In last 25 years, serious fires have reduced by more than 50% from 66 000 to 25 000.
Fatal casualties in fires have fallen by even more from around 125 000 to around 50 000.
In 2020 Scotland hd 3 636 firefighters. England has 32 171.
All things being equal, with 10 times the population, England should have 36 360 but only has 32 171. Scotland has 13% more pro rata.
I know bigger area per head but very wet and with few fires in much of it.
Sources:
https://www.firescotland.gov.uk/about-us/who-we-are/statistics
https://www.statista.com/statistics/877562/leading-fire-brigades-by-firefighter-numbers/
Talking-up Scotland 
Wonder if oven chips are part of that?
Chip pan fires used to be a regular thing.
Or if the young (and not so young) get their grub from the local Chinese/Indian/chippy?
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Oven chips save lives but are a disappointment when eaten?
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There is one brand of oven chips that taste great everytime, but I am reluctant to say which one just in case they sell out or they bump up the price.
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Absolutely. I make my own oven chips, which are a compromise, but healthy.
Full fat, double deep-fried chips. The best!
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“Full fat, double deep-fried chips. The best!”
Just what my local undertaker was telling me, yesterday!!
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Its why I make my own oven chips, par-boiled then a wee spray of oil.
But, oh for the chips of my youth, deep fried to a dark golden brown, and swimming in vinegar!—
—Other condiments are available, depending where you live.
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Try them in an air fryer John, very good.
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Agree with you there about chip pan fires… and oven chips are even tastier done in an air fryer
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As a retired Loss Adjuster, I can say with certainty, some of the worst fires I ever dealt with were due to chip pans, or should I be pedantic and say, due to overheated oil or fat. Worst ones usually involved alcohol as a factor.
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