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 – Firstly, let me thank you for your help in obtaining information from Essex and Suffolk water regarding hydrant 46/660 and its failure to supply an adequate flow and pressure on 28/02/2024.
Further to this, I would like any information you hold on similar occurrences where the condition of the water infrastructure has caused you problems in carrying out your duties.
Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) have searched our Incident Recording System (IRS) for incidents where hydrants are noted in messages relayed from our crews at incidents and thus recorded in our IRS.
We attach a PDF document for incidents that mention hydrants.
We interrogated dated from June 2023 to June 2024.
These incidents are not necessarily concerned with the infrastructure, in most cases in the attached PDF, the incidents are included as a hydrant was used by our crews in the course of their duties.
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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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.
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