FOI Request 2003

Subject: Fire Fatalities and CIR Data

Status: Complete

Date received: April 2024

Question Asked:

Please could you provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:

1. Total number of fire fatalities for each of the years from 2019 until 2024, split into risk groups, specifying which groups, eg, Hoarding behaviours; inappropriate smoking; people under the influence of alcohol; people who used emollient creams; people who lived alone; ex military.  Please provide your response broken down by year.

2. For each of the years from 2019 until 2024, for the 31st March in each year. Please provide the number of properties / premises in your area with a Clutter Image Rating (CIR) of 6 or above.

Our Response:

Please see our response below to FOI 2003:

1. The number of fatalities are below

Currently the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service Incident Recording System (IRS) has insufficient facilities for the comprehensive recording, and subsequent analysis of risk groups.  Therefore, due to the specific information asked for, we cannot provide the data requested.

2. Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service do not use Clutter Image Rating and therefore we cannot provide any data.

Outcome: Partial Data Held

FOI responded to within timescales: NO - Less than 1 month overdue

Further action: NO