Incident and emergency response

Requests relating to operational incidents including statistics on attendance times.

Vehicle fires

Received: 

Tuesday, 28 February, 2023

Responded: 

Monday, 13 March, 2023

Request detail: 

I would be grateful if you could supply me with some statistics.

Number of vehicle fires for

2019/2020*

2020/2021*

2021/2022*

For:

  • Vehicle fires
  • Vehicle fires within public car parks
  • Fires within domestic garages
  • Fires within domestic garages confirmed as vehicle origin

 

Fuel source of involved vehicle:

Electric blanket and electric heater fires

Received: 

Tuesday, 14 February, 2023

Responded: 

Tuesday, 7 March, 2023

Request detail: 

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information act. I would like to know the following:

The number of calls to fires caused by electric blankets.

And the number of calls to fires caused by plug-in electric heaters.

I would like the data from January 2017 until as recently as records allow. I would like the data to be broken down as follows:

In both cases would like to know, in total, how many calls there were in each year: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

For 2022 and 2023, I would like a month-by-month breakdown of the number of calls.

Recycling centres, scrapyards, landfills, other waste management facilities

Received: 

Wednesday, 14 December, 2022

Responded: 

Tuesday, 10 January, 2023

Request detail: 

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. Please may you provide me with:

Statistics on the number of fires your fire service has attended at recycling centres, scrapyards, landfills, and any other waste management facilities since 1st January 2022. If possible, please also highlight any incidents where other regional fire services have been brought in to assist in putting out these fires - this is not completely necessary, but will help us to build a more accurate picture of this year’s waste fire incidents.

e-bikes and e-scooters

Received: 

Wednesday, 8 February, 2023

Responded: 

Monday, 13 February, 2023

Request detail: 

As part of our efforts to reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by electricity in the UK, we are putting together a report on e-scooter and e-bike safety. The information gathered will be used by our public affairs, media, and technical teams to drive campaigns and research for improvement in the safety associated with fire risk.

Animals in Distress

Received: 

Saturday, 3 December, 2022

Responded: 

Wednesday, 7 December, 2022

Request detail: 

Is it still the policy of the Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to rescue Cats stuck up trees providing that the request to do so comes primarily from the RSPCA.

Air Fryers

Received: 

Tuesday, 29 November, 2022

Responded: 

Thursday, 29 December, 2022

Request detail: 

I'd like to make the following request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

 

> Number of callouts to fires where "air fryer" is named as the cause in each of the following calendar years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Please include any available details on the number/type of injuries, deaths and length of time to put each fire out.

E-bikes

Received: 

Wednesday, 16 November, 2022

Responded: 

Thursday, 8 December, 2022

Request detail: 

I would like to request data on the number of fires your service has tackled caused by ‘E-Bikes’ during the last 3 years, including 2022, if this data is available. 

Method for handling Fires & Overheating in Commercial/Industrial Lithium-Ion Batteries

Received: 

Thursday, 20 October, 2022

Responded: 

Monday, 24 October, 2022

Request detail: 

Your methodology or standard procedure for handling overheating and/or fires within lithium-ion-based batteries.

Please may you provide me with the following information by providing your answers to the questions below, ideally in a different colour font.

Example Question: Example text Answer

Example Question 2:

Yes
No

Name of your Fire Brigade in full

Email Address this FOI went to (to avoid any email reminders being sent)

disposable BBQs, cigarette litter, broken/discarded glass bottles and sky lanterns

Received: 

Tuesday, 20 September, 2022

Responded: 

Friday, 14 October, 2022

Request detail: 

I request to be supplied with data on the causes of fires reported to Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service, including but not limited to those started by disposable BBQs, cigarette litter, broken/discarded glass bottles and sky lanterns. I request that this data is broken down at least by month, for the last 24 months.

If available, I also request information on the duration and damage caused by those fires and the cost incurred by your service.

E-Scooter Fires Fatalities/casualties

Received: 

Thursday, 15 September, 2022

Responded: 

Monday, 10 October, 2022

Request detail: 

Under Freedom of Information, I would be grateful if you're able to provide the number of fires for the below.  If you don't have a category for these, it would be great if you're able to use a free text search. 

Number of fires involving e-scooters, broken down by year 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date.

Number of fatalities / casualties resulting from the above, broken down by year.

Number of lithium battery fires of any kind, broken down by 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date.

Number of fatalities / casualties resulting from the above, broken down by year.

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