- Request
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In the last 5 years, [Between April 6- April 5 2019-2024] - How many incidents did the
fire service attend due to faulty/false fire alarms? (Broken down by years, 2019/2020, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)
1a) During this five year period, how much money was spent on fire engines being called out to false calls? - Decision
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1a) Number of attended false alarms caused by automatic fire detection (regardless of the reason for activation and property type attended)
No. of incidents
2019/20
1,734
2020/21
1,153
2021/22
1,281
2022/23
1,260
2023/24
1,382
Grand Total
6,810
Cost of attended false alarms caused by automatic fire detection
Total cost
2019/20
£451,151.60
2020/21
£297,911.28
2021/22
£338,741.76
2022/23
£329,668.32
2023/24
£364,953.92
Grand Total
£1,782,426.88
- Reference number
- FOI 10493029
- Date request received
- 10/09/24
- Date of decision
- 30/09/24