All outdoor Fires Recorded

Request

I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.



My request concerns outdoor fires.

 

Could you please send me the following information:

 

1, A list of all outdoor fires recorded by Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue Service in the period March 2022 to August 2025 inclusive, with the following categories of information:

a) Location (as detailed as possible within the data available)

b) Month

c) Day

d) Outdoor location type (e.g. Loose refuse; grassland, woodland & 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 correspond with the categories in the outdoor fires dataset, which is published periodically by

the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets).

 

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. Please see attached document

 

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

 

Data not available for August 2025 due to system issues, data provided up to 31st July 2025 only.

Reference number
14297257
Date request received
30 October 2025
Date of decision
12 November 2025