Date of Request
July 23
Request
Good morning,
I am doing research for a project and was wondering if you had any statistics on the number of building/house fires that are caused by electric fans in the UK.
Things like floor standing and deskfans that are commonly used during the summer
Kind regards
Response
Dear X,
Thank you for your request for incident information which has been received by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (the Service) and considered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
The Service can confirm the requested incident information is held. Please find below the summary of the information requested (from 01/07/2022 – to 24/07/2023):
|
Year |
Month |
Incident Type at Control |
Main Cause |
Source of ignition |
Comment |
|
2022 |
July |
Fire – Fire now out |
Fault in equipment or appliance |
Other domestic style appliance – Extractor fan |
Fire in Bathroom extractor fan |
|
2023 |
Jan |
Fire – Fire |
Overheating, unknown cause |
Other |
Extractor fan outside of residential building |
|
2023 |
Jan |
Fire – Fire now out |
Faulty fuel supply – electricity |
Electricity supply – Apparatus – batteries, generators |
Fire in extractor fan above oven |
|
2023 |
Mar |
Fire – Building |
Faulty fuel supply – electricity |
Electricity supply – Wiring, cabling, plugs |
Fire in Bathroom extractor fan |
|
2023 |
Mar |
Fire – Building |
Fault in equipment or appliance |
Industrial equipment – Kiln, oven, furnace |
Fire in extractor fan on top of industrial oven |
|
2023 |
May |
Fire – Persons |
Cooking – other cooking |
Other domestic style appliance – Extractor fan |
Fire in extractor fan above oven |
|
2023 |
May |
Fire – Building |
Fault in equipment or appliance |
Other domestic style appliance – Extractor fan |
Fire in extractor fan above oven |
Three keywords were used when searching for the incidents, and these were: fan, tower fan and desk fan. The search returned only incidents were the extractor fans caught fire. This means that the Service did not attend any fire incidents which were caused by desk and floor fans during a summer period or any other month.
The incident report is not intended to be a line by line account of the incident but a report collated for statistical purposes produced for the Home Office detailing our attendance and initial impressions by the officer in charge. Details of the Incident Commander’s initial impressions are selected from a limited range of options available, which may or may not cover the exact circumstances of each case. This information is included within the report but it should be noted that the information is not based on a detailed investigation and should not be relied upon as evidence.
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Thank you for your request for information.
Kind regards,
Information Governance team