Corcoran, Jonathan and Higgs, Gary and Brunsdon, Chris and Ware, Andrew and Norman, Paul
(2007)
The use of spatial analytical techniques to
explore patterns of fire incidence: A South
Wales case study.
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 31 (6).
pp. 623-647.
ISSN 0198-9715
Abstract
The application of mapping and spatial analytical techniques to explore geographical patterns of
crime incidence is well established. In contrast, the analysis of operational incident data routinely
collected by fire brigades has received relatively less research attention, certainly in the UK academic
literature. The aim of this paper is to redress this balance through the application of spatial analyt-
ical techniques that permit an exploration of the spatial dynamics of fire incidents and their relation-
ships with socio-economic variables. By examining patterns for different fire incident types, including
household fires, vehicle fires, secondary fires and malicious false alarms in relation to 2001 Census of
Population data for an area of South Wales, we demonstrate the potential of such techniques to
reveal spatial patterns that may be worthy of further contextual study. Further research is needed
to establish how transferable these findings are to other geographical settings and how replicable
the findings are at different geographical scales. The paper concludes by drawing attention to the cur-
rent gaps in knowledge in analysing trends in fire incidence and proposes an agenda to advance such
research using spatial analytical techniques.
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