Wildfires attended by the fire and rescue service. - Find a freedom of information request

Request

Can I please request, in the form of a spreadsheet such as Excel or CSV file, information on wildfires attended by the fire and rescue service.



1. I would like the total number of wildfires recorded by the fire and rescue service, broken down by month, for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (to date).

2. In a separate tab I would like details of each wildfire incident.

Please include:

Date of incident

Time of day incident reported

Incident duration (minutes)

Location (please include longitude and latitude and local authority if available)

Cause of wildfire (if available)

Size of area damaged by wildfire (square meters if available)

Total number of buildings affected

Total number of dwellings affected

Total number of firefighters injured, seriously injured or killed

 

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. 

Wildfires attended by Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue

             

Date range: 01 Jan 2017 - 31 October 2023

               
                 

Count of INCIDENT_NUMBER

Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Month

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Grand Total

January

 

1

2

1

 

3

2

9

February

 

3

1

1

4

1

1

11

March

2

 

7

2

4

3

2

20

April

3

 

2

4

2

6

1

18

May

4

3

4

10

3

3

10

37

June

5

4

1

7

2

6

1

26

July

5

12

9

5

5

23

6

65

August

7

15

7

3

12

22

7

73

September

 

5

8

5

12

9

5

44

October

2

6

2

 

5

5

3

23

November

3

 

2

1

 

1

 

7

December

 

1

2

 

2

2

 

7

Grand Total

31

50

47

39

51

84

38

340

 2. Please find attached

Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.
 

Reference number
FOI 8332477
Date request received
09/11/23
Date of decision
29/11/23