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EIR 1727 / May 2024 / Vehicle Fires since 2019

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 - How many vehicle fires have been attended per year over the last 5 years?

What percentage were electric?

 

Please see table below for the data requested:

Vehicle fires attended by ECFRS - Since 1st January 2019 to 30th May 2024 (present day)

Year      Number of Vehicle fires           Number of these fires that were        % of vehicle fires that were                                                                                             electric in origin                                  electric in origin

2019     173                                          37                                                       21%

2020     136                                          42                                                       31%

2021     198                                          44                                                       22%

2022     236                                          49                                                       21%

2023     217                                          60                                                       28%

2024       87                                          24                                                       28%

Our Transparency website contains published responses to similar requests, particularly EIR 1700 / March 2024 / Incident Data Lithium Battery Fires (essex-fire.gov.uk)

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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Thank you for your interest in Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, we hope this satisfies your request.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to apply for an internal review.

Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your original email and should be sent to informationgovernance@essex-fire.gov.uk or sent to our postal address: Internal Review, Information Governance Team, Kelvedon Park, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex CM8 3HB.

Please ensure you quote the above reference number in all future communications.

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All responses are anonymous.