FREEDOM OF INFORMATON ACT 2000

REFERENCE NUMBER 081-19 CATEGORY Incidents & Emergency Response TITLE Fires in Schools PUBLICATION DATE 21/11/2019

I refer to your Freedom of Information Act request which was received by Fire & Rescue Service on 7 August 2019.

Request:

1. How many fires has East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service attended in schools in the last five years (2014 to present)? I would like the information broken down by school type (preschool/ nursery, primary school and secondary school), name of school and date fire service attended.

2. How many of the schools attended for fires had sprinkler systems installed? Please include the name of the school, school type and date attended.

Response:

1. Please see attached Excel document. East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service has attended 55 fires in schools since 2014: 8 in preschool/nursery, 34 in infant/primary school and 13 in secondary schools. Please note that four of the infant/primary schools were derelict and closed down at the time of the fire; these are highlighted in red.

2. Two schools have a sprinkler system/water mist system fitted (highlighted in green on the attached). Both were fitted before the fires.

1. How many fires has East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service attended in schools in the last five years (2014 to present)? ESFRS attended 55 fires in schools since 2014: 8 in preschool/nursery ; 34 in infant/primary school and 13 in secondary schools (see table below). NB: Four of the infant/primary schools were derelict: closed down at the time of the fire , highlighted in red.

2. How many of the schools attended for fires had sprinkler systems installed? Two schools have a sprinkler system/water mist system fitted (see below highlighted in green): both were fitted before the fires. Date of call of Date School type School name Property derelict Fitted Sprinklers 26/01/14 Pre School/nursery EAST CHILDREN'S CENTRE No No 14/03/14 Pre School/nursery YOUNG SUSSEX NURSERY () No No 30/03/15 Pre School/nursery JUMP START NURSERY No No 17/06/15 Pre School/nursery MOHAIR CENTER No No 17/08/15 Pre School/nursery HOME FROM HOME NURSERY No No 24/05/16 Pre School/nursery ACORN CHILDREN'S NURSERY No No 01/04/17 Pre School/nursery OAK COTTAGE NURSERY No No 30/09/17 Pre School/nursery CBABIES SAFE No No 10/07/18 Infant/primary school QUEEN'S PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 29/04/14 Infant/primary school SAINT BEDES SCHOOL No No 23/05/14 Infant/primary school SAINT MARY MAGDALENS No No 23/05/14 Infant/primary school LANCING COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL No No 25/06/14 Infant/primary school THE BAIRED PRIMARY ACADEMY No No 17/07/14 Infant/primary school RODMELL PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 31/07/14 Infant/primary school ST MARYS CATHOLIC SCHOOL No No 01/10/14 Infant/primary school HARBOUR PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 09/03/15 Infant/primary school DOWNS VIEW SCHOOL WOODINGDEAN No No 15/06/15 Infant/primary school POLEGATE SCHOOL No No 12/10/15 Infant/primary school SHINEWATER SCHOOL No No 21/10/15 Infant/primary school QUEEN'S PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 26/11/15 Infant/primary school WESTDENE PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 16/03/16 Infant/primary school ORE VILLAGE PRIMARY ACADEMY No No 27/04/16 Infant/primary school GRAYS COUNTY INFANT SCHOOLS Yes No 11/05/16 Infant/primary school DOWNS VIEW SCHOOL WOODINGDEAN No No 26/07/16 Infant/primary school SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL No No 06/09/16 Infant/primary school ASHDOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 18/11/16 Infant/primary school WESTDENE PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 07/05/17 Infant/primary school SAINT AUBYNS SCHOOL Yes No 26/05/17 Infant/primary school HARLANDS FARM SCHOOL No No 22/07/17 Infant/primary school WESTERLEIGH SCHOOL Yes No 15/09/17 Infant/primary school SAINT PANCRAS SCHOOL No No 12/10/17 Infant/primary school BONNERS SCHOOL No No 18/12/17 Infant/primary school GRAYS COUNTY INFANT SCHOOLS Yes No 02/01/18 Infant/primary school SANDOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 29/01/18 Infant/primary school ST BERNADETTES RC PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 21/09/18 Infant/primary school HERSTMONCEUX C OF E SCHOOL No No 28/10/18 Infant/primary school RYE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 02/01/19 Infant/primary school SIR HENRY FERMOR C E PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 21/03/19 Infant/primary school CUMNOR HOUSE SCHOOL No No 05/04/19 Infant/primary school DANEHILL C OF E SCHOOL No No 06/06/19 Infant/primary school ST PAULS C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 05/07/19 Infant/primary school HELLINGLY COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL No No 15/09/14 Secondary school No No 23/10/14 Secondary school BEXHILL HIGH SCHOOL (ACADEMY) No Yes 23/03/15 Secondary school RINGMER COMMUNITY COLLEGE No No 17/02/16 Secondary school No No 18/10/16 Secondary school SAINT BEDES SCHOOL No No 11/04/17 Secondary school CAVENDISH SCHOOL No Yes 03/05/17 Secondary school HAZEL COURT SECONDARY SCHOOL No No 07/06/17 Secondary school VARNDEAN HIGH SCHOOL No No 13/08/17 Secondary school No No 17/11/17 Secondary school COMMUNITY COLLEGE No No 31/08/18 Secondary school MAYFIELD SCHOOL No No 11/01/19 Secondary school BLATCHINGTON MILL SCHOOL No No 23/01/19 Secondary school SCHOOL No No