554 2000-01 3,078 2001-02 3,402 2002-03 3,176 2003-04 3,436 2004-05 2,991 2005-06 6,403 2006-07 (9 months) 4,926
The numbers of hoax calls received by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSN1) for the last five financial years are set out in the table as follows. Information prior to the 2002-03 financial year is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
NI total 2002-03 531 2003-04 681 2004-05 850 2005-06 927 2006-07 (to 21 January 2007) 1,198