- Request
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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
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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.
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