The Cube, Bolton Incident Response

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Dear Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service,

Could you please release details of all appliances, including support appliances (eg, Command Units, Drone unit, BA support units etc) mobilised as a result of the fire at The Cube, Bolton. Could you please release the Callsign, time mobilised, time on scene, time stood down for all GMFRS assets and assets from other services (eg Lancashire, Chesire etc).

Could you also include appliances that were moved stations in order to maintain fire cover across the county showing Callsign, "home" station, time mobilised, station moved to, time arrived on station, Time stood down and if the appliance turned out to any calls while covering at the station. Again including GMFRS appliances and appliances from other services.

Yours faithfully,

[Name Removed]

FOI Officer, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

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Dear [Name Removed]
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Your request for information was received by us on 18 November 2019,
regarding
 
Could you please release details of all appliances, including support
appliances (eg, Command Units, Drone unit, BA support units etc) mobilised
as a result of the fire at The Cube, Bolton.
 
Could you please release the Callsign, time mobilised, time on scene, time
stood down for all GMFRS assets and assets from other services (eg
Lancashire, Chesire etc).
 
Could you also include appliances that were moved stations in order to
maintain fire cover across the county showing Callsign, "home" station,
time mobilised, station moved to, time arrived on station, Time stood down
and if the appliance turned out to any calls while covering at the
station. Again including GMFRS appliances and appliances from other
services.
 
We are processing it in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act
2000. 
 
We aim to respond as soon as possible and no later than 20 working days
(16 December 2019) following the date of receipt. If the timescale needs
to be extended you will be notified of this.
 
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 may restrict the release of some or
all of the information you have requested. We will carry out an assessment
and if any exemptions apply to some or all of the information then we
might not provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is
the case and advise you of your rights to request an internal review and
to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
 
If you have any queries or concerns then please do not hesitate to contact
us, quoting your reference number.
 
Yours faithfully,
Zach White
Information Governance Officer
 
[email address]
 
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FOI Officer, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

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Dear [Name Removed]
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 18 November 2019.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours faithfully,
Zach White
Information Governance Officer
 
[email address]
 
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Dear Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service's handling of my FOI request 'The Cube, Bolton Incident Response'.
I would disagree a £128 cost for a report that contains a lot of information not requested by myself is "reasonably accessible". If a report was available consisting of just the information I requested I would consider the option. I don't see it reasonable to pay such a fee for information not requested.
GMFRS has previously released similar information under FOI requests without the need to purchase a full fire report, therefore contradicting this section 21 exception.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...

Yours faithfully,

[Name Removed]

FOI Officer, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

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Dear [Name Removed]
 
Thank you for your request for a review received on 8 January 2020. I am
sorry that you are dissatisfied with our attempts to handle your request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
 
I can confirm that we are considering your concerns and we will aim to
provide you with a response by 5 February 2020.
 
Yours faithfully,
Zach White
Information Governance Officer
[email address]
 
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Dear FOI Officer,
The expected date of update (5 Feb) has now passed, is there any update on the progression of the request?

Yours sincerely,

[Name Removed]

FOI Officer, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

Dear [Forename removed],
 
Appologies no one has been touch yet, we are still awaiting on the service
area to complete there review of this FOI once we have recieved this we
will send it out to you.
 
Kindest Regards,
Zach White

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Dear FOI Officer,
The expected date of update (5 Feb) has now passed, is there any update on
the progression of the request?

Yours sincerely,

[Name Removed]

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Dear FOI Officer,
Do we have an update yet, it has now been over 33 days since the internal review should have been completed

Yours sincerely,

[Name Removed]

Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

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Dear [Name Removed]
 
Please see attached response to your Internal Review, sent on behalf of
Dawn Docx, Deputy Chief Fire Officer.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Amy Higginson
Senior Information Governance Officer
[email address]
 
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