FOI24070 Data
File format: .xlsx
File type: .xlsx
Description
Details on violence against crews
Assaults Against Firefighters
FOI Number: 24070
Where applicable, we publish responses to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This one, Assaults Against Firefighters, is detailed below.
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Published on 8 August 2024
WMFS OFFICIAL – NEW – FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI24070
Ref: FOI/24070
RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST
I am writing to confirm that the West Midlands Fire Service has now completed its search for the information you requested further to your freedom of information request.
Please find below a summary of our findings.
Request
1. How many assaults against firefighters were recorded in each of the last five years, 2019/2020/2021/2022/2023.
Reply
| Year | Number of assaults |
| 2019 | 96 |
| 2020 | 113 |
| 2021 | 137 |
| 2022 | 157 |
| 2023 | 181 |
2. Could I have a geographic breakdown of where the assaults occurred.
Reply
Please see attached Spreadsheet
‘STN/SEC’ relates to the station area; values are as follows:
| STN/SEC | Station Area |
| ALD | Aldridge |
| AST | Aston |
| BIC | Bickenhill |
| BLY | Billesley |
| BLN | Bilston |
| BIN | Binley |
| BLO | Bloxwich |
| BOU | Bournbrook |
| BRI | Brierley Hill |
| CAN | Canley |
| COV | Coventry |
| FSHQ | Department (Fire Service Headquarters) |
| DUD | Dudley |
| ERD | Erdington |
| FAL | Fallings Park |
| FOL | Foleshill |
| FC | Fire Control |
| HAD | Haden Cross |
| HAN | Handsworth |
| HAY | Hay Mills |
| HIG | Highgate |
| KIN | Kings Norton |
| LAD | Ladywood |
| NOR | Northfield |
| OLD | Oldbury |
| OLPD | Organisational Learning and People Development |
| PER | Perry Barr |
| SHE | Sheldon |
| SME | Smethwick |
| SOL | Solihull |
| STO | Stourbridge |
| SUT | Sutton Coldfield |
| TET | Tettenhall |
| TIP | Tipton |
| WAL | Walsall |
| WED | Wednesbury Tech Rescue |
| WIL/WILL | Willenhall |
| WOL | Wolverhampton |
| WOO | Woodgate Valley |
Further information on station location/command area can be found at:
3. Could I have a brief description of the nature of the assault.
Please see attached Spreadsheet
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