I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:

1. How many complaints of racism have been received for the calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date? 

2. How many of these complaints were upheld each year?

3. How many of these complaints resulted in a disciplinary process each year (break into calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date)?

4. How many of these complaints resulted in the accused losing their job each year  (break into calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date?

Would you please supply the following information:

1) The number of bronchial challenge tests requested and/or performed at the request of your Fire and Rescue Service during 2019 and 2021 for occupational health or other reasons

2) The providers of bronchial challenge testing to your Fire and Rescue Service (at which locations/sites/departments) for occupational health or other reasons

2) The chemical agent used for the test e.g. mannitol or methacholine (if known)

4) The contact details of the sites/departments performing the tests?

Under the FOI, I request the following information:

1.Is your service paying Immediate Detriment on Firefighters Pensions?

2.How many operational staff is your service ‘over establishment’?

3.How many operational colleagues can retire (and/or reached 30 years of

service) from now until October 2023?

We are collecting information under the Freedom of Information Act about pay and employment practices of Chief Fire Officers (CFOs).

Specifically, we would like to know:

(a) the current salary (or salary band) of the current CFO and

b) whether the current or former CFO (since 2010) has retired and then been re-engaged in the service via a paid role?

We would prefer to receive this information in electronic form by e-mail and preferably in Word or Excel format. If you have any queries regarding this request, please e-mail the above address or telephone me on

I would like to know how many working days (both firefighters and staff) were lost to psychological disorders between January 2020 and January 2022.