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Statistical Yearbook 2009 - (I.)

Fire units activities, Emergency calls, Fires, Prevention, Humanitarian assistance, Economic Indicators, Foreign statistics, Materials and information, Types of incidents with fire units interventions and Notes  

Basic indicators (Table)

In 2009, compared to 2008, number of fires dropped by 3.7 %, and fire damages dropped by 33.8 %. Total of 384 major fire cases (with fire damages of CZK 1 million or more), i.e. 1.9 % of the total number, caused 73 % of the total sum of fire damages. In 2009, the number of fatalities was lower by 17.6 % and number of injured people lower by 11.6 %.
 
Firefighters rescued 473 persons in fire operations, and other 4,730 persons evacuated.

This review indicates, that in 2009 some 55 fires occurred daily in the Czech Republic, with an average damage of CZK 5,900,000 (EUR 226,700).

Values salvaged by fire units were 4.2 times higher then the direct loss.

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