Our ref: EIR1640
25th September 2023
Thank you for your request under the Environmental Information Regulations.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information you have requested.
Please see below the answer to your request.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 - How many fire incidents has ECFRS attended in which the location was found to be a drugs farm/caused by equipment at a drugs farm within the past year (July 2022 to July 2023)?
Please provide a breakdown by town/district area
Please also provide a breakdown by month (July 2022, August 2022, September 2022 etc)
Incident Date Incident Type Town
22/02/2023 Fire Aveley
10/12/2022 Fire South Ockendon
02/12/2022 Fire Ardleigh
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essexfire.gov.uk) .
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