NFRS 2023 25 - Electric blanket fires

You asked for

For the last two calendar years (2021 and 2022) how many fires have been reported to the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service that the cause of the fire was identified as an electric blanket?

Please break the data down by

• The date of the incident
• The make and model of electric blanket where recorded
• The age and origin of the electric blanket
• The assessed cause of the fault in the electric blanket that caused the fire.

Our response

1. Total Number of fires for the calendar years 2021 and 2022 where the cause of the fire was identified as an electric blanket?
   Answer: - 4
   • 2021: 1
   • 2022: 3
2. Broken down by the date of the incident.
   Answer: -
   • 01/01/2021
   • 19/03/2022
   • 10/07/2022
   • 30/10/2022
3. Broken down by the make and model of the electric blanket.
   Answer: - No Information Held, such information would only be recorded in the comments section at the discretion of the crew.
4. Broken down by the age and origin of the electric blanket.
   Answer: - Information taken from the comments section of the incident report.
   • One incident recorded a 20-year-old electric blanket.
5. The assessed cause of the fault in the electric blanket that caused the fire.
   Answer: - Information taken from the comments section of the incident report.
   • fire started in bed; 20-year-old electric blanket that had been stored folded up.
   • this was a primary fire caused by malfunctioning electric blanked that was left on overnight and ignited then burnt through mattress.