NFRS 2024 78 - Assaults on staff

You asked for

I am making this request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

1. How many members of operational staff have been assaulted by members of the public while attending an incident in the past five years (2019 to 2024)? Please break the results down by:
   1. Month (e.g. January 2019, February 2019, etc).
   2. Location
2. On how many occasions has one of those assaulted required short or long-term leave because of an incident? Please note that one person having two separate leaves of absence would count as two cases. Please break the results down by:
   1. How many days off have been taken as a result?
   2. How many occurrences led to the staff member being hospitalised?

Our Response

1. How many members of operational staff have been assaulted by members of the public while attending an incident in the past five years (2019 to 2024)?
   Answer: - Please be advised that due to a system change we do not hold the requested data for 2019,2020 and 2021.

   Month	Year
   	2022	2023	2024
   Jan	1	0	0
   Feb	0	0	0
   Mar	1	1	1
   Apr	3	0	1
   May	1	0	0
   Jun	0	0	3
   Jul	0	0	0
   Aug	1	0	0
   Sep	0	0	0
   Oct	0	0	0
   Nov	0	0	0
   Dec	0	0	0

2. On how many occasions has one of those assaulted required short or long-term leave because of an incident? Please note that one person having two separate leaves of absence would count as two cases.
   Answer: - No Information Held, confirmed with both Human Resources and Health & Safety departments.