Fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Legislation: Metropolitan Fire Brigades Act 1958 (Vic) s 41D(1)

Maximum penalty: 1 year imprisonment, 120 penalty units, or both

Period: 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023

Jurisdiction: Magistrates' Court

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of an offence
On SACStat, a case is a collection of one or more charges sentenced at a hearing

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the Magistrates' Court, 448 charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice were sentenced in the three years to 30 June 2023. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was a fine (90.8% or 407 charges).

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.

Case data

In 437 cases sentenced in the Magistrates' Court in the three years to 30 June 2023, each case included at least one charge of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice. Among the 437 cases, 263 people were male and 96 people were female. The most common outcome for cases was a fine (90.8% or 397 cases).

A case is a collection of one or more charges against a person or company sentenced at the one hearing. Case data is most useful in understanding the total sentence usually imposed on people found guilty of a particular crime.

Figure 1: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Number: 448 charges

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 1 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 3: Community correction order lengths for charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Number: 1 charge

Bar graph showing lengths of community correction orders for charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 3 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 4: Fine amounts for charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Number: 357 charges

Note: The graph only includes fines that were not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate fines).

Bar graph showing fine amounts for charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 4 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 5: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice by financial year

Number: 448 charges

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 5 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 6: Number of charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice by financial year

Number: 448 charges

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 6 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 8: Average fine amounts for charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice by financial year

Number: 357 charges

Note: The graph only includes fines that were not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate fines).

Bar graph showing fines amounts each year for charges of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 8 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9A: Sentencing outcomes for all people for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Number: 437 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for all offenders for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 9A in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9B: Sentencing outcomes for males for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Number: 263 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for male offenders for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 9B in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9C: Sentencing outcomes for females for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Number: 96 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for female offenders for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 9C in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9D: Sentencing outcomes for people aged under 25 for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Number: 2 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged under 25 for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 9D in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9E: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 25 to 54 for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Number: 51 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 25 to 54 for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 9E in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 9F: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 55 and over for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Number: 29 cases

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 55 and over for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 9F in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 12: Community correction order lengths for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

Number: 1 case

Bar graph showing lengths of community correction orders for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 12 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 13: Sentencing outcomes for all cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice by financial year

Number: 437 cases

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 13 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 14: Number of cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice for all people by financial year

Number: 437 cases

Bar graph showing the number of cases each year for cases of fail to comply with a fire prevention notice

See Table 14 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.