Date of Request
June 23
Request
Good afternoon,
I would like to make an FOI submission for Channel 4 News to the Fire and Rescue Service.
My question is:
How many lithium battery fires involving e-bikes and e-scooters have been attended in your fire service area in the last five years for which data is available? If possible, please provide data broken down by year. I don’t mind if the data is broken down by calendar year, financial year, or other 12-month reporting period. Spreadsheet format preferred.
20 working days timeframe.
Kind regards,
Response
Dear X,
Thank you for your request for incident information which has been received by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (the Service) and considered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
The Service can confirm the requested incident information is held.
Please find the incident summary covering the period 01/01/2020 to the 31/05/2023, as requested:
Count of incidents
|
Year |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
E-Bike |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
E-Scooter |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
Incident Breakdown
|
Year |
Main Cause |
Source of ignition |
Item involved |
Was there a Victim / Injury |
|
2020 |
Other |
Electricity supply – Apparatus – batteries, generators |
E – Scooter |
No |
|
2020 |
Other intentional burning, going out of control |
Not known |
E – Scooter |
No |
|
2021 |
Heat source and combustibles brought together deliberately |
Smoking related – Cigarette lighter |
E – Scooter |
No |
|
2022 |
Fault in equipment or appliance |
Other domestic style appliance – Battery charger |
E Bike Charger |
No |
|
2022 |
Faulty fuel supply – electricity |
Electricity supply – Apparatus – batteries, generators |
E – Bike |
No |
|
2023 |
Fault in equipment or appliance |
Electricity supply – Apparatus – batteries, generators |
E-Bike |
No |
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