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- The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, came into force on 23 January 2023.
Since its implementation, how many up-to-date electronic building plans and information on the design and materials of external walls have you received in relation to high rise buildings in your jurisdiction?
Since January 2023, Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS)have received fiftyfour submissions for floor plans and building plans. Twenty-one of these were resubmissions.
The total unique number of High-Rise Residential Buildings (HRRBs) submissions received by ECFRS since January 2023 is thirty-three.
To date, ECFRS have accepted six plans (floor plans and building plan).
Therefore, only six HRRBs have complied with Regulation 11(b) (floor plans and building plan).
Question 2 - How many up-to-date electronic building plans and information on the design and materials of the external wall did you receive in relation to high rise buildings in your jurisdiction in 2022?
To date ECFRS have received forty-eight submissions relating to the ‘design and materials of external walls’ (Regulation 5).
Therefore, forty-eight HRRB’s have complied with Regulation 11(a) within our area.
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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.
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