FOI Request 2232

Subject: Battery/Faulty Product Fires

Status: Complete

Date received: October 2025

Question Asked:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you disclose the following information:

1. How many fires in the previous three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25) have batteries listed as their cause?

2. From fires with batteries listed as a cause, can you provide a breakdown of injuries and fatalities for each of these years?

3. From fires with batteries listed as a cause, can you provide a breakdown of location for each of these years and whether it was business or residential

   
   

4. How many fires in the previous three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25) have faulty electrical goods listed as their cause?

5. From fires with faulty electrical goods listed as a cause, please provide a breakdown of injuries and fatalities.

6. From fires with batteries listed as a cause, can you provide a breakdown of location for each of these years and whether it was business or residential

Our Response:

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service current Incident Recording System (IRS) does not have sufficient facilities to enable the comprehensive recording and subsequent analysis of fires involving batteries or faulty electrical goods listed as a cause. Therefore, due to the specific information requested we are unable to provide the data requested.

Outcome: Data Not Held

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO