NFRS 2023 103 - Waste transfer operation

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This is a FOI request regarding the address and all related information to fires at a waste transfer operation in Newark-on-Trent. Unfortunately, the address is currently unknown to Newark and Sherwood District Council and the Environment Agency so below is the known information regarding the site.

I've included below a map of Newark-on-Trent and the location of the site in question:

Further details:

• OS Grid Ref: SK 80216 55058
• Latitude:53°5'12"N
• Longitude: 0°48'14"W

For the FOI, could you please provide:

1. The recorded address of the site
2. The amount of fires at this site since 1997 (when the LDC was issued for waste transfer operations)
3. The years of each fire
4. The cause of the fires and any patterns that have been identified.
5. If the Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service is aware of any measures taken by the site to prevent fires from occurring

Our Response

1. The recorded address of the site
   Answer: - SCRAP IT LTD,UNIT 1,MALTKILN LANE,NEWARK ON TRENT,NG24 1HN
2. The amount of fires at this site since 1997 (when the LDC was issued for wastetransfer operations)
   Answer: - 3 Please be advised that our records do not go back as far as 1997.
3. The years of each fire
   Answer: - 2017, 2019 and 2023
4. The cause of the fires and any patterns that have been identified.
   Answer: - 2x Unknown and 1x Accidental
5. If the Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service is aware of any measures taken bythe site to prevent fires from occurring
   Answer: - No Information Held, no records could be located relating to any measurestaken by the site to prevent fires.