NFRS 2023 03 - Vehicle fires

You asked for:

I would like to request under the Freedom of Information Act data held by Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service on vehicle fires attended by your emergency crews for the financial years 2017-18 to 2022-23 inclusive.

The information I am seeking relates directly to vehicles which have caught fire either while parked or while in use. An example would be a car which catches fire while parked outside a house or a car which catches fire while driving along the road.

I am not looking for information on vehicles which have been deliberately set alight or that have caught fire after being involved in a road traffic collision.

I would like information held by Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service broken down into the following categories:

• Type/Class of vehicle (such as Car/SUV/MPV/Van/HGV)
• Make: (Such as Ford/Vauxhall/Mercedes/LandRover)
• Model: (Such as Mondeo/Corsa/E-Class/Discovery)
• Fuel: (Such as Petrol/Diesel/LPG/Hydrogen/Hybrid/Electric)

I would also like information as to whether the vehicle fire caused any casualties / fatalities or caused damage to other vehicles / buildings.

Our Response:

1. Number of vehicle fires attended by Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service crews for the financial years 2017-18 to 2022-23 inclusive. Where the vehicle fires have not been deliberate or the result of a road traffic collision.

   Answer: - the number of vehicle fires broken down by year

   • 2017-18: 130
   • 2018-19: 136
   • 2019-20: 90
   • 2020-21: 100
   • 2021-22: 98
   • 2022-23: 117
2. Broken down by vehicle type.

   Answer: -

   Vehicle Type	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	Total
   Agricultural vehicle	2	15	7	2	9	4	39
   Bus/coach	4	4	2	3	2	4	19
   Car	82	81	54	57	56	73	403
   Caravan on tow	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
   Caravan unspecified	1	0	1	0	0	1	3
   Lorry/HGV	14	16	13	10	7	16	76
   Minibus	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
   Motorcycle	2	0	2	4	2	1	11
   Motorhome	0	2	0	2	1	1	6
   Multiple vehicles	2	1	1	1	1	1	7
   Other vehicle	3	2	2	2	4	2	15
   Towing caravan elsewhere	2	0	0	2	0	0	4
   Trailer unit	1	3	0	0	0	0	4
   Van	17	11	8	16	15	14	81
   Total	130	136	90	100	98	117	671

3. Broken down by Make and Model.

   Answer: -Please be advised that we record the cause of the fire in which case where the fire is caused by an electronic device such as an iPad this would be recorded instead of the vehicle details in the make an model section.

   Make and Model	Total
   Alexander Dennis	1
   Alpha Romeo	1
   Audi A5	2
   Audi RS4 estate	1
   Audi S3	1
   BMW	3
   BMW	1
   BMW 1 series alternator	1
   BMW 3 SERIES	3
   BMW 320	1
   BMW 5 series	3
   BMW 520d	1
   BMW GT	1
   BMW I3	1
   BMW X3	1
   BYD ELECTRIC SERVICE BUS	1
   Chevrolet	1
   Chrysler 300	1
   Citroen C2	1
   Citroen C3	1
   Citroen Dispatch	1
   Citroen Van	1
   Dacia Duster	1
   DAF 75.310cf	1
   DAF XF105	1
   Delta luna R800 RLL	1
   Dennis Elite 6	1
   Dennis refuse lorry	1
   fiat	1
   Fiat 500	1
   FIAT BRAVO	1
   Fiat Punto	1
   Fleetwood flair	1
   Ford	1
   Ford C Max	1
   ford fiesta	5
   Ford FOCUS	4
   Ford Galaxy	3
   Ford Ice Cream Van	1
   Ford KA	1
   Ford Kuga	1
   Ford Mondeo	1
   FORD MONDEO	2
   Ford Transit	6
   Ford transit tipper	1
   Ford Transit Van	1
   Ford New Holland Tractor	1
   GENERATOR	1
   Gilera Fuoco	1
   Golf GTI	1
   Hond HRV	1
   Honda	1
   Honda CR-V	1
   Hyundai i20	1
   ISUZU TROOPER	1
   Isuzu Trooper	1
   JAGUAR	2
   JAGUAR S TYPE	1
   Jaguar XJ	2
   JCB	1
   JCB teleporter	1
   John Deere 3400	1
   john deere tractor	1
   Kia Sportage	1
   Klaas	1
   Land Rover	1
   Land Rover discovery	1
   Landrover	1
   LawnMaster	1
   LDV Maxi	1
   Lexus RX400H	1
   man lorry, unknown make	1
   Matbro 260	1
   Mazda MX5	1
   Mercedes Sprinter 213 CDI	1
   Mercedes	4
   Mercedes AMG	1
   Mercedes Benz CDI	1
   Mercedes c class	1
   Mercedes C220 Estate	1
   Mercedes e	1
   Mercedes E220	1
   Mercedes E350	1
   Mercedes HGV	1
   Mercedes Sprinter	1
   Mercedes Sprinter Recovery Vehicle	1
   Mercedes Sprinter Van	1
   Mercedese	1
   Mercedez	1
   Motor scooter	1
   MX07 VUC Flatbed recovery vehicle	1
   No Information Recorded	1
   Optare Coach	1
   Peugeot 208	1
   Peugeot 100cc	1
   PEUGEOT 206 CONVERTABLE	1
   Peugeot 207	2
   Peugeot 208	1
   Peugeot 3008	1
   Peugeot 307	1
   Peugeot RCZ	1
   range rover	1
   Renault	1
   Renault Cargo Van	1
   Renault Clio	3
   Renault master	1
   Renault Megan	3
   Renault Vivaro	1
   Scania	2
   Scania 620V8	1
   Scania P420	1
   Scania S-Cab	1
   Scirocco	1
   Seat Bocanegra	1
   Seat Ibiza	2
   Seat Leon	1
   SINGLE DECKER	1
   Skoda Octavia	1
   Skoda vehicle battery	1
   Subaru	1
   TDI	1
   Toyota	1
   Toyota Aygo	1
   Toyota Celica	1
   Toyota Pro Ace FE69 ZGB	1
   TRANSBUS INTERNATIONAL	1
   Transit Pick Up	1
   Vaux Corsa	1
   Vauxhall	1
   Vauxhall Antara	1
   Vauxhall Astra	3
   Vauxhall Corsa	3
   Vauxhall Insignia	3
   Vauxhall Vectra	3
   Vauxhall Vivaro	1
   Vauxhall Zafira	1
   Vauxhall Zafira	2
   Vauxhall Astra	1
   Volkswagen Golf	1
   Volvo	1
   Volvo Estate 60	1
   Volvo lorry	1
   Volvo v70	1
   VW Amarok	1
   VW Caddy	1
   VW Golf	5
   VW PASSAT	1
   VW Polo	3
   VW Scirocco	1
   Grand Total	198

4. Fuel Type

   Answer: - No Information Held, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service does not record the fuel type.

5. 5. Number of casualties / fatalities as a result of the fire.

   Answer: - No Information Held in relation to fatalities for the time period requested.

   Casualties	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2021/2022	2022/2023	Total
   First aid given at scene	1	0	0	0	1	2
   Precautionary check recommended	0	0	1	0	0	1
   Victim went to hospital; injuries appear to be Slight	1	1	0	1	0	3
   Total	2	1	1	1	1	6