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 writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from the Fire Authority.
Please may you provide me with:
1. How many fires linked to lithium ion batteries did you record in 2022?
2. How many fires linked to lithium ion batteries did you record in 2023?
3. How many fires involved an electric bike did you record in 2022? And in 2023?
4. How many fires involving an electric scooter did you record in 2022? And in 2023?
5. How many fires involving an electric car did you record in 2022? And in 2023?
6. How many fires involving an electric truck did you record in 2022? And in 2023?
7. How many fires involving an electric bus/ coach did you record in 2022? And in 2023?
We have published several responses to similar requests in the recent past.
Please click on the following links to access the responses that are published on the Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) Transparency website.
EIR1645 / October 2023 / Lithium Battery Fires (essex-fire.gov.uk)
EIR 1659 / November 2023 / Lithium - Ion Batteries (essex-fire.gov.uk)
EIR 1677 / January 2024 / Electric Vehicles / Lithium-Ion Batteries (essex-fire.gov.uk)
EIR 1696 / February 2024 / Electric/Hybrid Bus Data (essex-fire.gov.uk)
EIR 1699 / February 2024/ Lithium Batteries (essex-fire.gov.uk)
EIR 1700 / March 2024 / Lithium Battery Fires (essex-fire.gov.uk)
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.