Female fire-fighters in London Fire-Brigade

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Dear London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (London Fire Brigade),

I hereby request the following information under the HM Freedom of information Act 2002.I request the information on the ‘amount’ of female fire-fighters in London Fire-Brigade and the amount of them on the front line. See attached link below

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/1...

The information I request is.
1. The amount of female fire-fighters in London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority?
2. In major operations, are the amounts of female fire fighters involved less than men, greater or equal?
3. The amount of female fire-fighters are being promoted to senior positions due to their hard work?
4. The amount of female recruits in 2013 and 2014?
5. The statistics of female fire-fighter injuries/fatalities in 2013 and 2014?
6. The statistics of male fire-fighter injuries/ fatalities in 2013 and 2014 ?

Yours faithfully,

Mark Jegede

London Fire Brigade

Dear Mr Jegede

 

I am writing to acknowledge your request for information which was
received by the London Fire Brigade Information Access Team on 21 October
2014. Your request will be considered under the provisions of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and as such; I will respond to you within
20 working days.

 

If you have any queries in the meanwhile, please contact me.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Aidan Bartley

Business Intelligence

Strategy & Performance Department

London Fire Brigade

Direct T: 020 8555 1200 ext 30086

Direct F: 020 7960 3617

E: [1][email address]

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London Fire Brigade

Dear Mr Jegede

 

I am writing in response to your request for information which was
received by the London Fire Brigade (LFB) Information Access Team on 21
October 2014. Your request was considered under the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and I have set out my response in
turn below:

 

“The amount of female fire-fighters in London Fire and Emergency Planning
Authority?”

 

The proportion of operational women is 6.38% (330).

 

“In major operations, are the amounts of female fire fighters involved
less than men, greater or equal?”

 

We do not hold this information as our incident management system which
records our attendance in incidents does not draw distinction between male
and female Firefighters.

 

“The amount of female fire-fighters are being promoted to senior positions
due to their hard work?”

 

We do not hold this information. Any appointments are made in accordance
the Brigade’s recruitment policies and procedures. However, the proportion
of operational women is 4.2% of top 5% of earners (the top 5% does not
equate to those who are not fire station or rota based). You may, should
you wish to,  learn more about our employment monitoring information:
[1]Employment monitoring data and publication of results for 2012/13 (link
added for your convenience).

 

“The amount of  female recruits in 2013 and 2014?”

 

We do not hold this information. Our last Firefighter recruitment campaign
was in 2011.

 

“The statistics of female fire-fighter injuries/fatalities in 2013 and
2014?”

 

32 injuries in 2013/14, no fatalities.

 

“The statistics of male fire-fighter  injuries/ fatalities in 2013 and
2014 ?”

 

354 injuries in 2013/14, no fatalities.

 

I trust this concludes your request. However, if you have any queries,
please contact me.

 

You have the right to ask the Authority to review this response. If you
wish to do so, please set out in writing your reasons for asking and
address them to David Wyatt – Head of Information Management and
Performance at [2][email address] .

 

You also have the right to ask the Information Commissioner for a decision
as to whether the Authority has dealt with your request in accordance with
the requirements of the FOIA. If you wish to do this, you must first ask
the Authority to review its decision; and then you must apply promptly to
the Information Commissioner at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

 

Thank you for your interest in the LFB.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Aidan Bartley

Business Intelligence

Strategy & Performance Department

London Fire Brigade

Direct T: 020 8555 1200 ext 30086

Direct F: 020 7960 3617

E: [3][email address]

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