Our ref: FOI 23 36

Good Morning,,

Thank you for your request for information in relation to fires caused by
e-cigarettes and vapes.

We received your request on 20^th March 2023 and we are dealing with it
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We will supply you
with our findings as soon as possible, on or before 19^th April 2023.

If you have any queries regarding this request, please contact me
directly, quoting the reference number above.

Kind regards

Deborah Lowe

Information Governance Officer

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service

Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre

Hulse Road | Salisbury | SP1 3NR

01722 691315

dwfire.org.uk

@DWFireRescue

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Our ref: FOI 23 36

Good Morning,

Further to your request of 20^th  March 2023, which we have treated as a
Freedom of Information request, please find below our response to the
information that you requested.

Query:

 To provide figures relating to fires caused by disposable e-cigarettes
and vapes, (this may not be a category you record.  It would be great if
you could perform a free text search on "vape" and "e-cigarette" together
with any other terms you think relevant.)  Please could you provide the
information, split by the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Response:

Please see the table below for figures relating to e-cigarettes and
vapes.  These figures have been collated using a free text search of the
narrative log and relate to the number of incidents we attended.

Fires Caused by Vape e-cigarette
2020 0 0
2021 1 0
2022 3 0

Two of the three fires from 2022 were when the Vape was on charge.

 I trust this answers your queries, however if you are unhappy with the
service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request a review of the decision, you should write to the
Information Governance Team, Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service,
Five Rivers Health and Wellbeing Centre, Hulse Road, Salisbury,
Wiltshire SP1 3NR within 40 working days of receipt of the original
decision. Alternatively you can
email [1][email address].

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint or review, you
may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a
decision. Generally the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have
exhausted the complaints procedure at the Fire Authority. The ICO can be
contacted at:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

0303 123 1113

[2]www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Deborah Lowe

Information Governance Officer

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service

Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre

Hulse Road | Salisbury | SP1 3NR

01722 691315

dwfire.org.uk

@DWFireRescue

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