- Request
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1. The total number of fire-related callouts attended by your service for each of the last five calendar years (broken down by year, and if available, by day/month).
2. The number of fires in the last five calendar years during December and January, where the recorded cause was:
a. Christmas lights
b. Christmas decorations
c. Christmas trees
d. Cooking-related fires
e. Candles
3. For each of the above categories, where possible, please also provide the number of:
a. Accidents (non-injury incidents)
b. Injuries
c. Fatalities
4. The total number of callouts attended by your service for incidents involving fireworks, during December and first week of January over the last five years.
5. The number of fires in the last five calendar years during December and January where the event was: - Decision
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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.
Q1 - Total number of fires within Lincolnshire
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Grand Total
January
121
101
112
111
116
561
February
102
90
110
137
94
533
March
149
161
163
122
118
713
April
165
251
198
132
140
886
May
204
131
153
173
142
803
June
152
131
219
229
151
882
July
150
132
424
161
163
1,030
August
197
165
356
221
234
1,173
September
172
194
148
133
149
796
October
97
144
130
91
114
576
November
126
121
105
104
126
582
December
123
115
114
108
110
570
Grand Total
1,758
1,736
2,232
1,722
1,657
9,105
Q2a - Number of fires during December and January where the recorded cause was christmas lights
2023
2024
Grand Total
December
Electric lighting - Fairy lights
1
2
3
Grand Total
1
2
3
NB: source of ignition is recorded for primary fires only
NB: no specific ignition source for christmas lights, data provided for fairy lights as the closest match available
Q2b - Number of fires during December and January where the recorded cause was christmas decorations
Data not available, christmas decorations is not an available option in the source of ignition data
Q2c - Number of fires during December and January where the recorded cause was christmas tree
Data not available, christmas tree is not an available option in the source of ignition data
Q2d - Number of fires during December and January where the recorded cause was cooking related
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Grand Total
January
14
13
14
15
10
66
December
17
14
18
8
16
73
Grand Total
31
27
32
23
26
139
NB: source of ignition is recorded for primary fires only
Q2e - Number of fires during December and January where the recorded cause was candles
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Grand Total
January
Matches & candles - Candles
2
2
December
Matches & candles - Candles
1
2
1
3
1
8
Grand Total
1
4
1
3
1
10
NB: source of ignition is recorded for primary fires only
Q3a - Number of fires recorded in Q2a-e, the number of accidents
Data not held
Q3b - Number of resulting injuries from fires during December and January where the recorded cause was christmas lights
2024
Grand Total
December
3
3
Grand Total
3
3
Q3b - Number of resulting injuries from fires during December and January where the recorded cause was cooking related
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Grand Total
January
2
2
2
2
3
11
December
3
5
5
2
4
19
Grand Total
5
7
7
4
7
30
Q3b - Number of resulting injuries from fires during December and January where the recorded cause was candles
2020
2021
2023
Grand Total
January
2
2
December
2
1
5
8
Grand Total
2
3
5
10
Q3c - Number of resulting fatalities from fires during December and January where the recorded cause was christmas lights
No incidents met this criteria
Q3c - Number of resulting fatalities from fires during December and January where the recorded cause was cooking related
2024
Grand Total
December
1
1
Grand Total
1
1
Q3c - Number of resulting fatalities from fires during December and January where the recorded cause was candles
No incidents met this criteria
Q4 - Number of fires caused by fireworks
2022
2024
Grand Total
January 1st
Fireworks
2
1
3
Grand Total
2
1
3
NB: source of ignition is recorded for primary fires only
NB: involvement of fireworks in other incident types not recorded
Q5 - Number of fires during December and January where the event was public firework display or residential firework display
Data not held.
- Reference number
- 13873809
- Date request received
- 22 September 2025
- Date of decision
- 15 October 2025