Fire and rescue services in England do not collect information on property construction dates or a history of electrical maintenance in buildings when attending fires. Information on the number of building fires started by electrics is available in the following table. The latest statistics available are for 2007.
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Country and source of ignition England 15,226 79,502 75,983 72,451 67,709 Cooking appliances 1,386 1,441 1,485 1,502 1,419 Electric space heater 140 136 126 155 190 Plugs 56 55 76 96 81 Sockets and switches 308 316 362 371 387 Leads to appliances 495 523 434 429 380 Wire and cable 3,276 3,761 3,729 3,914 3,713 Washing machine 1,075 1,028 992 910 815 Dishwasher 443 427 370 351 381 Refrigerator 628 687 633 559 565 Tumble and spin driers 853 1,021 999 886 1,005 Lighting 2,417 2,788 2,784 2,780 2,655 Blanket or bedwarmer 252 181 165 133 111 Television 425 524 455 419 438 Iron 60 39 77 85 100 AV, VDU or computer 246 271 243 247 232 Other electrical 3,166 2,848 2,832 2,943 2,773 1 Provisional
The information requested is set out in the respective following tables. The latest statistics available are for 2007:
2003 2004 2005 2006 20071 Source of ignition Faults in equipment or appliances England 7,595 7,850 7,825 7,740 7,677 Cooking appliances 382 388 413 392 445 Electric space heater 20 11 28 43 56 Plugs 8 11 18 13 14 Sockets and switches 54 101 94 106 108 Leads to appliances 67 104 91 114 102 Wire and cable 695 823 951 941 1,053 Washing machine 943 907 847 804 692 Dishwasher 401 339 310 311 337 Refrigerator 529 569 518 464 472 Tumble and spin driers 566 667 599 574 667 Lighting 1,375 1,549 1,604 1,551 1,449 Blanket or bedwarmer 173 131 104 102 70 Television 369 451 389 379 388 Iron 28 9 27 19 35 AV, VDU or computer 192 167 189 193 173 Other electrical 1,792 1,622 1,643 1,733 1,615 Faulty leads to appliances England 686 734 721 717 665 Cooking appliances 18 23 17 15 19 Plugs 6 6 12 9 11 Sockets and switches 12 17 26 19 18 Leads to appliances 321 316 229 230 197 Wire and cable 154 192 211 221 224 Washing machine 11 12 18 16 14 Dishwasher 5 5 1 4 4 Refrigerator 10 21 15 20 12 Tumble and spin driers 12 11 24 11 8 Lighting 67 53 94 72 73 Blanket or bedwarmer 7 8 10 6 5 Television 8 7 7 8 6 Iron 4 3 2 1 4 AV, VDU or computer 8 8 7 10 13 Other electrical 43 52 48 75 58 1 Provisional