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.
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