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fact[0] = "100% Retained - 100% committed";
fact[1] = "There are 1,100 Retained Fire Stations in the UK and 679 Wholetime";
fact[2] = "There are 38,600 Wholetime Personnel and 18,196 retained";
fact[3] = "Cost of a  wholetime pump £800,000 per annum, cost of a retained pump £80,000";
fact[4] = "There are 46 Fire Brigades in England<br>3 Fire Brigades in Wales<br>8 Fire Brigades in Scotland<br>1 Fire Brigade in Northern Ireland";
fact[5] = "The total number of incidents attended in 2002/03 by HFRS was 24,301 a decrease of 7% on 2001/02 which was the largest year on record.";
fact[6] = "The total number of incidents attended for 2001/02 by HFRS was 26,087. This represents an increase of 12% on 2000/01; this was also Hampshire’s busiest year on record.";
fact[7] = "One and a quarter million households mainly in deprived areas in England will be offered free smoke alarms and fire safety advice in a £25 million fire prevention package announced today by Fire Safety Minister, Phil Hope.";
fact[8] = "The U.S. has one of the highest fire death rates in the industrialized world at 13.5 deaths per million population.";
fact[9] = "In the year 2003/04, Fire and Rescue Services in the United Kingdom attended over 1 million fires or false alarms, a 4% increase compared to the previous year, mainly due to a large increase in secondary fires.";
fact[10] = "In 2003/04 Fire and Rescue Services attended 1,061,400 fires or false alarms in the UK, 4% more than in 2002/03. ";
fact[11] = "Last year HFRS's expenditure was £62.928 million";
fact[12] = "HFRS employ 811 Wholetime Firefighters and 635 Retained Firefighters";
fact[13] = "At any one time, there are probably as many retained members of the fire service on duty as wholetime firefighters";
fact[14] = "30% of the services total workforce are employed on the Retained Duty System";
fact[15] = "Retained Duty System Firefighters operate 60% of fire appliances";
fact[16] = "It costs £80,000 pa to run a retained pump, It costs £800,000 pa to run a wholetime pump.";

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