This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Incidents attended in 2017, 2018, 2019'.



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
If you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an internal review. Internal 
review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the 
response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
 
xxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
 
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to 
apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information 
Commissioner can be contacted at:
 
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
 
 



If you need further clarification with regards to Freedom of Information you can go to 
the Information Commissioners website  www.ICO.org.uk
 
 
Yours sincerely,
 
 
Zach White
Information Governance Officer