Freedom of Information Request Reference No: FOIA 464

Thank you for your letter which we received on 18/08/11 requesting information about moorland wildfires between January 2000 to date.

Your request followed by our response is as follows:

1. The date of any moorland wildfires which have occurred within the authority between January 2000 to date. 2. The location of the wildfire. 3. The cause of the fire. 4. The extent of the area burnt by the wildfire in hectares. 5. How many days the wildfire burned for before it was extinguished. 6. Whether peat as well as vegetation also caught fire. 7. The number of fire officers and tenders that were deployed to combat the fires.

The information you requested is attached. Please note that data is only available from January 2001 onwards.

In relation to our answer to 7.b. we have provided the total number of operational personnel who attended each incident.

FOIA EIR 465 Moorland Fires - January 2000 to date

4. Area 6. Involvement 7a. No of 7b. No of 1. Date 2. Address Type 3. Cause 5. Duration (Hectares) of Peat Appliances Officers

11/05/2003 Ellerholme Farm; Hatfield; Heath - Hatfield Moors Accidental 150 sq m 2H 09 Mins Yes 3 15 19:46:28 Doncaster; near Wroot

Mortimer Road; Bradfield 15/05/2008 Moorland - Heather on Dale; ; South Deliberate 50 sq m 0H 20 Mins No 1 5 19:06:57 Fire Yorkshire

17/03/2010 Silkstone Road; Frecheville; Grassland, heathland Deliberate 100 sq m 0H 10 Mins No 1 4 18:18:02 Sheffield; South Yorkshire

16/04/2010 Rural Lane; ; Heathland or moorland Accidental 100 sq m 1h 30 Mins No 2 9 15:13:55 Sheffield; South Yorkshire Woods; Limb 11/07/2010 Grasslands/heathland/Scr Lane; Dore; Sheffield; Accidental 225 sq m 0H 52 Mins No 1 4 15:49:35 ub land South Yorkshire Redmires Plantation; 08/05/2011 Redmires Road; Redmires; Heathland or moorland Accidental 30 sq m 0H 50 Mins No 1 4 17:00:12 Sheffield; South Yorkshire Stubbing House Lane; 06/08/2011 Edge; Sheffield; Scrub land Accidental 600 sq m 0h 54 Mins No 2 8 17:04:58 South Yorkshire