Wildfires in July 2022 - Find a freedom of information request

1. I would like to receive information on which definition of the term 'wildfire' is used by your FRS when selecting wildfire events.

2. I would like to receive data on general outdoor vegetation fires during July 2022 including:

a. The number of incidents

b. Locations in coordinates (if possible)

c. Indication of the damaged area (square meters or hectares)

d. Number of calls received per incident.

3. I would like to receive a general overview of the total of number of incidents reported in July 2022 per category of incident type.

1. Please see below.

We use the NFCC definition of wildfire (see below)

A wildfire is defined as any uncontrolled vegetation fire where a decision or action is needed about it's suppression. A wildfire will meet one or more of the following criteria:

1 - involves a geographical area of at least one hectare (10,000 sqm).

2 - has a sustained flame length of more than 1.5m.

3 - requires a committed resource of at least four fire and rescue service appliances/resources.

4 - requires resources to be committed for at least six hours.

5 - presents a serious threat to life, environment, property and infrastructure.

2. Please see attached.

3. Please see below.

Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.