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 – Records of any visits to Eastgate Inn, 6 Harwich Road, Colchester C)4 3BN since 2014?
We have searched our records, we have found one document: Note for Case (NFC), this shows an attempted visit to the above premise by an Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) Protection Officer on 9th January 2023.
A copy of this NFC is attached.
Our Incident Recording System shows the following attendances have taken place since 2009:
Date Time of Call Incident Type Notes
06/06/2017 07:37 Automatic Fire Alarm – Hotel Attended, no sign of fire.
09/10/2011 12:25 Oil Spillage Outside The Clarendon,6 Harwich Road.
There are no further documents or records held by ECFRS regarding the premise.
We hope you find this information useful.
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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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