E-bike and scooter battery fires
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
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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: │
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│- 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 │
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│- How many of these caused injuries? │
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│- 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
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Freedom of Information
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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
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
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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