NFRS 2022 118 - fire in refuse vehicles and recycling centres

You asked for:

Under Freedom of Information, I would be grateful if you could assist with the following enquiry.

We are interested in the number of fires in refuse vehicles and at waste and recycling centres. I appreciate you may not have a specific code for this, and if not, it would be great if you could use a free text search for any terms you might think would capture this (e.g. waste centre, recycling centre, rubbish truck, refuse vehicle).

It would be great to have the data split by waste facilities and refuse vehicles, and broken down by the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Our Response:

1. The number of fires in refuse vehicles:

   Answer: - 11

   • 2020 = 4
   • 2021 = 1
   • 2022 = 6 (1 of these vehicles was reported as being derelict)
2. The number of fires at waste and recycling centres:

   Answer: - 40

   • 2020 = 16
   • 2021 = 10
   • 2022 = 14