Reference: 1126316
Date: 2 November 2020
Mr Joe Conway
Zach White
Information Governance Officer
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Churchgate House
56 Oxford St
Manchester
M1 6EU
www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk
Dear Mr Conway
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Your request for information was received by us on 14 October 2020, regarding
Please could you supply me detailes of incidents that the fire service have attended in
2017, 2018,2019 with the following information
Date and Time of Call
Appliances Attended ( With the name of the station it came from and the Callsigns )
Specialist Vehicles that was In Attendance Eg. (HVP, EPU etc.)
End Time (stood down)
Personnel on The Appliances
Type of Incident
Location (Place / Town )
Premises Type
Outcome (Primary / Secondary)
What Equipment was Used at the incidents
GMCA Response
I am pleased to provide some of the information you have requested. I have attached
copies of the information.
I can confirm Greater Manchester Combined Authority holds the call sign for the
callout, however it is exempt from disclosure under Section 38(1) of the Freedom of
Information Act (FoIA). Disclosure of this information would be likely to endanger an
individual (this could be the applicant, the supplier of the information or anyone else).
To use this exemption we are required to undertake a public interest test. The matters
which were considered in applying the public interest test are as follows:
Factors in favour of disclosure
It will bring to light information affecting public safety
It will promote openness and honesty
Factors in favour of withholding
May reveal limitations within Authority processes which could be exploited.
Release will inhibit the effective delivery of services and/or undermine the Authority's
ability to fulfil its role
Release may put health and safety of a group or individual at risk
Release may impede other on-going or future investigations and/or facilitate the
commission of a crime
It is considered that the greater public interest therefore lies in not providing the
information at this time. In coming to that conclusion, the public interest in providing the
information has been carefully weighed against any prejudice to the public interest that
might arise from withholding the information; in all the circumstances of the case, the
public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing
the information.
Furthermore, we are unable to provide details on the personnel on the vehicles as this
information is not recorded on our systems. However please find number of officers
included in the spreadsheet attached.
This response therefore acts as a refusal notice under section 17 of the FoIA.
If you have any queries or concerns then please do not hesitate to contact us, quoting
your reference number: 1126316
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Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office
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Yours sincerely,
Zach White
Information Governance Officer