Good Morning

Thank you for your email.

I have passed it onto our Information team this morning (13th March), they will respond in due course.

Regards
Darlene

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Dear Elspeth,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

REF: 1745 - Enforcement of Means of Escape under the Fire Safety Order

I acknowledge your request for information received on 11th March 2023.

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.

For your information, the act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.

If you have any queries or concerns, then please contact me on my details below.

Sarah Brownson
FireWatch System Administrator
County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue Service
Direct Dial: 0191 375 5577
Email: [email address]
www.ddfire.gov.uk

Safest People, Safest Places
2 or 3 breaths of toxic smoke and you’re unconscious
Don’t drown in toxic smoke
Test your smoke alarm today

Fire Service Headquarters, Belmont Business Park, Durham DH1 1TW

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Yours sincerely,

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Dear Elspeth

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

REF: 1745 - Enforcement of Means of Escape under the Fire Safety Order

Your request for information has now been considered and I am pleased to
provide you with the following information.

1. The number of low, medium and high-rise residential buildings in your
area (or your current/best estimate of them) covered by the Regulatory
Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

None, County Durham & Darlington does not have any High-Risk Buildings.

2. The total number of deficiency and/or enforcement notices served to the
owners of these buildings relating to means of escape (Articles 14(2)(b) &
15 (1)(b)), since the July 2021 to the date of this FOI

N/A (as above)

3. The number of deficiency and/or enforcement notices served to the
owners of these buildings specifically relating to the identification of
vulnerable and disabled residents, and planning for their escape (Articles
14(2)(b) & 15 (1)(b)), since July 2021 to the date of this FOI

N/A (as above)

4. Copies of the notices referred to in (3)

N/A (as above)

5. The fire authority's current policy covering the evacuation of disabled
people from multi-occupancy buildings during a fire

The Fire Authority does not have a policy in relation the evacuation of
premises. A premises evacuation strategy is individual to that premises,
the Responsible Person of that premises is responsible for this and it
comes from their Fire Risk Assessment.

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can request a review by contacting the Freedom of Information
Officer at the address below.

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]www.ico.org.uk.

Yours sincerely,

Sarah Brownson

FireWatch System Administrator

County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue Service

Direct Dial: 0191 375 5577

Email: [2][email address]

[3]www.ddfire.gov.uk

Safest People, Safest Places

2 or 3 breaths of toxic smoke and you’re unconscious

Don’t drown in toxic smoke

Test your smoke alarm today

 Fire Service Headquarters, Belmont Business Park, Durham DH1 1TW

Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Dear Elspeth,

REF: 1745 - Enforcement of Means of Escape under the Fire Safety Order

Please see the revised return below.

1. The number of low, medium and high-rise residential buildings in your
area (or your current/best estimate of them) covered by the Regulatory
Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

• 4 Storey Buildings = 28
• 5 Storey Buildings = 9
• 6 Storey Buildings = 3
• Greater than 6 storeys = 0

2. The total number of deficiency and/or enforcement notices served to the
owners of these buildings relating to means of escape (Articles 14(2)(b) &
15 (1)(b)), since the July 2021 to the date of this FOI

Deficiency Noticed served

Premises Articles 14 Articles 15
Flats 1-3 Storey 0 2
Flats 4-5 Storey 0 0
Flats 6-9 Storey 0 0
HRB 0 0

This is based on the data we are required to collect and submit to the
Home Office.

Enforcements notices

We have no Enforcement Notices on residential premises of any size.

3. The number of deficiency and/or enforcement notices served to the
owners of these buildings specifically relating to the identification of
vulnerable and disabled residents, and planning for their escape (Articles
14(2)(b) & 15 (1)(b)), since July 2021 to the date of this FOI

Nil Return

4. Copies of the notices referred to in (3)

N/A (as above)

5. The fire authority's current policy covering the evacuation of disabled
people from multi-occupancy buildings during a fire

The Fire Authority does not have a policy in relation the evacuation of
premises. A premises evacuation strategy is individual to that premises, 
the Responsible Person of that premises is responsible for this and it
comes from their Fire Risk Assessment.

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can request a review by contacting the Freedom of Information
Officer at the address below.

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]www.ico.org.uk.

Kind regards,

Sarah Brownson

FireWatch System Administrator

County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue Service

Direct Dial: 0191 375 5577

Email: [2][email address]

[3]www.ddfire.gov.uk

Safest People, Safest Places

2 or 3 breaths of toxic smoke and you’re unconscious

Don’t drown in toxic smoke

Test your smoke alarm today

 Fire Service Headquarters, Belmont Business Park, Durham DH1 1TW

Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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addressee. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate
or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately if you have
received this e-mail by mistake and delete the e-mail from your system.
Any views or opinions presented in this message are solely those of the
author and do not necessarily represent those of County Durham and
Darlington Fire and Rescue Service.

E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error free as
information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost or destroyed, arrive
late or incomplete, or contain viruses. County Durham and Darlington Fire
and Rescue Service nor the sender accepts liability for any errors or
omissions in the content of this message or any viruses it may contain, it
is the recipient’s responsibility to scan the message and attachments (if
any). If verification is required please request a hard-copy version.

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