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Dear fire service,

Under the FOI Act 2000:

Please could you tell me for each of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023:

- How many fires suspected of being caused by faulty e-bike or scooter batteries have there been which have been responded to by your fire service
- How many of these caused injuries?
- How many of these cause death?

Many thanks,

Rob Booth
Social affairs correspondent
The Guardian

07946518256

Freedom of Information Requests, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service

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Thank you for your email, this is to confirm that your email has been
received by East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service.  We are looking into the
information you have requested and we will respond to you again as soon as
possible.

 

In the meantime, you may find some of the information you require on our
[1]website where we publish a range of [2]Financial Information & Notices,
[3]Strategies, Plans and Performance Information and [4]Asset Registers &
Lists.  Our response to previous Freedom of Information requests are also
available in our [5]disclosure log.

 

Freedom of Information

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service | Church Lane | Lewes | East Sussex |
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Dear Robert Booth

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information Act request which was received by
East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service on  30 March 2023

 

Request

 

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Please could you tell me for each of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in │
│2023: │
│ │
│  │
│ │
│- How many fires suspected of being caused by faulty e-bike or scooter │
│batteries have there been which have been responded to by your fire │
│service │
│ │
│- How many of these caused injuries? │
│ │
│- How many of these cause death │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

 

Response:

 

 Please see table below regarding this request:

 

 

Two of these incidents resulted in injuries.

 

There were no fatalities.

 

 

Mrs L Ridley

Assistant Director – Planning & Improvement

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters

Church Lane

Lewes

East Sussex BN7 2DZ

 

A request for an internal review should be submitted within two months of
the date of receipt of the response to your original enquiry.

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint,
you have the right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

 

The Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

website: [1]https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Kind regards,

 

Peter Lilley

 

Democratic Services Officer

 

Freedom of Information

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service | Church Lane | Lewes | East Sussex |
BN7 2DZ.

E [2][East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service request email] : W [3]www.esfrs.org

 

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This message is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only and may
contain confidential or privileged information. Any views or opinions
expressed in this e-mail or any files attached are those of the sender and
may not represent the views of East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service. If you
have received it in error please notify the sender and destroy it. You may
not use it or copy it to anyone else. E-mail is not a secure
communications medium, please be aware of this when replying. Although
East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service has taken steps to ensure that this
e-mail and any attachments are virus free, we can take no responsibility
if a virus is actually present and you are advised to ensure that the
appropriate checks are made. Further details on our processing of personal
data can be found at: www.esfrs.org/privacynotice

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3. http://www.esfrs.org/
4. https://www.facebook.com/eastsussexfirea...
5. https://twitter.com/EastSussexFRS

Dear Freedom of Information Requests,

Thanks for your reply - I'm afraid I couldn't see any table in your email with the information. Could you send it again please ?

Yours sincerely,

Robert Booth

Freedom of Information Requests, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service

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Dear Robert

Please attached our response. I'm not sure why the table didn’t copy.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Kind regards

Peter Lilley
Democratic Services officer
Freedom of Information

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Dear Peter

I am afraid that once again there is no table. Could you try a different format or send it to me directly at [email address]?

Yours sincerely,

Robert Booth

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