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Written question asked by Gareth Johnson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 29 February 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 March 2012. It was answered by Robert Neill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 March 2012 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Fire Services: Emergency Calls

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious emergency calls were received by Kent Fire and Rescue Service in each of the last three years.
Answer

This information is held centrally only for periods up to 2009-10. Following the consultation on fire and rescue service non-financial annual returns, a summary of which can be found at:"http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/fire/frsandfosisummaryofresponses"fire and rescue services are no longer asked to provide returns of numbers of emergency calls.The data available on the number of malicious false alarm calls and all other emergency calls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service for the last three years are shown in the following table:

Total emergency calls and malicious false alarms calls, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, 2008-09 to 2010-11
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11¹
Malicious false alarms calls 852 766 n/a
Other emergency calls 36,608 33,430 n/a
Total emergency calls 37,460 34,196 n/a
¹ Data held centrally only until 2009-10

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
98259; 541 c766W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Fire and rescue services Emergency calls Kent
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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