NFRS 2023 99 - Bariatric rescues

You asked for

I am writing to request some information under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to the rescue of a “bariatric person”

I understand that in April 2012 a new category relating to obese people was created for your incident reporting systems.

Could you please tell me how many call outs you received to move Bariatric or obese people from their homes or to rescue them during the following calendar years: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019?

Would it be possible to reveal whether you were called to assist the ambulance service or the police, or whether you received a call directly from the person’s home?

Would you be able to list the gender of the people you moved?

Where possible – could you pleas reveal the age of the youngest and oldest person that you would called to assist?

Our Response:

1. The total number of incidents relating to ‘Bariatric Rescues’, ‘Assist Bariatric Person’ and where Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue have attended an incident relating to a Bariatric person but where the amount of assistance is unknown.

   Answer: -

   Incident Type	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
   Bariatric Rescues	24	30	41	37	50
   Assist: Bariatric person	10	6	9	6	22
   Unknown	2	4	2	3	5

2. Origion of the call

   Answer: -

   Origin of call	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
   Ambulance	19	29	34	29	48
   Other	1	0	1	0	0
   Person (land line)	1	1	4	5	0
   Person (mobile)	3	0	2	3	2

3. Gender Recorded

   Answer: -

   Gender	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
   Male	11	19	16	17	18
   Female	9	9	21	14	22
   Unknown	4	2	4	6	10

4. Oldest and Youngest recorded

   Answer: -

   Age	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
   Oldest	81	85	89	90	80
   Youngest	51	31	38	23	30