Thank you for your request under the Environmental Information Regulations.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) 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 request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The main purpose of this request is to gather data from each fire service in the United Kingdom regarding vape-related fires.Specifically, I am seeking information on the following:
• The total number of vape-related fires attended by the fire service for each of the past 5 years (2020-2024).
• If held, a breakdown of the causes of each vape-related fire, for example poor charging or disposal practices, or counterfeit or faulty products.
We attach the completed table that was provided with the request.
We do not explicitly record vapor-related fires.
A free text search for the key words of ‘e-cigarettes’, ‘e cigarettes’ and ‘vape’ to find out the fire incidents involving these items and caused by these items.
We have regarded these fires to be vapor-related fires.
The reasons for many of these fire incidents have not been recorded. Therefore, reasons are only provided for fire incidents where these have been noted down on the incident.
We hope this information is useful to you.