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Questions and final response:
This is a Freedom of Information Request for Fire Authority data.
If possible could I have the following data:
1/ Total number of house fires caused by faulty white goods (washing machines, tumble dryers, fridge freezers, fridges, cookers etc) in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (to end of July) and what % each figure is of total house fires in that year.
Also, if possible could this data be broken down by month? If this would take long then perhaps I could have:
2/ Total number of house fires caused by faulty white goods (washing machines, tumble dryers, fridge freezers, fridges, cookers etc) in each month during 2020 (Jan to July)
3/ Total number of house fires caused by faulty white goods (washing machines, tumble dryers, fridge freezers, fridges, cookers etc) in each month during 2019 (Jan to December)
4/ Would it also be possible to have question 1/ data broken down by which particular faulty white goods caused the fires?
Please find attached an Excel spreadsheet containing monthly data on residential fires where the cause is recorded as faulty white goods.