22 February 2012

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: FOIA 526

Thank you for your email of 25/01/12 requesting information about fires in properties in with no or broken smoke alarms.

Your request followed by our response is as follows:

1) At fires in homes across South Yorkshire in the past 12 months, how many times did officers who attended find there was no smoke alarm in the property?

In 2011 a total 211 dwelling incidents were attended by South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue where there was no smoke alarm present and a further 22 where we were not aware if a smoke alarm was present or not.

Of these, please detail where the fires where geographically in terms of area for example Frecheville, .

Please see attached sheet with a summary of the number of incidents within South Yorkshire which are analysed by the Safer Neighbourhood area from 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2011.

Please detail the number of incidents that were fatal, if any, and whether the person who died was an adult, a child, male or female.

From 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2011, we attended 1 fatal incidents where there was no smoke alarm present and 1 where we are not aware if there was a smoke alarm or not, both were adult males.

Please detail the number of incidents that resulted in injury or hospitalisation to a person and whether each person was an adult, a child, male or female.

From 01/01/2011 to 31/12/11, we attended 15 incidents where a total of 22 individuals attended hospital, please see the summary below.

Casualty went to hospital, injuries appear to be Slight Elderly Female 1 Adult Male 7 Adult Female 2 Child Male 4 Child Female 3 Victim went to hospital, injuries appear to be Serious Elderly Male 1 Elderly Female 1 Adult Male 3

2) At fires in homes and businesses across South Yorkshire in the past 12 months, how many times did officers who attended find there was a broken or not working smoke alarm?

In 2011 there were a total of 25 incidents attended by South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue where the smoke alarm was identified as broken or not working.

Of these, please detail where the fires where geographically in terms of area for example Frecheville, Sheffield.

Please see attached sheet with a summary of the number of incidents within South Yorkshire which are analysed by the Safer Neighbourhood area from 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2011.

Please details the number of incidents that were fatal, if any, and whether the person who died was an adult, a child, male or female.

Please see answer provided above. Please detail the number of incidents that resulted in injury or hospitalisation to a person and whether each person was an adult, a child, male or female. From 01/01/2011 to 31/12/11 there were 6 incidents where a total of 13 individuals were injured. Please see summary below

Victim went to hospital, injuries appear to be Slight Adult Male 3 Victim went to hospital, injuries appear to be Slight Youth Male 1 Precautionary check recommended Adult Male 2 Precautionary check recommended Adult Female 1 Precautionary check recommended Adult Female 1 Precautionary check recommended Youth Male 1 Precautionary check recommended Child Male 2 First aid given at scene Adult Male 1 First aid given at scene Child Female 1

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:

Maureen Oades, Monitoring Officer, South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority By email: [email protected] or The Monitoring Officer South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority 18 Regent Street Barnsley S70 2HG

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If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF and at www.ico.gov.uk South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue FOIA 526 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2011

At fires in homes across South Yorkshire in the past 12 months, how many times did officers who attended find there was no smoke alarm in the property? Of these, please detail where the fires where geographically in terms of area for example Frecheville, Sheffield.

LAA SNT Areas Total Sheffield KO2 - PARSON CROSS & 12 KE2 - , LOWEDGES, BRADWAY 11 KE1 - , , 11 KF1 - BROOMHALL, , 10 KP2 - , SHIREGREEN, WINCOBANK 8 KL1 - LANGSETT, NETHERTHORPE, UPPERTHORPE, 8 KL2 - , MIDDLEWOOD, , WISEWOO 7 KA1 - TINSLEY, , 6 KP1 - , FIRTH PARK, FIRVALE 6 KO1 - FOX HILL, SHIRECLIFFE, SOUTHEY GREEN 6 KF3 - BROOMHILL, , 6 KF2 - DORE, 3 KC2 - 3 KC1 - WOODHOUSE 3 KL3 - , 2 KB3 - MANOR, WOODTHORPE 2 KB2 - , NORFOLK PARK 2 KO3 - , CHAPELTOWN 1 KD1 - CITY CENTRE 1 KB1 - PARK HILL, WYBOURN 1 Sheffield Total 109 Doncaster AD2 - BESSACARR 7 AE1 - BENTLEY 7 AB1 - MEXBOROUGH 6 AB2 - EDLINGTON 6 AC3 - ARMTHORPE 5 AC2 - HATFIELD & STAINFORTH 5 AA1 - BALBY 4 AA3 - DONCASTER TOWN CENTRE 3 AB3 - CONISBROUGH 3 AE2 - GREATER ADWICK 2 AA6 - INTAKE & WHEATLEY 2 AE3 - GREATER ASKERN 2 AA2 - HEXTHORPE 2 AC1 - THORNE & MOORENDS 2 AD1 - ROSSINGTON 1 AD3 - BAWTRY & TICKHILL 1 AA4 - HYDE PARK 1 Doncaster Total 59 Barnsley BB1 - ROYSTON 7 BA1 - TOWN CENTRE 6 BA2 - KENDRAY, WORSBROUGH 6 BC1 - DEARNE 4 BE1 - HOYLAND 3 BB2 - CUDWORTH 3 BE2 - PENISTONE 2 BC2 - WOMBWELL 1 BD2 - DODWORTH, OLD TOWN 1 BD1 - DARTON 1 Barnsley Total 34 Rotherham CC1 - ROTHERHAM NORTH 10 CA1 - WENTWORTH NORTH 7 CA2 - WENTWORTH SOUTH 6 CC2 - ROTHERHAM SOUTH 3 CB3 - ROTHER VALLEY WEST 3 CC3 - ROTHERHAM TOWN CENTRE 1 CB1 - WENTWORTH VALLEY 1 Rotherham Total 31 Grand Total 233

At fires in homes and businesses across South Yorkshire in the past 12 months, how many times did officers who attended find there was a broken or not working smoke alarm? Of these, please detail where the fires where geographically in terms of area for example Frecheville, Sheffield

Sheffield 15 KO1 - FOX HILL, SHIRECLIFFE, SOUTHEY GREEN 4 KL2 - HILLSBOROUGH, MIDDLEWOOD, STANNINGTON, WISEWO 3 KA1 - TINSLEY, ATTERCLIFFE, DARNALL 2 KB1 - PARK HILL, WYBOURN 1 KF1 - BROOMHALL, NETHER EDGE, SHARROW 1 KO2 - PARSON CROSS & ECCLESFIELD 1 KP1 - BURNGREAVE, FIRTH PARK, FIRVALE 1 KE2 - WOODSEATS, LOWEDGES, BRADWAY 1 KL3 - DEEPCAR, STOCKSBRIDGE 1 Barnsley 4 BE1 - HOYLAND 1 BC2 - WOMBWELL 1 BA1 - TOWN CENTRE 1 BB2 - CUDWORTH 1 Rotherham 3 CA2 - WENTWORTH SOUTH 1 CC3 - ROTHERHAM TOWN CENTRE 1 CC2 - ROTHERHAM SOUTH 1 Doncaster 3 AA6 - INTAKE & WHEATLEY 3 Grand Total 25