Date of Request
22/09/2025
Request
Dear Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service,
As a freedom of information request, please answer the following questions.
1. How many operational appliances are based at each station? (Please break this down for retained/on-call appliances at each station.)
2. How many times in the last 12 months (to August 31st 2025) have you had any of your fire appliances off the run?
3. What is the most number of appliances you’ve had off the run at any one time in the last 12 months (to August 31st 2025)?
Please provide such data electronically, ideally as a spreadsheet.
Yours faithfully,
BBC England Data Unit
Response
Good Morning
We 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 confirm that the information that you have requested is held and can be found on the attached spreadsheet.
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 Subject).
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. This must be done within 40 working days of our response to your request. After this date and in line with ICO guidance the Service is not obliged to provide an internal review of your request.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review, you may appeal the decision by contacting the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF, Tel: 0303 123 1113 (alternatively 01625 545745) or E-mail: casework@ico.org.uk.
Further information on Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service may be viewed at the Service’s website: www.hwfire.org.uk
Thank you for your request for information.
Information Governance Team