MALICIOUS FALSE ALARMS ATTENDED BY UNITARY AUTHORITY
False Alarm Malicious 2007
False Alarm Malicious 2008
False Alarm Malicious 2009
Unitary
Total
Unitary
Total
Unitary
Total
Blaenau Gwent
37 Blaenau Gwent
30 Blaenau Gwent
31
Bridgend
61 Bridgend
51 Bridgend
67
Caerphilly
89 Caerphilly
74 Caerphilly
64
Cardiff
304 Cardiff
291 Cardiff
210
Merthyr
44 Merthyr
52 Merthyr
40
Monmouthshire
23 Monmouthshire
20 Monmouthshire
8
Newport
118 Newport
82 Newport
79
RCT
123 RCT
103 RCT
70
Torfaen
57 Torfaen
41 Torfaen
56
Vale of Glamorgan
48 Vale of Glamorgan
51 Vale of Glamorgan
30
Grand Total
904 Grand Total
795 Grand Total
655
Total Cost 2007
£1,780,880 Total Cost 2008
£1,566,150 Total Cost 2009
£1,290,350
** Total cost of 'False Alarm Malicious' taken from the Economic Cost of Fire Estimates 2004 (Issued by Communities and Local
Government) which identifies a cost of £1,970 per incident
**
This information has been provided in response to a Freedom of Information Request and is correct only at the date provided, unless otherwise specified.