Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information you have requested.
Please see below the answer to your request.
Questions and final response:
1. The total number of your workforce as a whole.
1395 (all figures at 16 September 2020) – this is unique headcount
2. The total number of staff who have died FROM Covid 19 within your organisation.
Zero
3. The total number of staff who have been admitted to hospital as a result of Covid 19.
Zero
4. The total number of staff who have been properly diagnosed with Covid 19 not requiring hospitalisation
4
5. The total number of staff who have had to take time off work through isolation procedures not counting when the offices were actually closed
427 (please see caveat note)
Q5: Caveat – this figure includes: a) individuals that have isolated, but have continued to work from home, b) individuals that have been required to isolate more than once and c) individuals that have isolated at the request of the Service.