Sustained efforts are required to ensure public safety in residential communities of Surrey. This measure establishes the rate of fire per 1,000 residential structures (regardless of cause) and is a leading indicator of neighbourhood distress. Non-residential and other structural fires are excluded from this metric. The City aims to maintain of decrease the rate of residential fires over time. This indicator is also a performance measure for the Public Safety Strategy.
See this and other sustainability indicators on the City's Sustainability Dashboard