A list of all outdoor fires recorded by your fire and rescue service - Find a freedom of information request

1. A list of all outdoor fires recorded by your fire and rescue service in:

- June, July and August 2020

- June, July and August 2021

- June, July and August 2022

2. Please provide as much information as possible about each fire, including but not limited to:

a) Month

b) Date

c) Location (as specific as possible)

d) Outdoor location type (e.g. Loose refuse; Grassland, woodland and crops; Outdoor structures)

e) Primary fire (yes or no)

f) Accidental or deliberate

g) Outdoor damage area description

These are all categories that I know are recorded by fire services and which are included in the outdoor fires dataset published periodically by the Home Office (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets)

If you have any additional information about the fires, such as ignition source, main cause and property type, please include this in the data as well.

 

Please find attached spreadsheet as requested

Please be aware, some personal information has been removed. This information is exempt under section 40 (personal information) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), as the information constitutes third party data. Section 40(2) provides that personal data about third parties is exempt information if one of the conditions set out in section 40(3) is satisfied. Under the FOI Act disclosure of this information would breach the fair processing principle contained in the Data Protection Act 2018 (GDPR), where it would be unfair to that person/s confidentiality

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