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Fire Services: Death

Volume 477: debated on Monday 16 June 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many firefighters died in the course of their duties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by fire authority. (211049)

The information requested is tabled as follows:

Firefighter deaths while on duty, England 1998-99 to 2007-08

1998-99

1999-2000

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Fire and Rescue Service

Avon

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bedfordshire and Luton

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Royal Berkshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Buckinghamshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cambridgeshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cheshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cleveland

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cornwall

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cumbria

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Derbyshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Devon

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Dorset

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

County Durham and Darlington

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

East Sussex1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Essex

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Gloucestershire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Greater Manchester

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Hampshire

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hereford and Worcester

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Hertfordshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

1

Humberside

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Isle of Wight

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Isles of Scilly

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Kent

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lancashire

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Leicestershire

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

Lincolnshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

London

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

Merseyside

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Norfolk

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

North Yorkshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Northamptonshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Northumberland

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Nottinghamshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Oxfordshire

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Shropshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Somerset

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

South Yorkshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Staffordshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Suffolk

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Surrey

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tyne and Wear

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Warwickshire2

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

West Midlands

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

West Sussex

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

West Yorkshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wiltshire

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total England

2

4

3

1

3

1

4

0

2

5

1 2006-07 figure excludes one retired firefighter who died while attending a fire. 2 2002-03 figure excludes one firefighter who died attending a fire, while off duty. Source: Communities and Local Government.