Fire Fatalities by Tenure

Reference: 

1102

Request detail: 

Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000), I request the following information from the fire service:

  1. The number of residential fires attended by the fire service which resulted in one or more fatalities in
  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020

 

  1. A breakdown of the data provided in response to 1 a) – e) by the tenure of the housing type, into the categories owner-occupied, private rented, social housing

 

For example (numbers purely hypothetical):

 

Fatalities 2016

Fatalities 2017

Fatalities 2018

Fatalities 2019

Fatalities 2020

Owner-occupied

10

11

15

9

17

Private rented

13

9

17

18

14

Social housing

12

14

10

9

8

 

 

Response detail: 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.  Please see attached excel document.

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been handled, you can complain or request an internal review of the decision. This must be done within 40 working days of receiving this response. You can do this by writing to the Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, St. Michael’s Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2HJ or email: enquiries@shropshirefire.gov.uk

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:   

Information Commissioner's Office   

Wycliffe House   

Water Lane   

Wilmslow   

Cheshire  

SK9 5AF  

Telephone: 0303 123 1113  

Website: www.ico.gov.uk 

Information Released: 

Yes

Received: 

Monday, 7 June, 2021

Responded: 

Friday, 25 June, 2021

Topic: 

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