FOI Request 2147

Subject: Deliberate Fire Incidents

Status: Complete

Date received: April 2025


Question Asked:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:

  1. The number of incidents attended by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service in the past five years that are believed to have been started deliberately, broken down year by year.


Our Response:

Please find below the information requested regarding deliberate fires attended by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service between 1st April 2020 and 31st March 2025.

Year

Total Incidents

2020-21

800

2021-22

896

2022-23

1093

2023-24

827

2024-25

800


Outcome: Information Provided

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO


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Last updated: Thursday, 22 January 2026


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