Fire Facts

Fires and Commercial Buildings

Fires in commercial buildings - the result equals millions.

 

Building Fires in Commercial Premises
 
1 July 2005 to 30 June 2008
Queensland
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Number of incidents where a commercial building was affected by a building fire in Queensland.
 
Year 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 TOTAL
Totals 889 944 990 2823
 

Total_Fires_05_08
 
 
Total dollar loss from building fires in commercial premises per year.
Year 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2005-08
Totals $58,664,878 $44,645,080 $89,681,372 $192, 991,330

 
Total Dollar Value 05-08_1

The average Total Dollar Loss per Year is $64,330,443.
The average Dollar Loss per Incident (Building), for the three years, is 68,364.

Commercial buildings are all premises which are not houses/flats or units and include premises that house people for commercial purposes i.e. hotels, holiday apartments, boarding houses etc.

Note:

This data is calculated from completed State AIRS Reports as at September 2009.
Reports content and dollar loss values are based on the opinions of attending officers.
Years are financial years: 1 July to 30 June.

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