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:
How many "deliberate fire incidents" did firefighters from fire stations under the control of your fire service attend between April and December 2019 and April to December in 2020
Please find attached an Excel spreadsheet containing data on deliberate fires.
On how many occasions did firefighters from fire stations under the control of your fire service: assist in taking samples for COVID-19 antigen testing; drive ambulance transport not on blue-lights (excluding known COVID-19 patients) to outpatient appointments or to receive urgent care; provide driving Instruction by FRS driver trainers to deliver training for non-Service personnel to drive ambulances (not on blue-lights).
The information you requested is available at:
On-call firefighters supporting the Ambulance Service as drivers (essex-fire.gov.uk)