Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information.
Please see below the answer to your request.
Initial Request:
We would like a FOI request, please can you provide me with the below;
Periods 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018
· No of fires in dwellings by postcode
· No of fatalities caused by fire by post code
· No of non-fatalities caused by fire by post code
· No of smoke alarm failures in dwellings resulting in fire by post code
Period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
· No of fires in dwellings by postcode
· No of fatalities caused by fire by post code
· No of non-fatalities caused by fire by post code
· No of smoke alarm failures in dwellings resulting in fire by post code
Period 1 April 2019 to 31 October 2019
· No of fires in dwellings by postcode
· No of fatalities caused by fire by post code
· No of non-fatalities caused by fire by post code
· No of smoke alarm failures in dwellings resulting in fire by post code
Final Response:
Periods 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018
· No of fires in dwellings by postcode 94
· No of fatalities caused by fire by post code 0
· No of non-fatalities caused by fire by post code 10
· No of smoke alarm failures in dwellings resulting in fire by post code 15 Period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
· No of fires in dwellings by postcode 74
· No of fatalities caused by fire by post code 0
· No of non-fatalities caused by fire by post code 7
· No of smoke alarm failures in dwellings resulting in fire by post code 18Period 1 April 2019 to 31 October 2019
· No of fires in dwellings by postcode 54
· No of fatalities caused by fire by post code 0
· No of non-fatalities caused by fire by post code 7
· No of smoke alarm failures in dwellings resulting in fire by post code 9
We are unable to determine if a smoke alarm failure results in a fire, as the fire may have started in an area where an alarm was not present. We have only included data where the smoke alarm failed to operate.
Please see the Excel document attached.
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