Incidents Attended in 2023
Dear Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service,
Please could you supply me detailes of incidents that the fire service have attended in 2023 with the following information
Date and Time of Call
Appliances Attended ( With the name of the station it came from )
Specialist Vehicles (HVP, EPU etc.)
Callsigns of each Appliances
End Time (stood down)
Number of personnel on each vehicle
Type of Incident such as ( Fire’s, Specialist Services and False Alarms )
Premises Type
Outcome (Primary / Secondary)
What Equipment was used at Each Incident
Stop messages
Location of incident such as town, Postcode, Street name
Yours faithfully,
Joe conway
Dear Sir/Madam
Thank you for your email which was received on 3 February 2024, requesting information relating to Incidents attended in 2023.
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Dear Sir/Madam
Freedom of Information Request - FOI 1530/24
I am writing further to your email of 3 February 2024, where you requested information relating to incidents attended in 2023
Please find our decision below:
Please see attached.
Please note that Callsigns for appliances have not been provided as this information is exempt for release under section 31(1) of the Freedom of Information Act (further information below). I appreciate that we previously provided this information relating to our 2022 incidents, this however was done in error.
Section 17 of the Act provides:
(1) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information, is to any extent relying on a claim that information is exempt information must, within the time for complying with Section 1(1), give the applicant a notice which:-
(a) states the fact,
(b) specifies the exemption in question, and
(c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
In relation to your request for details regarding the above request, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service is unable to release this information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by virtue of the following
Exemptions:
Section 31(1) - Law Enforcement
Section 31 (1) states:
Information which is not exempt information by virtue of section 30 is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice -
Section 31(1)(a) - prevention or detection of crime, Prevention or detection of crime can protect information on a public authority's systems which would make it more vulnerable to crime . It can also be used by a public authority that has no law enforcement function to protect the work of one that does.
Prejudice Test
Section 31 is subject to a test of prejudice. This means that information can only be withheld if its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice one of the activities listed in either subsection 31(1) or (2).
As you may be aware, disclosure under FOIA is a release to the public at large. Whilst not questioning the motives of the applicant, it is a well-known fact that Freedom of Information releases are monitored by criminals and criminal gangs, and as such the release of this information would likely make Fire Service Equipment, Vehicles and Personnel vulnerable to crime. This would be to the detriment of providing an efficient emergency response service and a failure in providing a duty of care to all members of the public and FRS Personnel. Due to this I do not perceive that the release of information, such as Registration Numbers or Call Signs for Fire Service Vehicles is in the Public Interest.
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The Director of Strategy and Planning Delivery
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
Fire Service HQ
Garstang Road
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 3LH
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Yours faithfully
Information Governance
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
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Dear SHQ - Shaw, Robert,
Hi can I just ask how come I haven’t got the station names of where each Appliances are Based I understand that you can’t add the Callsigns
Yours sincerely,
Joe conway
HI
Apologies, will get that sorted for you.
Robert Shaw - Information Governance
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
Email: [email address]
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Robert Shaw – Information Governance
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
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Dear SHQ - Shaw, Robert,
Unfortunately it’s not letting me open file on excel
Yours sincerely,
Joe conway
Re-attached, works fine here
Robert Shaw - Information Governance
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
Email: [email address]
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Call 0800 169 1125 to book a free Home Fire Safety Check.
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