FOI Request 2034

Subject: Bariatric Assistance

Status: Complete

Date received: July 2024

Question Asked:

Please can I be provided with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

• How many bariatric cases have your firefighters attended in the following years? By this I mean when firefighters are called for bariatric assistance by emergency services - coming to the aid of people who are otherwise unable to leave their homes due to serious obesity.

• 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (as of receive of this email)

• For how many of these incidents were more than four vehicles required to attend? Please break this down by year.

• What was the cost to the fire service of attending these cases?

• Please break down cost by year 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 (so far). If you cannot provide the data by annual year then please provide it by financial year.

Our Response:

Please see our response below to FOI 2034

The special service code that we have used is “assisting other agencies/bariatric person”

Outcome: Information Provided

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO