Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold the information you have requested.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 – "I would be most grateful if you would provide me with, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding your estate.
When did you last undertake a condition survey of your estate?
A condition survey was undertaken of the Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) Estate in 2021.
Question 2 – Do you carry out fire risk assessments internally or via an external service provider?
Fire Risk Assessments (FRA’s) are required to be completed by someone who is both competent and confident to do them. In most cases our internal officers are able to complete and review them, however in more complex cases, the service has used external professionals to complete FRA’s
Question 3 – Are your estate site plans current and accurate?
ECFRS estate plans are current and accurate.
Question 4 – Do your estate site plans detail fire compartmentation lines?
No
Question 5 – Do you retain an up-to-date list of maintainable M&E assets?
Yes, we retain a list of M&E assets, this list is up to date.
We hope you find this information useful.
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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.