Date of Request
22/08/25
Request
Dear FOI Team,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide anonymised data on household/dwelling fires your service attended:
* Timeframe: 1 Jan 2023–present. If not available, the two most recent full calendar years.
* Data requested:
* Date of incident (Month or Year if can’t provide full date)
* General location (non-identifying)
* Cause/source of ignition (as detailed as recorded, e.g. appliance type, product, smoking materials, vape, etc.)
* Item first ignited
* Casualties/fatalities (numbers only)
If you don’t hold specific product/appliance details, please split by category type.
Format: Please supply in CSV or XLSX, including code descriptions if coded.
If providing incident-level data would exceed the cost limit, please supply aggregated counts by month × cause/appliance × local authority instead, and advise what narrower scope is possible.
We are not requesting any personal data. Electronic disclosure by email is preferred.
Kind regards,
Response
Good Morning,
Thank you for your request for 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 advise that the information is held and is as per the attached document.
If you have any questions regarding your request, please contact Information Governance and Committee Services on tel: 0345 122 4454 or by e-mail informationrequests@hwfire.org.uk
In any such communication please include the reference number assigned (see above).
Should you have any queries regarding the management of your request and wish to make either a complaint or request a review of the information disclosed to you, please do so by using Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service’s complaints system: Comments and Complaints.
Further information on Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service may be viewed at the Service’s website: www.hwfire.org.uk
Kind regards
Information Governance Team