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NFRS 2024 31 - Bus fires

You asked for

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following:

  • Details of every bus fire Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service has attended between 01/01/2017 – 11/06/2024. I’m looking specifically for public bus services rather than minibuses or coaches.
  • Please include the date and location of each incident as well as the name of the bus company involved and the number plate of the vehicle.
  • If you have details of how many people were on the bus at the time, please include that information as well.

Our Response

  1. Number of bus fire Nottingham Fire and Rescue Service has attended related to public bus services between 01/01/2017 – 11/06/2024.
    Answer: - 26 incidents recorded between 2017 and 2024.
    • 2017: 4
    • 2018: 5
    • 2019: 1
    • 2020: 2
    • 2021: 2
    • 2022: 6
    • 2023: 3
    • 2024: 2
  2. Please include the date and location of each incident as well as the name of the bus company involved and the number plate of the vehicle.
    Answer: - Please be advised that we’ve only provided the number plate where we can link it to a public bus service.
    Date Property Type Address Number plate (where known) Bus Company (where known)
    20/04/2024 10:04 Bus/coach MAPPERLEY PLAINS,LAMBLEY NOTTINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT
    21/03/2024 14:46 Bus/coach SOUTHWELL ROAD WEST,MANSFIELD
    08/12/2023 00:59 Bus/coach TOTTLE ROAD,RIVERSIDE RETAIL PK NOTTINGHAM
    28/11/2023 07:55 Bus/coach FRIAR LANE,NOTTINGHAM CITY CENTRE
    23/09/2023 12:53 Bus/coach REGENT STREET,BEESTON
    09/12/2022 08:06 Bus/coach OSIER DRIVE,ANNESLEY,
    24/09/2022 07:10 Bus/coach LINDHURST WAY WEST,MANSFIELD
    03/08/2022 15:59 Bus/coach STATION STREET,KIRKBY IN ASHFIELD TRENT BARTON
    22/07/2022 09:08 Bus/coach QUEENS MEDICAL CENTRE,DERBY ROAD,LENTON NOTTINGHAM
    08/02/2022 13:00 Bus/coach COSSALL ROAD,TROWELL
    26/01/2022 13:07 Bus/coach QUEENS MEDICAL CENTRE,DERBY ROAD,LENTON NOTTINGHAM TRENT BARTON
    03/08/2021 20:22 Bus/coach THE BADGER BOX,DERBY ROAD,KIRKBY IN ASHFIELD
    12/03/2021 17:18 Bus/coach NUTHALL ROAD,ASPLEY NOTTINGHAM FN65XFU NOTTINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT
    14/09/2020 19:47 Bus/coach RAMSEY DRIVE,ARNOLD YR10BDV NOTTINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT
    07/09/2020 07:50 Bus/coach UPPER PARLIAMENT STREET,NOTTINGHAM CITY CENTRE
    10/01/2019 06:48 Bus/coach PARK AND RIDE SITE,QUEENS DRIVE,DUNKIRK NOTTINGHAM
    10/12/2018 12:09 Bus/coach SKIPTON CIRCUS,SNEINTON NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT
    02/10/2018 13:32 Bus/coach NAGS HEAD,STATION STREET,KIRKBY IN ASHFIELD YJ12PHZ TRENT BARTON
    26/09/2018 12:51 Bus/coach UPPER PARLIAMENT STREET,NOTTINGHAM CITY CENTRE
    17/07/2018 12:38 Bus/coach BUS SHELTER 142 OUTSIDE CLARENDON COLLEGE,MANSFIELD ROAD,SHERWOOD NOTTINGHAM
    28/02/2018 18:27 Bus/coach BILBOROUGH COLLEGE,COLLEGE WAY,STRELLEY TRENT BARTON
    26/02/2018 13:51 Bus/coach HUCKNALL ROAD,NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAM CITY TRANSPORT
    17/12/2017 21:08 Bus/coach DERBY ROAD,NOTTINGHAM
    20/11/2017 20:51 Bus/coach THE ROBIN HOOD INN PUBLIC HOUSE,CLIPSTONE ROAD,EDWINSTOWE MX53FMC STAGECOACH
    18/10/2017 01:25 Bus/coach REYDON DRIVE, NOTTINGHAM
    20/04/2017 11:36 Bus/coach RUSHCLIFFE LEISURE CENTRE,BOUNDARY ROAD,WEST
  3. If you have details of how many people were on the bus at the time, please include that information as well.
    Answer: - No Information Recorded, our incident recording system does not record this type of data.