Events for Jersey Fire and Rescue Service (FOI)

​​Request

Fire and Rescue Service

Would you please provide the following information.

1. How many awards events do you hold and when do you hold them (month)?

2. What are they called?

3. Are the award(s) event(s) sponsored?

4. Who is the main contact for the above events and please supply their email address?

5. Do you engage outside speakers/hosts for any of the above events, if so which ones?

Please respond electronically with the answers to this email.

Response

1.

The States of Jersey Fire and Rescue Service (SJFRS) do not hold any internal award events. 

As part of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA), SJFRS participate in the annual awards for the department, centrally facilitated by the Government of Jersey. 

2.

The annual awards are called ‘Our Stars.’

3.

The event receives sponsorship for prizes. The 2024 awards received three gift vouchers from two different companies.

4.

There is no named contact for the JHA Our Stars event. Queries / requests can be sent to:

JHABSUrequests@gov.je

​5.

This information is not held, Therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Article Applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.​