FOI Request 2248

Subject: Outdoor Fires

Status: Complete

Date received: October 2025

Question Asked:

My request concerns outdoor fires.

Could you please send me the following information:

A list of all outdoor fires recorded by Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service in the period March 2022 to August 2025 inclusive, with the following categories of information:

a) Location (as detailed as possible within the data available)

b) Month

c) Day

d) Outdoor location type (e.g. Loose refuse; grassland, woodland & crops; outdoor structures)

e) Primary fire (yes or no)

f) Accidental or deliberate

g) Outdoor damage area description

Our Response:

Please find below the data requested regarding outdoor fires attended by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service between 1st March 2022 and 31st August 2025. The information has been taken from the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service Incident Recording System.

foi_2248_data.pdf

Outcome: Information Provided

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO