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Our ref:
IG002378
Dyddiad/Date:
10th August 2023
RE: Request for Information held by SWFRS.
Your request ref: IG002378 has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You asked us: How many times were you called out for bariatric assists / bariatric incidents in 2019,
2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (broken down by year, and, if possible, by month).
Scope: Date Range: 1st January 2019 to 31st July 2023.
Statistical returns measure Bariatric incidents using the IRS record of SSC Level 3 ‘Bariatric person
(overweight)’.
Bariatric incidents include where Fire Service crews are called to assist other agencies with a person
who is 25 stone or more in weight, or a person who has limitations in health due to their weight,
physical size, shape, or width.
Data: Data is sourced from the Fire Service Incident Recording System (IRS).
Data may be subject to change.
Our response:
Year Month No. of Incidents
Year Month
No. of Incidents
January
6
January
17
February
6
February
5
March
6
March
14
April
5
April
16
May
4
May
16
June
7
June
13
2019
2021
July
8
July
17
August
6
August
7
September
4
September
4
October
5
October
15
November
7
November
13
December
12
December
19
2019 Total
76
2021 Total
156
January
21
January
17
February
11
February
13
March
10
March
12
April
11
April
16
May
13
May
22
June
10
June
9
2020
2022
July
14
July
14
August
11
August
19
September
8
September
17
October
10
October
18
November
12
November
18
December
14
December
25
2020 Total
145
2022 Total
200
January
26
February
13
March
24
2023 April
21
May
22
June
26
July
24
If you have any queries regarding your information request, please contact us at
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx quoting the reference number above in any future
communication.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling or outcome of your information request, you have the right to
ask for an internal review. An internal review will consider whether the handling or outcome of your
request was appropriate, in line with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
Internal review requests should be submitted to the Information Governance & Compliance Officer.
You can submit a request by e-mail or letter to:
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Email: InformationGovernance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx
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Mail: Information Governance & Compliance Officer, South Wales Fire and Rescue Services
HQ, Forest View Business Park, Llantrisant, CF72 8LX
Internal reviews wil be conducted by the Senior Information Risk Owner, or their deputy. We aim to
respond within 20 working days of the receipt of the request for an internal review.
If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of the review, then you may seek a review by the Information
Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), which has the powers to uphold or overturn the decision. Please see
ICO contact information below. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service wil abide by the decisions of
the ICO unless it considers itself to have grounds for an appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal (Information
Rights).
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Website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/
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Email: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
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Mail: Information Commissioner’s Of ice, Wycliffe House, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
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Telephone: 0303123113
Please be aware that the ICO wil be unlikely to accept a complaint until you have first been through
our internal complaint’s procedure first.
Yours Faithfully,
Information Governance and Compliance
InformationGovernance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx
