Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold this information.
Please see below the answers to your request.
Final Response:
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following information:
1) The number of fires in your authority which have been reported on refurbishment works, in the last three years leading up to the date of your reply.
Refurbishment works is not a searchable field on our Incident Recording System (IRS).
We carried out a free text search in the IRS narrative log using ‘refurbishment works’ and ‘refurbish’. There were no results matching these criteria.
2) The amount of money your fire authority spent dealing with these fires.
Not applicable.