FOI: Warehouse fires / vacant premises / arson in schools

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I would be very grateful if you would provide the following data under Freedom of Information.

For the below, we are interested in the number of fire incidents in warehouses.
1. How many fires in warehouses have you attended in the last three calendar years (2018, 2019 and 2020 to date)?
2. Per year, please breakdown the above by the following:
a. Extent of damage
b. Cause of fire

For the below, we are interested in the number of fire incidents in vacant, non-residential buildings.
1. How many fires in empty commercial / retail premises have you attended in the last three calendar years (2018, 2019 and 2020 to date)?
2. Per year, please breakdown the above by the following:
a. Building usage (e.g. office, retail, warehouse etc)
b. Extent of damage
c. Cause of fire

For the below, we are interested in arson in schools.
1. Please state for the last five calendar years (including 2020 to date) how many fires you attended in schools that were deliberately started.
2. Per year, please breakdown by:
a. How many of these fires occurred during school hours
b. Where the fire was started
c. Extent of damage caused by the fire.

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

Chris

Freedom of Information, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Dear Chris

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.  Your request will be dealt with under the provisions laid out in the Freedom of Information Act and will be responded to within the 20 working days deadline.

Regards
On behalf of Freedom of Information

Jo Snow
ICT Administrator

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Dear Sir or Madam,
Under Freedom of Information, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information:
a) A breakdown per year for the last five calendar years to date of the number of fires in warehouses
b) A breakdown per year for the last five calendar years to date of the number of fires in schools that were deliberately started. For each incident, please include extent of damage.
c) A breakdown per year for the last five calendar years to date of the number of fires in empty shops/commercial buildings. For each incident, please include building usage (e.g. office, retail etc) and cause of fire.

Please note that I submitted a request on 3 December. I wish to withdraw that request and replace it with this one. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Kind regards,
Chris Johnson

Dear Sir or Madam,
Please can i have an update on this.

Yours sincerely,

C D Johnson

Freedom of Information, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Dear Chris

Please accept our apologies for the delay you have experienced with regards to your request for information. The department dealing with your request are currently working on this but have experienced some back log due to staff shortages. We will therefore require an extension of time which we anticipate to be a further two weeks but will do our utmost to respond earlier as soon as the information becomes available.

Regards
Tracey

On behalf of Freedom of Information

Please note that during the current COVID-19 Pandemic some of our resources may have to be diverted away from normal duties which may impact on information rights and compliance work. This may mean that requesters experience delays when making information rights requests. Please accept our apologies in advance for any delays you may experience.

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