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 am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information: - How many high-rise residential buildings (at least seven storeys or 18 metres in height) are within the fire service’s jurisdiction?
Currently Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) record premises against the Fire Service Emergency Cover (FSEC) toolkit bandings, which for purpose-built flats is an occupancy type ‘D’.
Therefore, it is extremely difficult for us to distinguish a High-Rise Residential Building (HRRB) due to the Fire Service Emergency Cover (FSEC) toolkit bandings, e.g.
• Purpose built flats 1-3 storeys (D000)
• Purpose built flats 4-5 storeys (D010)
• Purpose built flats 6-9 storeys (D030)
• Purpose built flats >=10 storeys (D020)
Therefore, the total number of HRRBs provided includes the total number of purpose-built flats with 6 or more storeys and may not be a HRRB as defined by Regulation 3 of the Fire Safety (England) Regulation 2022.
This comes to a total of 204 premises see table below:
Premises Type Premises Known
Purpose built flats 6-9 storeys 24
Purpose built flats >=10 storeys 71
Student Accommodation 7+ storeys 9
Total 204
Question 2 - For how many of those buildings have responsible persons submitted building floor plans and external wall systems design and material information to the fire service in accordance with their duties under Fire Safety Regulations (England) 2022?
Responsible persons have submitted floor plans to ECFRS, in accordance with their duties under Fire Safety Regulations England 2022, for 81 of these buildings.
Responsible persons have submitted external wall systems design and material information to ECFRS, in accordance with their duties under Fire Safety Regulations England 2022, for 47 of these buildings.
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).
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