Thank you for your request under the Environmental Information Regulations.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) does hold the information you have requested. Please see below the answer to your request.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 –LONDON ROAD, PURFLEET-ON-THAMES, THURROCK, RM19 1RE I have been informed by London Fire Brigade that you are the correct team to contact regarding this.
We are currently undertaking an environmental assessment of the above site and would be grateful if you could provide us with any details that you hold regarding flammable storage (past and present) located at this site.
The site boundary is marked on the attached plans (attached). Details that would be of interest to us include:
· Any historic or current records of fuel tanks on the site, including Bulk Fuel Installations (BFI); ·
The fuel types stored in the tanks.
· The tank sizes and construction details.
· A plan indicating the location of the tanks.
· Any results of tests undertaken to confirm the integrity of the tanks.
· Any reported spillages or pollution incidents: and
· Current status of the tanks and details of decommission (if applicable).
Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) can find no records that relate to the above site and the information that you request.
Information for petroleum storage sites in the area that this site is located, would be held by either Essex County Council (ECC) or Thurrock Borough Council (TBC).
ECC/TBC should be approached to request the information that you require.
ECC trading.standards@essex.gov.uk TBC trading.standards@thurrock.gov.uk
Additionally, the Environment Agency and the Health & Safety Executive may also hold records relating to the site and should be approached directly.
We hope this information is useful to you.
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essex- fire.gov.uk)
Please note that the response and data released to you as part of this request will be published on our website http://transparency.essex-fire.gov.uk/
All requests will be anonymised and no personal information including contact details will be disclosed as part of this process.
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