FOI: Fires at waste centres / refuse vehicles
Dear Sir or Madam,
Under Freedom of Information, I would be grateful if you could assist with the following enquiry. We are interested in the number of fires in refuse vehicles and at waste and recycling centres. I appreciate you may not have a specific code for this, and if not, it would be great if you could use a free text search for any terms you might think would capture this (e.g. waste centre, recycling centre, rubbish truck, refuse vehicle). It would be great to have the data split by waste facilities and refuse vehicles, and broken down by the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Many thanks,
C D Johnson
Good Morning
Thank you for your email. I have now passed it onto our Information Team (this morning, 13th March).
They will respond in due course.
Regards
Darlene Tait
Dear C Johnson,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
REF: 1744 - Fires at waste centres / refuse vehicles
I acknowledge your request for information received on 10th 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.
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If you have any queries or concerns, then please contact me on my details below.
Yours sincerely,
Sarah Brownson
FireWatch System Administrator
County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue Service
Direct Dial: 0191 375 5577
Email: [email address]
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Dear C D Johnson,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
REF: 1744 - Fires at waste centres / refuse vehicles
Your request for information has now been considered and I am pleased to
provide you with the following information.
Below are the total number of fire incidents that were recorded in the
calendar years where the property type was either "refuse/rubbish tip" or
"recycling":
2020 = 5
2021 = 7
2022 = 26
We do not have any categories on our system that record whether the fire
was in a refuse/rubbish vehicle. Upon searching the general notes (free
text field) there is only one incident during this 3 year period and was
in 2021.
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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
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