Information on the number of people rescued (uninjured) from fires in England, by the Fire and Rescue Service, over the last three years is available in the table.
2005 2006 2007 FRS area Total Dwelling Other location Total Dwelling Other location Total Dwelling Other location England 3,590 3,173 417 3,838 3,366 472 3,504 3,084 420 North East 230 209 21 227 207 20 220 183 37 Cleveland 39 37 2 44 44 0 24 24 0 Durham 30 23 7 51 47 4 52 49 3 Northumberland 13 13 0 13 13 0 5 3 2 Tyne and Wear 148 136 12 119 103 16 139 107 32 North West 681 618 63 644 553 91 585 534 51 Cheshire 63 63 0 75 70 5 40 40 0 Cumbria 27 25 2 27 20 7 30 26 4 Greater Manchester 311 275 36 266 217 49 222 197 25 Lancashire 147 138 9 174 153 21 130 126 4 Merseyside 133 117 16 102 93 9 163 145 18 Yorkshire and The Humber 496 434 62 505 446 59 394 371 23 Humberside 102 97 5 179 153 26 109 100 9 North Yorkshire 48 47 1 41 36 5 26 24 2 South Yorkshire 101 94 7 112 98 14 139 132 7 West Yorkshire 245 196 49 173 159 14 120 115 5 East Midlands 271 240 31 247 215 32 209 194 15 Derbyshire 46 43 3 44 39 5 40 37 3 Leicestershire 42 42 0 43 40 3 48 46 2 Lincolnshire 17 15 2 35 22 13 38 37 1 Northamptonshire 53 47 6 19 18 1 22 21 1 Nottinghamshire 113 93 20 106 96 10 61 53 8 West Midlands 327 297 30 302 277 25 355 313 42 Hereford and Worcester 28 24 4 14 14 0 43 43 0 Shropshire 23 15 8 8 8 0 20 20 0 Staffordshire 53 48 5 67 65 2 107 79 28 Warwickshire 14 14 0 49 43 6 24 24 0 West Midlands 209 196 13 164 147 17 161 147 14 East of England 297 269 28 244 222 22 377 329 48 Bedfordshire 66 62 4 50 46 4 26 26 0 Cambridgeshire 34 32 2 33 33 0 36 30 6 Essex 65 52 13 34 33 1 163 150 13 Hertfordshire 49 47 2 61 49 12 82 80 2 Norfolk 37 30 7 43 39 4 60 34 26 Suffolk 46 46 0 23 22 1 10 9 1 Greater London 544 496 48 692 632 60 571 499 72 South East 469 373 96 534 474 60 439 363 76 Berkshire 41 38 3 62 49 13 56 42 13 Buckinghamshire 20 20 0 40 27 13 34 29 5 East Sussex 86 78 8 47 40 7 118 84 34 Hampshire 95 89 6 149 132 17 84 84 0 Isle of Wight 7 4 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 Kent 115 58 57 144 137 7 48 44 5 Oxfordshire 26 23 3 12 12 0 23 21 2 Surrey 40 31 9 47 47 0 28 16 12 West Sussex 39 32 7 32 29 3 46 41 5 South West 275 237 38 443 340 103 354 298 56 Avon 69 66 3 87 79 8 53 45 8 Cornwall 12 10 2 9 6 3 50 49 1 Devon 106 87 19 81 75 6 95 87 8 Dorset 7 7 0 28 27 1 23 22 1 Gloucestershire 25 23 2 40 28 12 34 18 16 Somerset 22 21 1 122 88 34 55 39 16 Wiltshire 34 23 11 76 37 39 44 38 6 1 Rescue figures are based on sampled, weighted data 2 Data for 2007 are provisional and subject to change Source: DCLG Ref: 2009021_PM (2005-2007p).sas on 23 March 2009