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 times were you called out for bariatric assists / bariatric incident in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (broken down by year, and, if possible, by month)
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
| Jan | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Feb | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| March | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| April | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| May | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| June | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| July | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | - |
| Aug | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | - |
| Sept | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | - |
| Oct | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - |
| Nov | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | - |
| Dec | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | - |
| Total | 35 | 42 | 80 | 81 | 42 |
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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.