22/05/25
Request
Good morning,
I’m writing with a Freedom of Information Request regarding E-Bike fires.
Between January 2022 and January 2023, how many fires relating to E-Bikes was the service called out to?
Between January 2023 and January 2024, how many fires relating to E-Bikes was the service called out to?
Of these call outs, how many related to serious injury?
Of these call outs, how many led to a fatality?
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 confirm that the information that you have requested is held.
Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service submit incident reports to the Home Office’s Incident Recording System. At present, there is no option to capture that a fire involved an E-Bike specifically. Therefore, a free-text search of incident recordings has been conducted using search criteria such as ‘e-bike, ‘ebike’ or ‘e bike’ etc. Three incidents have been identified in this way.
Between January 2022 and January 2023, how many fires relating to E-Bikes was the service called out to?
2 incidents.
Between January 2023 and January 2024, how many fires relating to E-Bikes was the service called out to?
1 incident.
Of these call outs, how many related to serious injury? Of these call outs, how many led to a fatality?
There were no casualties recorded at these incidents.
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Kind regards
Information Governance Team