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Incidents 

In 2007/08, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service attended 28,298 emergency incidents.  As some of these incidents generated more than one call, the Control Room handled 53,046 calls; that’s over 145 emergency calls every day.  In addition to this there were more than 900 False Alarm Malicious calls in the last year.

Incidents are defined as:

  • Primary fires (FDR1)
  • Secondary fires (FDR3)
  • Special Service Calls (SSC)
  • False Alarms
  • Chimney

Primary fires (FDR1)
Property fires, for example: dwellings (including mobile homes and caravans); vehicles; schools; hospitals; outdoor storage, plant and machinery; outdoor structures (including post-boxes and bridges); forestry; and all fires that involve casualties, rescues or escapes. Does not include derelict buildings or derelict vehicles

Secondary fires (FDR3)
Non-property fires, for example: grassland; rubbish; single derelict buildings; single derelict vehicles

Special Service Calls (SSC)
These include: road traffic collisions (including the extrication of casualties); releasing/rescuing people/animals; dealing with spills and leaks; flooding incidents; water provision; and removal/retrieval of objects

False Alarms
These can be False Alarms with Good Intent (FAGI) – usually (but not exclusively) received from members of the public or other services; False Alarms with Malicious Intent (FAM) – hoax calls; or Automatic Fire Alarms (AFA) – caused by inappropriate activation of alarms

Chimney
Involving chimneys within dwellings and other occupied buildings

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Page Last Updated on 03/2/2009