Fire statistics in Europe 5th INFORMAL ROUNDTABLE European Fire Prevention and Catastrophe Management Lieutenant-colonel Pascal LEPRINCE Adviser of the president - French burns' victims association (ABF) Commander of the East division – Yvelines Fire Brigade : SDIS 78

The situation in Europe The best practise : Road safety The CARE database EFA opportunity

The situation in Europe There is no official European database on fire incidents..

The situation in Europe In order to attempt to understand the scale of the problem and the deaths, injuries and cost consequences of electrical fires in Europe, the partners to the FEEDS forum, and their member organisations throughout Europe, collected the published national fire statistics in 2004 (30 reports from 10 countries Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK, USA). In addition, fire statistics published at municipal level (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid, Munich, Paris) were checked. Other statistics were collected from the Geneva Association’s world-wide fire statistics programme. FEEDS : Forum for European Electrical Domestic Safety.

Incidence of domestic fires Based on the demographic model, we can estimate, for Europe Per dwellings, about 3.2 fires in dwellings are reported by the fire services each year. Over 60% of reported building fires occur in the domestic sector. It is estimated that only about 25% of fires are actually reported, so the total number of fires is four times higher than that reported, meaning that 60% of EU citizens are exposed to a fire during their lifetime. Extrapolating the number of fires per dwellings gives the total reported fires as in EU-25.

Costs The best fire data available comes from the UK and the USA. Using this data property loss and the total cost to society can be estimated. The average total cost to society per domestic fire is € including the cost of injuries,intervention, fire prevention and Insurance administration and the direct property loss per reported domestic fire is estimated at an average € (UK). Extrapolating these figures and using the data in Table 4 the total cost of domestic fires is €17 billion for EU-25. The direct property loss for domestic fires is estimated to be €3.8 billion in EU-25, excluding the property loss from non-reported fires.

Fire deaths and injuries 61% of the casualties due to fire and 81% of the injuries occur in residential dwellings (based on the 1999 UK figures). Dwellings are therefore a major attention area in all fire prevention programmes. In Europe, there are about, on average, 7 fire deaths/million citizens (Table 5) which means that about 1 in 200 fires in dwellings results in a fatality. Approximately 1 in 14 dwelling fires results in an injury, though it should be noted that the definition of 'injured' seems to differ widely across Europe. Based on these calculations there are about domestic fire deaths and injuries each year in EU-25. Although 10 to 20% of fires have an electrical cause, they result in a disproportionate amount of the associated injuries (20 to 30%).

Major information There is no official European database on fire incidents. 60% of EU citizens are exposed to a fire during their lifetime Dwellings are therefore a major attention area in all fire prevention programmes. The definition of 'injured' seems to differ widely across Europe. The total cost of domestic fires is €17 billion for EU-25. Based on these calculations there are about domestic fire deaths and injuries each year in EU-25.

The best practise : Road safety The common target for 2010 is to save lives on European lives.

In its 2001 White Paper on a European transport policy the Commission has proposed the ambitious goal of halving the number of deaths on our roads by The European Parliament and the Member States in the Council support this goal. These graphics show the situation in 2006 (2005 when data from 2006 not available) and the progress made since Its purpose is to allow Member States to compare their situation and to encourage them to continue their efforts regarding road safety. Sources: CARE (Community database on road accidents), Eurostat, national publications.

The CARE Database Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe Road traffic accidents in the Member States of the European Union annually claim about lives and leave more than 1.8 million people injured, representing estimated costs of 160 billion euros. Since 1984, a large number of measures to reduce road accidents have been taken at a regional level. Along with these measures, the Council adopted a Decision on 30 November 1993 on the creation of a Community database on road accidents (93/704/EC)1, the CARE project.

The different phase since 20 years The first phase of the project ( ) consisted of a feasibility study for the creation of CARE database which led to a positive result and thus, to the European Council decision of December 1993 for the creation of a disaggregate road accident database. The second phase of the project ( ) concerned the pilot operation of the CARE database, during which, CARE had to deal with all operational problems and be ready for an overall evaluation. The positive results of this evaluation opened the way for the further development of CARE into an integrated information system. The third phase of the project ( ) concerned the harmonisation of the data contained inside the database allowing for international comparisons and exchange of experience. On this purpose, the compatibility of a number of data variables and values have been thoroughly examined and a set of 38 variables containing 488 common-definition values has been proposed. The fourth phase of the project ( today) concerns the full operation of the system. During the fifth phase of the project ( today), data from the Members States that joined the European Union in May 2004 and January 2007 plus Norway and Switzerland will be integrated in the database.

Road safety in Europe Maria Teresa SANZ VILLEGAS

Road Transport Policy in the EU White Paper on transport policy (2001): mid-term review adopted on 22nd of June 2006 Road safety action program (2003):

The “-50%” objective A political commitment Individual responsibility of Member States Each Member State should strive to perform at least as well as the best-performing ones Monitoring and reporting

“A shared responsibility” Numerous stakeholders Public: EU level + Central Governments + Local Authorities Private: Car industry + Transport companies … Everybody:all users ! Shared responsibility  “subsidiarity” Action by ALL stakeholders is needed The EU level acts wherever it provides an added value

Road Safety The EU instruments Legislation Best practice guidelines Research and studies Financial support to projects Road accident data and information The Road Safety Charter

Domains of action User behaviour Campaigns Enforcement Education Driving licences Vehicle safety Passive and active safety Technical inspection Road Infrastructure safety European Road Safety Charter Observatory (incl. accident data)

The EU Road Safety Observatory Mission: Collect, analyse and disseminate road safety data and knowledge A “light” form of a road safety agency Internal Commission structure

The EU Road Safety Observatory A comprehensive web site including… Accident data with various levels of detail circumstances causes consequences Risk exposure data Road safety performance indicators Framework for independent accident investigation Knowledge Results of research, studies & other projects, both from the Commission’s and from Countries’ various stakeholders

The “-50%” objective The EU Road Safety Observatory

The CARE data base is an initiative of the EU member states Council Decision 93/704/EC on the creation of a Community database on road accidents. CARE database

The EU Road Safety Observatory CARE database identify and quantify road safety problems evaluate the efficiency of road safety measures determine the relevance of Community actions facilitate the exchange of experience in this field. Objectives

The EU Road Safety Observatory CARE database Process national data ( ME ) data collection Uploading Transformation rules ( if necessary ) Common variables creation Verification with national publications

The EU Road Safety Observatory CARE database ACCESS Complete database (national administrations) Reports and statistics (Public access) Europa ( care_en.htm )

The EU Road Safety Observatory CARE database Data confidentiality and security reports produced by the system are always aggregated the ME are requested to black out confidential data fields before send data A CARE user must have a valid user/password All measures have been taken guarantee the confidentiality, security and integrity

The EU Road Safety Observatory CARE database Data structure Basic definitions Accident Person killed, injured... Common variables 43 variables ( on production since December 2005 ) Third study - socio-economics variables ( near future )

The EU Road Safety Observatory CARE database Common Variables Country Time ( year, month, hour ) Age group Gender Person class ( driver, passenger, pedestrian ) Area type ( inside or outside urban ) Motorway Junction type Vehicle Weather conditions Lighting...

The EU Road Safety Observatory CARE database Common Variables Region Vehicle age Driving licence age Road surface condition Speed limit Alcohol test Psychophysical circumstances Junction control …..

The EU Road Safety Observatory CARE database Risk exposure variables Traffics: vehicles x km travelled by type of road networks The population’s pyramids The drivers' population The fleet of vehicles ….

The EU Road Safety Observatory

CARE database

The EU Road Safety Observatory CARE database

The EU Road Safety Observatory Pedestrian fatalities outside urban area by age and gender Pedestrian fatalities inside urban area by age and gender CARE database

The EU Road Safety Observatory Pedestrian fatalities by population inside urban area by age and gender CARE database

Roadsafety Website : en.htm The EU Road Safety Observatory

EFA Opportunity Organise a specific EFA database with 4 or 5 fire department like a best practise Stimulate and impulse with the DG SANCO the same approach like the road safety Listen to us for your own safety !!!

“A shared responsibility” Numerous stakeholders Public: EU level + Central Governments + Local Authorities Private: Industry + Technologies partners … Everybody:all users ! Shared responsibility  “subsidiarity” Action by ALL stakeholders is needed The EU level acts wherever it provides an added value

Fire Safety The EU instruments Legislation Best practice guidelines Research and studies Financial support to projects Domestics fire data and information The Fire Safety Charter

Domains of action User behaviour Campaigns Enforcement Education Dwellings safety Passive and active safety (infrastructure and equipment) Technical inspection European Fire Safety Charter Observatory (incl. fire data)