"Figure 4: The Fire and Rescue Services are attending fewer fires compared with 2009, although they are attending more non-fire incidents","" "Incidents attended by fire and rescue services in England, by incident type and fire and rescue authority, between 2009 to 2010 and 2017 to 2018 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Financial year ending March 31. 2. Primary fires generally involve property and include buildings, caravans, motor vehicles and plant machinery. Primary fires are defined as fires that meet at least one of the following conditions: any fire that occurred in a (non-derelict) building, vehicle or outdoor structure; any fire involving fatalities, casualties or rescues; and/or any fire attended by five or more pumping appliances. 3. Secondary fires are often minor and include the burning of rubbish, grass and derelict properties. 4. Non-fire incidents are also known as special services incidents attended by fire and rescue services." "Unit","Number of incidents attended" "","" "Year^1^","Total fires","Primary fires^2^","Secondary fires^2^","Chimney fires","Fire false alarms","Non-fire incidents^4^","Non-fire false alarms" "2009/10","241462","101159","132941","7362","285368","140596","13208" "2010/11","228409","92246","128478","7685","272178","134669","12100" "2011/12","223937","86982","131124","5831","249481","123572","9947" "2012/13","154456","74709","72497","7250","231767","128715","6339" "2013/14","171343","73225","92131","5987","224117","125692","5651" "2014/15","155040","71115","78741","5184","215853","119993","5241" "2015/16","162250","73466","84583","4201","214376","146730","6084" "2016/17","161983","74914","82829","4240","223891","168498","6047" "2017/18","167298","74236","89027","4035","225988","165764","6776"