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 from 2019 onwards.
Our Transparency site has our incident data for 2009/10 onwards however this data may not hold the exact information that we are able to provide from 2019 onwards in the response below and attached PDF.
Please see below the answer to your request.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 - How many times has your force been called out to deal with arson to a VEHICLE in 2024 (up until the 31st September), and every year since 2014. Please can yearly figures be broken down by month.
Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) record incidents that may be arson, mostly as deliberate fires.
The arson element may not always be evident to the crews on the fireground.
The classification of deliberate is used in many incidents, as to prove arson as a cause, would require further investigation.
We refer you to the GOV.uk Guidance – Fire Statistics definitions Fire statistics definitions - GOV.UK for further explanation.
Please see attached spreadsheet for the incidents that we have classified as deliberate or arson.
Question 2 - How many times has your force been called out to deal with arson to a HOUSE in 2024 (up until the 31st September), and every year since 2014. Please can yearly figures be broken down by month.
Again, the same applies to this type of incident.
Please see attached spreadsheet for the incidents that we have classified as deliberate or arson.
Question 3 - How many times has your force been called out to deal with arson to a BUSINESS in 2024 (up until the 31st September), and every year since 2014. Please can yearly figures be broken down by month.
Again, the same applies to this type of incident.
Please see attached spreadsheet for the incidents that we have classified as deliberate or arson.
Commercial premises includes property types used for a business purpose such as restaurants, cinemas, pubs, factories, call centres, etc.
Question 4 - How many people have died from cases of arson in 2024 (up until the 31st September), and every year since 2014. Please can yearly figures be broken down by month"
Again, the same applies to this type of incident.
Please see attached spreadsheet for the incidents that we have classified as deliberate or arson.