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FOI / 3842 / 2018 - Fire Dogs

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information.

Please see below the answers to your request.

Initial Request:

This is a request under the Freedom Of Information Act.

Can you please provide me with the following information in an excel file (please make sure that the information is in an excel file, not PDF, WORD on in the body of the email)? 1) the number of fire dogs you had in service for each of the last five financial year (2017/18, 2016/17, 2015/16, 2014/15, 2013/14)

2) The number of fire dogs killed or injured in the line of duty for each of the last five financial year (2017/18, 2016/17, 2015/16, 2014/15, 2013/14).

Please break the figures between killed and injured and provide me with details where possible (for instance: nature of the injury, circumstances when the dog died/got injured etc).

3) The cost to treat injured fire dogs for each of the last five financial year (2017/18, 2016/17, 2015/16, 2014/15, 2013/14)

Final Response:

Essex Fire Service has never had any Fire Dogs.

The only dogs that have been, and still are involved with ECFRS are the Urban Search and Rescue dogs, which are a National Asset within the USAR National Resilience capability.

Essex hosts one of these National Assets, but they are not Fire Dogs.

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 addressed to: Internal Review, Performance & Data Team, Kelvedon Park, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8 3HB.