Fire services; assistance, object and activities 1985-2013

Fire services; assistance, object and activities 1985-2013

Region and municipal size Years Assistances Assistances not in buildings Objects Other motor vehicles (number) Assistances Assistances not in buildings Activities Salvaging and removal of vehicles (number)
Total Netherlands 2013 476 275
North of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 59 32
East of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 112 72
West of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 143 96
South of the Netherlands) (LD) 2013 162 75
Groningen (PV) 2013 15 11
Friesland (PV) 2013 31 15
Drenthe (PV) 2013 13 6
Overijssel (PV) 2013 34 20
Flevoland (PV) 2013 23 4
Gelderland (PV) 2013 55 48
Utrecht (PV) 2013 23 18
Noord-Holland (PV) 2013 55 38
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2013 42 26
Zeeland (PV) 2013 23 14
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2013 104 59
Limburg (PV) 2013 58 16
250.000 and more inhabitants 2013 22 9
150.000 to 250.000 inhabitants 2013 44 21
100.000 to 150.000 inhabitants 2013 54 24
50.000 to 100.000 inhabitants 2013 89 46
20.000 to 50.000 inhabitants 2013 169 119
More than 20.000 inhabitants 2013 98 56
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains information on (technical) assistances, other than fire fighting, by the municipal fire brigades. The information concerns:
- assistances in buildings (specified by kind)
- assistances at other locations (specified by location)
- assistances by kind
- victims (dead and wounded)
- rescues (freeing people)
- first aid to victims.
Information about false alarms is not included. Victims, rescues and first aid concerning active fire men is not
included. Also, information about assistances by other organisations (e.g. internal fire brigades in companies) is not included in this table.

The data are available by region, province and groups of cities.

For the year 2008 no information is available for the provinces Noord-Holland, Friesland, the regions North of the Netherlands, West of the Netherlands and municipal size.

For the year 2009, no information is available about both fire and assistance reports in the provinces Noord-Holland, Flevoland, the regions East of the Netherlands, West of the Netherlands and division of cities.

Data available from 1985 to 2013.

Status of the figures:
The data are final.

Changes as of: 20 January 2017
The data on 2013 are final and the table has been discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable.
This table is replaced by the following tables:'Branden en hulpverleningen; meldingen bij de brandweermeldkamer, regio', 'Branden en hulpverleningen; alarmering van de brandweer, regio' en 'Branden; reactietijden van de brandweer, regio' (only in Dutch). See section 3 for links to relevant tables.

Description topics

Assistances
Assistances not in buildings
Objects
Other motor vehicles
Including lorry and tanker.
Activities
Each time the fire brigade turns out for assistance, in general they
perform more than one activitiy. Thus the sum of the separate activities
will be higher than the total number of assistances.
Salvaging and removal of vehicles