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Online formsIndividuals and organisations affected by an incident that we’ve attended can request the following:
To request an incident report online or you can send a letter to Fire Incident Reports, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters, Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 9SJ. We only release fire reports to people or organisations with a legal interest in the report; e.g. occupiers of a property, landlords/ housing associations/ solicitors, insurance companies, loss adjusters, etc.
Your request should include:
We aim to respond to all requests within one week of receipt – either to acknowledge your request, ask for more information if we need it, or to send you information you have requested.
Before we can send you any information, our internal record of the incident will need to have been completed by the attending crew – this can take up to two weeks from the date of the incident. We also need to make sure we finish any investigations (if carried out). This can sometimes take days, weeks, or longer, depending on the nature of the incident.
As of 1 April 2022, we will charge other organisations and businesses for a copy of the Incident Report. The cost of this charge will be £69.60 + VAT. It should be noted that some personally identifiable information may be removed.
We will not charge members of the public involved in the incident.
Every request we receive must be assessed to make sure you are entitled to receive a report, and ensure that our actions confirm to the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations. Some details in the fire report will be personal information and will therefore be redacted before the report is sent out.
Requests from owners or tenants of damaged property, people injured during an incident, and any professional or organisation acting on their behalf are generally considered to be reasonable and have a good chance of success.
Requests from local councils, police services and other government organisations may also be eligible if there is a need to take action related to the incident.
We aim to provide eligible parties with the information requested. However, we are unable to release any information on the following:
The information available in our reports is collected primarily for statistical purposes according to a standardised procedure (and largely determined recording scheme specified by the Home Office), and as a result if your request is for information that is not routinely recorded, we may not be able to provide that information.