2. Table 1 below shows an increase in all fire fire types in 2004. Fires in residential premises increased by about 6% to reach 3210 cases . Fires at non-residential premises (that is commercial and industrial premises) rose by 10% to 681 cases. Non-building fires increased by about 13% to reach 1025 cases.

DESCRIPTION	Jan - Dec 2003	Jan - Dec 2004	Absolute Change	% Change
Residential Premises	3017	3210	+193	+6.4
Non Residential Premises	617	681	+64	+10.4
Non Building	906	1025	+119	+13.1
TOTAL	4540	4916	+376	+8.3

TABLE 1: BREAKDOWN OF GENUINE FIRE CALLS

Residential Premises Fires

3. Of the 3210 cases of residential fires, 3041 of them involved HDB flats, 89 involved landed properties, and 77 involved private condominiums. The remaining 3 cases involved workers quarters. See Table 2.

DESCRIPTION	Jan - Dec 2003	Jan - Dec 2004	Absolute Change	% Change
HDB Flats	2862	3041	+179	+6.3
Landed Properties	98	89	-9	-9.2
Private Condominiums	48	77	+29	+60.1
Others	9	3	-6	-66.7
TOTAL	3017	3210	+193	+6.4

TABLE 2: BREAKDOWN OF FIRE CALLS (RESIDENTIAL PREMISES)

4. Table 3 shows the different types of residential fire outbreaks in 2004. Based on this breakdown, rubbish fires outranks all categories of fires at residential premises constituting about 57% (1813 cases) of total residential fires last year. Rubbish fires involve fires in rubbish chutes and rubbish bins as well as discarded items at common areas.

TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL FIRES	Jan - Dec 2003	Jan - Dec 2004	Absolute Change	% Change
Rubbish Fires (Rubbish chutes, discarded items & rubbish bins)	2862	3041	+179	+6.3
Unattended Cooking	98	89	-9	-9.2
Contents*	48	77	+29	+60.1
Electrical Fires	48	48	48	48
Bicycles/Motorcycles	48	48	48	48
Gas	48	48	48	48
Others**	9	3	-6	-66.7
TOTAL	3017	3210	+193	+6.4

*Contents include furniture,clothing , awning, mattresses, praying altar, door mats. ** Others include notice boards, banners and lifts.

TABLE 3: BREAKDOWN OF FIRE IN RESIDENTIAL PREMISES (BY TYPES)