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

The request was partially successful.

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

SFRS Information Governance, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Dear Joshua Sailsbury,

 Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your request for information.

In line with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, the Scottish
Fire and Rescue Service has up to 20 working days in which to provide you
with a response.  

Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Dear SFRS Information Governance,

I am writing about my request dated November 30, which was due to be answered at the end of last month at the latest.

Could I please have an update on this request, and an indication of when it will be answered?

Questions one and two should be fairly straightforward, either by searching by incident type, or a narrative search for common words relating to emollients and their brand names if that would help at all.

Yours sincerely,

Josh Salisbury

Hamill, Catrina, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

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Dear Joshua Salisbury,
Please find attached the response to your request for information.
Thanks.
Kind regards,
Catrina
Catrina Hamill

Data Protection/Freedom of Information Officer, East Service Delivery Area

Scottish Fire & Rescue Service

E: [email address]

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