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Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service attended 1,915 primary fires in its latest reporting year, compared with 2,164 at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Fatalities and non-fatal casualties from primary fires totalled 138 for Dorset and Wiltshire and 98 for Hampshire and Isle of Wight.

Average time from call to first appliance at a dwelling fire is 9:44 in Dorset and Wiltshire and 8:54 in Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Response times differ by roughly a minute or two. On enforcement activity, Hampshire and Isle of Wight carried out the larger number of fire safety audits over the year (2,920 vs 1,546). Satisfactory-outcome rates were 33% for Dorset and Wiltshire and 59% for Hampshire and Isle of Wight, covering audits that closed without requiring informal action, formal notice, or prohibition. False alarms make up a notably larger share of call-outs in Hampshire and Isle of Wight (50% vs 46%).