Attended Fire Incidents Yearly Breakdown

Request

I am basing my request on the fire statistics definitions laid out on this page

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-statistics-guidance/fire-statistics-definitions#fires



1) From your incident recording system, please could you provide a yearly breakdown for how many fire incidents were attended by your service in each calendar year, from 2019 up to the date of this request, where the source of ignition was recorded as lithium-ion or similar battery.



2) Of these incidents, how many were logged as being caused by an e-bike or e-scooter battery?



3) For both above, please could you also provide the following breakdowns by calendar year:

Number of casualties caused by such incidents, broken down by the 4 subcategories of non-fatal casualties and fatalities.



The most casualties recorded in a single incident.

Number of fires in each type of location, including:

Dwellings, including breakdown of 3 flat/maisonette sub-categories

Other, non-residential buildings

Road vehicle fires

Other outdoors

Number of fires by cause (defect, act or omission)

Number of fires by size of spread (item, room, floor, 2 floors, more than 2 floors, roofs and spaces, no damage)



Please provide the data in a tabular, machine-readable format such as a CSV or Excel file.
 

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. 

 

1-3. 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.

Reference number
14546985
Date request received
20 November 2025
Date of decision
3 December 2025