Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service (ECFRS) does hold the information you have requested.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 "I would like to request data that you hold on the number of bariatric rescues carried out by the force.
Please could you provide:
1. The number of bariatric rescues the service attended each financial year, for the last five years.
2. The date of each incident attended.
3. The type of location of each incident (e.g. residential dwelling, RTC)
4. A brief description of the incident as recorded.
5. The outcome of the incident. (e.g. patient transported to hospital, etc)"
Please see attached PDF, which contains the data requested for incidents attended by ECFRS where Bariatric is noted in the incident.
The data is up to and including 2ⁿᵈ December 2024.
You may also be interested in similar requests that ECFRS have responded to and published on our Transparency site: EIR 1688 / February 2024 / Bariatric Rescues EIR 1630 / August / Bariatric Assistance FOI4560/March 2023/Incident Data
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.
Please ensure you quote the above reference number in all future communications.