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 - I am exploring fire risk for people living with dementia and any initiatives in place to reduce risk for this group. I wondered if you could share with me the number of fire incidents you attended which involved people living with dementia in the last reporting year?
Please see table below for the results:
Fire incidents attended by ECFRS involving people living with Dementia - 2021 to 2024 (present day)
Type of incident
Year False Alarm Fire Special Service Incident Yearly Total
2021 5 1 3 9
2022 1 1 2
2023 4 2 6
2024 1 1
Total 10 3 5 18
Question 2 - Do you have any strategies or policies in place regarding people living with dementia?
Yes, please use this link https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/dementia which shows how we support people living with Dementia in Essex.
There are further links on our site, including: A
re you involved in a business that caters for people with dementia? | Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (essex-fire.gov.uk)
https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/news/how-we-work-support-people-living-dementia-essex
https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/news/volunteers-give-6000-hours-fire-service
https://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/ability-respond-and-escape
We hope this information is useful to you.
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essexfire.gov.uk) .
Please note that the response and data released to you as part of this request will be published on our website http://transparency.essex-fire.gov.uk/.
All requests will be anonymised and no personal information including contact details will be disclosed as part of this process.
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Thank you for your interest in Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, we hope this satisfies your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to apply for an internal review.
Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your original email and should be sent to informationgovernance@essex-fire.gov.uk or sent to our postal address: Internal Review, System & Data Information Governance Team, Kelvedon Park, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8 3HB.
Please ensure you quote the above reference number in all future communications.