E-scooters/E-bikes lithium battery fires

Reference

1299

Information Released

Yes

Received Date

23/06/2023 12:00 am

Responded Date

07/07/2023 12:00 am

FOI Topics

Incident and emergency response

Request detail

How many lithium battery fires involving e-bikes and e-scooters have been attended in your fire service area in the last five years for which data is available? If possible, please provide data broken down by year. I don’t mind if the data is broken down by calendar year, financial year, or other 12-month reporting period. Spreadsheet format preferred.

Response detail

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. I can confirm that Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has attended 5 fires involving E-scooters/E-bikes in the last 5 years. All were in the year 2022.

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