FOI Request 2292

Subject: E-Bike and E-Scooter Fires

Status: Complete

Date received: January 2026

Question Asked:

Please provide: The number of e-bike and e-scooter fires attended by the brigade from the start of 2021 to the end of 2025.

Please break the figures down by each calendar year, and provide separate figures for e-bike and e-scooter fires.

Our Response:

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

Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act requires public authorities to provide advice and assistance, you may wish to look at the GOV.UK website which has some information from the Office for Produce Safety & Standards at the link below:

Fires in e-bikes and e-scooters – 2024 - GOV.UK

Outcome: Data Not Held

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO