Compare fire statistics

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service attended 1,011 primary fires in its latest reporting year, compared with 1,915 at Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fatalities and non-fatal casualties from primary fires totalled 80 for Cambridgeshire and 138 for Dorset and Wiltshire.

Average time from call to first appliance at a dwelling fire is 9:34 in Cambridgeshire and 9:44 in Dorset and Wiltshire. Response times are broadly comparable. On enforcement activity, Cambridgeshire carried out the larger number of fire safety audits over the year (1,712 vs 1,546). Satisfactory-outcome rates were 88% for Cambridgeshire and 33% for Dorset and Wiltshire, covering audits that closed without requiring informal action, formal notice, or prohibition. False alarms make up a notably larger share of call-outs in Cambridgeshire (53% vs 46%).