Thank you for your request under the Environmental Information Regulations.
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:
Question 1 - Please could you list all of the call outs made to domestic homes and businesses due to fires related to electrical hazards between December 2020 – 1st December 2023.
Please may I request that information follow the below outline:
Call out number Date of call out e.g. 16 June 2023 or 16/06/23
Category/cause of emergency e.g. fire caused by portable heater, electrical shock etc. Or equivalent breakdown Related to electrics (Yes/No) - please specify if the incident was related to electricity/electrical issues.
Category of location e.g. Domestic / Business
Type of call out (e.g category 1, 2,3 etc)
Result of call out (e.g fatal/non fatal, sustained injuries etc Or equivalent breakdown)
Please find attached spreadsheet containing the data requested.
Please note that I have considered all types of residential homes, including nursing homes, to be domestic homes.
I have taken places used for commercial activities to be business premises (such as a nightclub, shop, restaurant, etc).
All incidents were classed as Primary Fires as they were reported to have occurred within a dwelling or a building.
We hope this information is useful to you
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essexfire.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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