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NFRS 2023 101 - Lift Rescues

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  1. How many times was the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service called out to lift/elevator-related incidents in 2023? (1st Jan-31st Dec)
    1. How many of these total call outs required the fire service to rescue, or help to rescue, one or more parties stuck in a lift/elevator?
    2. How many of these total call outs were deemed as an emergency by the fire service?
    3. How many of these total call outs were deemed as a non-emergency bythe fire service?
  2. How many times was the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service called out tolift/elevator-related incidents in 2022? (1st Jan-31st Dec)
    1. How many of these total call outs required the fire service to rescue, or help to rescue, one or more parties stuck in a lift/elevator?
    2. How many of these total call outs were deemed as an emergency by the fire service?
    3. How many of these total call outs were deemed as a non-emergency by the fire service?

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  1. How many times was the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service called out to lift/elevator-related incidents in 2023? (1st Jan-31st Dec) 
    Answer: - 175
    1. How many of these total call outs required the fire service to rescue, orhelp to rescue, one or more parties stuck in a lift/elevator?
      Answer: -173
    2. How many of these total call outs were deemed as an emergency by the fire service?
      Answer: - 175, all of them are recorded as being emergency calls.
    3. How many of these total call outs were deemed as a non-emergency bythe fire service?
      Answer: - 2 were recorded as ‘services not required’
  2. How many times was the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service called out to lift/elevator-related incidents in 2022? (1st Jan-31st Dec) 
    Answer: - 175
    1. How many of these total call outs required the fire service to rescue, orhelp to rescue, one or more parties stuck in a lift/elevator?
      Answer: -173
    2. How many of these total call outs were deemed as an emergency by thefire service?
      Answer: - 175, all of them are recorded as being emergency calls.
    3. How many of these total call outs were deemed as a non-emergency bythe fire service?
      Answer: - 2 were recorded as ‘services not required’

Please note the data for 2022 and 2023 are the same and this is not a duplication error.