NFRS 2024 27 - Number of staff accidents

You asked for

1. Total No. of uniformed employees as of 1 April 2023
2. Total No. of non-uniformed employees as of 1 April 2023
3. Total No of Near Misses 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
4. Total number of accident/injuries (including RIDDOR but not Covid) 1 April 2023to 31 March 2024
5. Number of injuries (not RIDDOR reportable) 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
6. Number of injuries (RIDDOR reportable but not Covid related) 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
7. No of operational incidents 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
8. Total number of vehicle accidents reported in relation to service vehicles 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
9. Number associated with attendance at incidents 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

Our Response

1. Total No. of uniformed employees as of 1 April 2023.
   Answer: - Exempt by virtue of section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
2. Total No. of non-uniformed employees as of 1 April 2023.
   Answer: - Exempt by virtue of section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
3. Total No of Near Misses 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
   Answer: - 47
4. Total number of accident/injuries (including RIDDOR but not Covid) 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
   Answer: - 44
5. Number of injuries (not RIDDOR reportable) 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
   Answer: - 44
6. Number of injuries (RIDDOR reportable but not Covid related) 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
   Answer: - 2
7. No of operational incidents 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
   Answer: - 10595
8. Total number of vehicle accidents reported in relation to service vehicles 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
   Answer: - 13
9. Number associated with attendance at incidents 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
   Answer: - 5

The information requested has been deemed exempt by virtue of section 21(1) Information reasonably accessible by other means, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

21. Information accessible to applicant by other means.

1. Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise than under section 1 is exempt information.
2. For the purposes of subsection (1)—
   1. Information may be reasonably accessible to the applicant even though it is accessible only on payment, and
   2. Information is to be taken to be reasonably accessible to the applicant if it is information which the public authority or any other person is obliged by or under any enactment to communicate (otherwise than by making the information available for inspection) to members of the public on request, whether free of charge or on payment.
3. For the purposes of subsection (1), information which is held by a public authority and does not fall within subsection (2)(b) is not to be regarded as reasonably accessible to the applicant merely because the information is available from the public authority itself on request, unless the information is made available in accordance with the authority’s publication scheme and any payment required is specified in, or determined in accordance with, the scheme.

Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is categorised as an Absolute and Class Based type exemption and therefore does not require a public interest test to be carried nor must Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service articulate the harm in disclosure.

The information requested can be accessed at the following location. Fire statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)