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 – I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
The number of house fires in your area involving and/or caused by an e-scooter incident in 2020.
The number of house fires in your area involving and/or caused by an e-scooter incident in 2021.
The number of house fires in your area involving and/or caused by an e-scooter incident in 2022.
The number of house fires in your area involving and/or caused by an e-scooter incident in 2023.
Additionally, and only if this is categorised separately, can we also request the following:
The number of house fires in your area involving and/or caused by an e-bike incident in 2020.
The number of house fires in your area involving and/or caused by an e-bike incident in 2021.
The number of house fires in your area involving and/or caused by an e-bike incident in 2022.
The number of house fires in your area involving and/or caused by an e-bike incident in 2023.
See table below:
Anonymous Incident number Date of Incident Property Type Fire make/model Description
1 21/03/2021 shed Vici City Commuter E-Scooter
2 25/06/2023 house Apollo E-scooter
3 12/12/2023 house E-bike Carrera
Additionally, you may be interested in the following responses to similar requests, the responses to which, are published on our Transparency website, links below:
EIR 1716 / April 2024 / Incident Data Lithium Battery Incidents (essex-fire.gov.uk)
and
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 (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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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.
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