- Request
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Can I please request, in the form of a spreadsheet such as Excel or CSV file, information on wildfires attended by the fire and rescue service.
1. I would like the total number of wildfires recorded by the fire and rescue service, broken down by month, for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 (to date).
2. In a separate tab I would like details of each wildfire incident.Please include:
Date of incident
Time of day incident reported
Incident duration (minutes)
Location (please include longitude and latitude and local authority if available)Cause of wildfire (if available)
Size of area damaged by wildfire (square meters if available)
Total number of buildings affected
Total number of dwellings affected
Total number of firefighters injured, seriously injured or killed
- Decision
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I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.
1.
Wildfires attended by Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue
Date range: 01 Jan 2017 - 31 October 2023
Count of INCIDENT_NUMBER
Year
Month
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Grand Total
January
1
2
1
3
2
9
February
3
1
1
4
1
1
11
March
2
7
2
4
3
2
20
April
3
2
4
2
6
1
18
May
4
3
4
10
3
3
10
37
June
5
4
1
7
2
6
1
26
July
5
12
9
5
5
23
6
65
August
7
15
7
3
12
22
7
73
September
5
8
5
12
9
5
44
October
2
6
2
5
5
3
23
November
3
2
1
1
7
December
1
2
2
2
7
Grand Total
31
50
47
39
51
84
38
340
2. Please find attached
Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.
- Reference number
- FOI 8332477
- Date request received
- 09/11/23
- Date of decision
- 29/11/23