Warehouse fires / fires caused by vapes / fires in schools

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Under Freedom of Information Act, I would be very grateful if you could provide the following information relating to fires:
1. Warehouse fires: We are interested in the number of fire incidents in warehouses.
a. How many fires in warehouses have you attended in the last three calendar years (2024 - to date, 2023, 2022, 2021)?
b. Per year, please breakdown the above by the following:
c. Extent of damage
d. Cause of fire
2. Fires in Schools: I am seeking to understand how many schools have been impacted by fires and whether sprinklers were present.
1. How many fires at schools have you attended in the last five full years (2023 to 2019 or nearest period, if not available). If possible, please provide a breakdown per year of:
a. of the school fires you attended in this period, how many had sprinklers fitted?
b. Please provide a breakdown of the causes of fire by year.
c. For each year, please also provide a breakdown of the type of school (e.g. primary, secondary), any injuries or deaths, the extent of damage to school, age of school, how many of the schools at the time the fire broke out had received a low, medium or high fire risk assessment (or alternative classification if used), how many school fire risk assessments have you carried out in the last five full years (2023 to 2019 or nearest period, if not available) and if possible, please provide a breakdown of the outcomes e.g. low, medium, high risk
3. I would be very grateful if you could provide figures relating to fires caused by disposable e-cigarettes and vapes. I appreciate this may not be a category you record. It would be great if you could perform a free text search on "vape" and "e-cigarette" together with any other terms you think relevant. Please could you provide the information, split by the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 (to date)

Response detail: 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. Please refer below for the information requested.

1. Warehouse fires: We are interested in the number of fire incidents in warehouses. – See attached excel spreadsheet – Tab 1
a. How many fires in warehouses have you attended in the last three calendar years (2024 - to date, 2023, 2022, 2021)?
b. Per year, please breakdown the above by the following:
c. Extent of damage
d. Cause of fire
2. Fires in Schools: I am seeking to understand how many schools have been impacted by fires and whether sprinklers were present. – See attached excel spreadsheet – Tab 2.
1. How many fires at schools have you attended in the last five full years (2023 to 2019 or nearest period, if not available). If possible, please provide a breakdown per year of:
a. of the school fires you attended in this period, how many had sprinklers fitted?
b. Please provide a breakdown of the causes of fire by year.
c. For each year, please also provide a breakdown of the type of school (e.g. primary, secondary), any injuries or deaths, the extent of damage to school, age of school, how many of the schools at the time the fire broke out had received a low, medium or high fire risk assessment (or alternative classification if used), how many school fire risk assessments have you carried out in the last five full years (2023 to 2019 or nearest period, if not available) and if possible, please provide a breakdown of the outcomes e.g. low, medium, high risk. Please note age of school is not recorded. Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service do not undertake fire risk assessments, Fire Safety Inspecting Officers audit fire risk assessments for schools as part of our risk-based inspection programme to assess compliance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The spreadsheet shows the risk level based on response times to geographical area rather a site-specific risk/threat.
3. I would be very grateful if you could provide figures relating to fires caused by disposable e-cigarettes and vapes. I appreciate this may not be a category you record. It would be great if you could perform a free text search on "vape" and "e-cigarette" together with any other terms you think relevant. Please could you provide the information, split by the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 (to date) - See attached excel spreadsheet – Tab 3.

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Yes

Received: 

Monday, 4 March, 2024

Responded: 

Tuesday, 2 April, 2024

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