Reference:
Request detail:
Last year I sent you a request to your FRS to confirm the number of incidents that have occurred within your authority to the heritage-built environment for 2020. I would respectively request similar data for 2021. We are still losing heritage buildings at an alarming rate with the loss to the nation currently unknown as there are currently no statistics produced detailing the number of fires of where, when or how they are occurring.
The information required is the date and address together with most probable cause if known, along with any fatalities, rescues and casualties where incidents have occurred in the following type of premises;
• HE Listed Grade I, II* or II
• Conservation area
• Thatch
• Mill
• Place of worship
I am also interested in chimney fires within dwellings and wildfires that have occurred on World Heritage Sites/National Parks.
Response detail:
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please find attached the information requested. Please note that our GIS Specialist and Data Analysts have compared data from the Historic England website and AddressBase Premium with our Incident Recording System using a 10 meter buffer on our incident locations. It has then been assumed that if they fall within this buffer there has been as an incident at the premises.
For additional clarity the searches were carried out based on the below:
HE listed Grade I, II, II* - All included. Data taken from Historic England website
Conservation Area - All included. Data taken from Historic England Website
Local Importance - Data taken from Historic England under categories (Battlefields, World Heritage Sites, scheduled Monuments, and Parks and Garden)
Thatch - No data available
Mill - No data available
Place of Worship - Data taken from AddressBase Premium premised marked as being of Religious or Spiritual nature.
The data is taken from the full year 2021 and not financial year and information has been provided where this was recorded.
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
