FOI Request - Emollient products involved in fires responded to by your Fire and Rescue Service

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Dear Fire and Rescue Service (FRS),

I am researching the number of fires relating to emollient products.

Therefore, under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like the following information if held:

1) Since 2015, how many fires were responded to by your FRS in which investigators established or believe that an emollient product was either a primary or contributory factor in the fire? Please break this down year by year.

An emollient is a moisturising treatment applied to the skin, typically used to manage eczema or psoriasis.

Such products include - but are not limited to - Diprobase, Zerobase, Cetraben, and E45 creams.

2) What is the total number of fatalities recorded by your FRS in the incidents referred to in question 1 since 2015? Please break this down year by year.

I note in asking this question that statistics on the number of fatalities in emollient-related fires may not be held by your FRS in each or all of the years since 2015. However, please provide the fullest data you hold.

3) Since 2015, how many controlled fire tests on emollient products, or the interaction of emollient products with other products, has your FRS carried out?

By “controlled fire test”, I mean any exercise in which your FRS undertook to understand the flammability of emollient products or their interaction with other products.

4) For all of the controlled fire tests referred to in 3), please provide a copy of the report that ensued from each of those tests.

I understand some details of those involved in the tests may need to be redacted under S40 of the act.

If there are any questions about my FOI request, please do not hesitate to contact me on my email: [email address].

Yours sincerely,

Joshua Salisbury

OFRS FOI, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Our Reference: FOI 17594

Dear Josh,

Thank you for your correspondence received on 29 November 2020, in which you requested the following information:

The number of fires relating to emollient products.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requested as soon as possible and in any event within the next 20 working days in compliance with the Environmental Information Regulations 2004/Freedom of Information Act 2000, unless an exception applies. This means that the council will respond to you by 30 December 2020, at the latest.

Please note – COVID-19: during these unprecedented times, we will endeavour to respond to information requests and where possible within timeframes. However, this may not be possible because the Council will necessarily need to prioritise its staff and resources on the delivery of key services. The Information Commissioner recognises that this may occur during this unprecedented time and has given guidance.

If appropriate, the information requested can be made available in alternative formats, including other languages, Braille, large print, and audiocassette. If you require any of these formats then please let me know.

Please contact me if you have any have further enquiries about your request. I would be grateful if you could quote the reference number given at the top of this letter.

Yours sincerely,

Paul

Group Manager Paul Bremble
Freedom of Information Officer
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Community Safety Services│Communities Directorate
Oxfordshire County Council
01865 895999
[email address]
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

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Dear Joshua Salisbury

 

Please find attached the final response to your Freedom of Information
request. If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to
contact me on the telephone number below.

 

Kind regards

 

Group Manager Paul Bremble

Freedom of Information Officer

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Community Safety Services│ Commercial Development, Assets and Investment
Directorate

Oxfordshire County Council

01865 895999

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[2]www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

 

 

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