22093 - Exempt properties Incidents

Ref: FOI/22093

RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST  

West Midlands Fire Service has now completed its search for the information requested on 24^th August 2022

Please find below a summary of our findings.

Request.

I would like to know how many fires WMFS have attended in exempt properties in the last five years and how many people have been injured or dead in these fires (by year).

Reply

There has been a total of 326 primary fires attended by WMFS at HMO’s between the financial years 2017/18 and 2021/22. Of the 326 fires, 94 people were recorded to have been injured or killed.

Please note figures for 2021/22 may still change due to a system error in April 2021

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