It is recommended that other information be accessed to complement the information presented on this web site. This will enable a better understanding of how interrelationships between socio-demographic, economic, geographic and environmental factors influence emergency incidents.
Australia
Productivity Commission Report on Government Services (RoGS)
Chapter 9 - Emergency Management of this annual report provides comparative performance information on select performance indicators for fire and ambulance services.
Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre
The Bushfire CRC was established under the Commonwealth Government's Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Program. Its research enhances the management of the bushfire risk to the community in an economically and ecologically sustainable way.
Australian Institute of Health & Welfare (fire injuries)
This site provides information and statistics in various subject areas of health and welfare
National Coroners Information System
The National Coroners Information System (NCIS) is a national Internet based data storage and retrieval system for Australian coronial cases. Information about every death reported to an Australian coroner since July 2000 (January 2001 for Queensland) is stored within the system, providing a valuable hazard identification and death prevention tool for coroners and research agencies.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
ABS is one of many providers of statistics (albeit the largest) that are used to inform research, discussion and decision making within governments and the community. The organisations and arrangements, formal and informal, which together provide such statistics, form Australia's national statistical system. The range of services that are collectively provided for Australia constitutes Australia's national statistical service.
See also: Household Preparedness for Emergencies Survey
International
Provides data on every emergency incident that is attended by the Fire Service.
UK Fire Statistics and Research
Fire Statistics and Research Division, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister provides support to Fire and Rescue Service Directorate by providing expert advice to policy makers on technical matters, commissioning and undertaking research to inform policy decisions relating to fire service operations and practices, maintaining the national fire statistics function, doing statistical work to underpin and evaluate policy and, where necessary, developing technical guidance for the fire service.
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA´s Fire Analysis and Research division offers a wide range of statistical and data services through its One-Stop Data Shop. Their goal is to help our customers find the best fire experience information available, quickly and conveniently.
US Fire Administration
This site contains statistics on US fires, fire-fighters and fire departments and analytical and topical reports that describe the national fire problem.
World Fire Statistics Centre
The Centre collects and collates fire cost statistics each year under seven main headings from a number of leading countries, mainly from Europe.
Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners
Provides Canadian fire statistics and describes their consequences.
CTIF - The International Association of Fire and Rescue Services
TIF has a significant statistics centre which collects fire information from many countries in the world
