1.       Purpose 

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) gives rights of public access to information held by public authorities. Section 19 of the FOIA requires every public authority to adopt and maintain a publication scheme which has been approved by the Information Commissioner, and to publish information in accordance with the scheme.  The South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority (SYFRA) has adopted the Model Publication Scheme approved by the Information Commissioner, which is valid from 1 January 2009.  We have used the definition document for joint authorities and boards.  All the information in our publication scheme is either available to you on the SYFRA website  http://www.southyorks.gov.uk/; on the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (SYFR) website  http://www.syfire.gov.uk/; or in hard copy form on request.

 Most of the information listed in our publication scheme is available free of charge.  If there is a charge then this is highlighted.

 Any enquiries regarding the publication scheme should be addressed to:

The Freedom of Information Coordinator

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

197 Eyre Street

Sheffield S1 3FG

Telephone number: 0114 253 2399