Germany: Long-term Fire Statistcs Update (IFFN No. 7 – August 1992)
Long-term Fire Statistcs Update
(IFFN No. 7 – August 1992, p. 17,21)
This is the first time the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry has published forest fire statistics for the unified territory of Germany. Until the unification in 1990 the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic kept separate fire records (see IFFN No.2, December 1989). This explains the sudden increase in the total number of fires and forested area affected by fires by 84% and 91% respectively (Tab.1).
Tab.1. Forest fires in Germany from 1977 to 1991: Fire causes, number of fires, burned area and estimated damage. The fire statistics of the former German Democratic Republic are first included in 1991. Source: Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten 1992
Year
Negligence
Arson
Lightning
Other Causes
Unknown Causes
Total
Damage (estimated)
No.
ha
No.
ha
No.
ha
No.
ha
No.
ha
No.
ha
Mio. DM
DM/ha burned area
1977
384
151
172
80
2
0
248
215
294
167
1100
613
2.5
4078
1978
212
76
94
32
8
0
157
103
163
78
634
289
1.2
4152
1979
219
79
75
34
2
0
203
154
201
89
700
356
1.2
3371
1980
471
368
132
57
4
1
375
886
388
233
1370
1545
3.8
2450
1981
255
143
125
33
1
0
79
207
184
114
644
497
2.5
5030
1982
441
164
223
138
3
1
198
327
379
121
1244
751
3.7
4927
1983
296
150
197
92
22
1
227
256
367
293
1109
792
6.7
8460
1984
460
264
183
105
2
0
148
303
370
203
1163
875
5.1
5829
1985
163
67
146
47
2
0
72
86
139
42
522
242
1.3
5372
1986
151
48
146
36
5
1
121
152
195
56
618
293
1.4
4778
1987
168
136
99
41
2
0
105
96
110
46
484
319
1.6
5016
1988
164
48
143
21
6
0
104
86
142
127
559
282
1.4
4965
1989
192
39
237
64
12
1
135
117
230
60
806
281
1.8
6406
1990
311
131
225
86
28
6
152
146
285
113
1001
481
10.5
21830
1991
395
245
460
127
11
4
333
309
647
236
1846
920
3.3
3587
Changes from 1990 to 1991 (%):
+27
+87
+104
+48
-61
-33
+119
+112
+127
+109
+84
+91
-69
-84
From: Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry
Address:
P.O.Box 14 02 70
D-W-5300 Bonn 1
