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.

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.

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)

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.

Please provide as much information as possible about each fire, including but not limited to:

a) Month

b) Date

c) Location (as specific as possible)

d) Outdoor location type (e.g. Loose refuse; Grassland, woodland and crops; Outdoor structures)

e) Primary fire (yes or no)

f) Accidental or deliberate

g) Outdoor damage area description