Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Friday, 18 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 February 2005. It was answered by Nick Raynsford (Labour) on Monday, 21 February 2005 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many firefighters were (a) wounded and (b) killed on duty in (i) 2004 and (ii) each of the previous seven years. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many firefighters were (a) wounded and (b) killed on duty in (i) 2004 and (ii) each of the previous seven years. [217151] Mr. Raynsford: The latest available information reported to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister by fire and rescue services via the FDR1 return is in the following table: Firefighter casualties incurred while fighting fires in England, 1997-2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fatal casualties Non fatal casualties1 1997 0 538 1998 0 509 1999 0 499 2000 0 428 2001 0 375 2002 1 336 20032 0 361 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Excludes precautionary checks 2 Provisional Source: Fire and Rescue Service returns to ODPM From others sources; there were two firefighter fatalities reported in 2004. Full information on non fatal injuries to firefighters in 2004 is not available at present.

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