FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – APPLICATION REFERENCE 2014-30

Thank you for your application under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("the Act") in which you asked for the number of rescues/incidents over the last twelve months, within Humberside Fire and Rescue Service.

The request is:

We are collecting information about rescues made by firefighters in your fire and rescue service. Below is the information we would like to obtain from you under the Freedom of Information Act. The data is likely to be found in returns to government using the electronic incident recording system.

We would like to receive data relating to rescues made by your fire and rescue service between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014:

1) at all fires and

2) at all other incidents.

1) How many people were rescued with an injury with the assistance of FRS personnel at fires?

2) How many people were rescued with uninjured (unharmed) with the assistance of FRS personnel at fires?

3) How many people were rescued with the assistance of FRS personnel at fires (sum of Q1 and Q2)?

4) How many people were rescued with an injury with the assistance of FRS personnel at all other non-fire incidents e.g. floods?

5) How many people were rescued with uninjured (unharmed) with the assistance of FRS personnel at all other non-fire incidents e.g. floods?

6) How many people were rescued with the assistance of FRS personnel at all non-fire incidents (sum of Q4 and Q5)?

7) Total rescues from all incidents attended (sum of Q3 and Q6)?

Year / 1) Rescues at fires (with injuries) / 2) Rescues at fires (unharmed)
(Q1 + Q2) / 3) Total rescues at fires / 4) Rescues at non-fire incidents (with injuries) / 5) Rescues at other non-fire incidents (unharmed) / 6) Total rescues at non-fire incidents
(Q4 + Q5) / 7) Total rescues
(Q3 + Q6)
1 April 2013-31 March 2014

We would prefer to receive this information in electronic form by e-mail to preferably as a table in Word or Excel format.

The response is:

Year / 1) Rescues at fires (with injuries) / 2) Rescues at fires (unharmed) / 3) Total rescues at fires / 4) Rescues at non-fire incidents (with injuries) / 5) Rescues at other non-fire incidents (unharmed) / 6) Total rescues at non-fire incidents / 7) Total rescues
(Q1 + Q2) / (Q4 + Q5) / (Q3 + Q6)
1 April 2013-31 March 2014 / 13 / 69 / 82 / 172 / 411 / 583 / 665

Please advise that these numbers are subject to change as we are undertaking our quality assurance processes as it is our year end in relation to incident data.

If you are unhappy with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. A request for an internal review should be made within 2 months of the date of this email. If you are not happy with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply direct to the Information Commissioner. The address is: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.