FOIA Balcony fires data required
Dear South Wales Fire & Rescue Service,
Please supply me with data relating to fires on balconies on residential buildings in your area, as follows;
How many fires involving balconies occurred in total between 1st August 2022 and 31st July 2023?
In the same period, how many fires occurred where balconies where found to have contributed to the spread of the fire across the external walls?
Please provide data on the causes of any fires that started on balconies in the period (ie; barbecue, discarded cigarette, electrical appliance fault, etc) and please provide the number of occurrences for each cause.
If your incident recording system does not include "balcony" as a recorded location, could you please perform a search on free text fields in your database for the term, as I have found in the past that this often returns useable data.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Hutcheon
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Dear Information Governance,
Thank you for your email. It has now passed the 20 days time frame for a response. Can you please give me an update on when I can expect to receive the information.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Hutcheon
IG002385 - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION RESPONSE
Dear Mr. Hutcheon,
Please find attached as requested; a response to your freedom of
information request.
We would like to thank you for your patience during this time.
Kind Regards,
Kelly-anne
Kelly-anne Harris Kelly-anne Harris
Cynorthwyydd Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth a
Chydymffurfedd Information Governance and
Compliance Assistant
Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth a
Chydymffurfiaeth Information Governance and
Compliance
Ffôn: 01443 232734
Telephone: 01443 232734
E-bost:
[1][email address] E-mail:
[3][email address]
[2]www.decymru-tan.gov.uk
[4]www.southwales-fire.gov.uk
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