Battery and eBike fires

Request detail

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I am basing my request on the fire statistics definitions laid out on this page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-statistics-guidance/fire-statistics-definitions#fires

1. From your incident recording system, please could you provide a yearly breakdown for how many fire incidents were attended by your service in each calendar year, from 2019 up to the date of this request, where the source of ignition was recorded as lithium-ion or similar battery.
2. Of these incidents, how many were logged as being caused by an e-bike or e-scooter battery?

For both above, please could you also provide the following breakdowns by calendar year:

1. Number of casualties caused by such incidents, broken down by the 4 subcategories of non-fatal casualties and fatalities.
2. The most casualties recorded in a single incident.
3. Number of fires in each type of location, including:

1. • Dwellings, including breakdown of 3 flat/maisonette sub-categories
   • Other, non-residential buildings
   • Road vehicle fires
   • Other outdoors

1. Number of fires by cause (defect, act or omission)
2. Number of fires by size of spread (item, room, floor, 2 floors, more than 2 floors, roofs and spaces, no damage)

Please provide the data in a tabular, machine-readable format such as a CSV or Excel file.

If any part of this request would trigger an exemption, I would seek advice and assistance under section 16 of the freedom of information act to refine or clarify.