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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 -1) How many times was the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service called out to lift/elevatorrelated incidents in 2023? (1st Jan-31st Dec)
1a) How many of these total call outs required the fire service to rescue, or help to rescue, one or more parties stuck in a lift/elevator?
1b) How many of these total call outs were deemed as an emergency by the fire service?
1c) How many of these total call outs were deemed as a non-emergency by the fire service?
2) How many times was the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service called out to lift/elevator-related incidents in 2022? (1st Jan-31st Dec)
2a) How many of these total call outs required the fire service to rescue, or help to rescue, one or more parties stuck in a lift/elevator?
2b) How many of these total call outs were deemed as an emergency by the fire service?
2c) How many of these total call outs were deemed as a non-emergency by the fire service?
Lift Release Call Outs to ECFRS
Details of special service incident Year
2022 2023
For able bodied person not in distress 250 272
For child 11 18
For medical case 1
For person in distress 60 56
No persons involved 17 9
Other 10 5
Total 349 360
All of the above incidents were deemed an emergency and attended to as such.
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Incident and other data is published on our transparency site. Incident Data (essexfire.gov.uk) .
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