London Fire Brigade is the busiest fire and rescue service in the country and one of the largest firefighting and rescue organisations in the world. This table summarises the details of every incident responded to since 2009 (by calendar and financial year). The categories derive from the UK government’s Incident Recording System. For more detail, we also publish all LFB incident records and all LFB mobilisation records (for fire engi...

The London Fire Brigade attends a range of non-fire incidents (which we call 'special services'). These 'special services' include assistance to other emergency services, including sometimes help with moving larger (i.e. bariatric) patients/people. Although the LFB does not explicitly capture and classify these types of incidents, we are able to identify them via the messages that are transmitted during incidents.   We routinely get as...

The London Fire Brigade attends a range of non-fire incidents (which we call 'special services'). These 'special services' include assistance to animals that may be trapped or in distress. We routinely get asked for information about the number of such incident attended by the London Fire Brigade and this data is published on the London Datastore to assist those who require it. The data is provided from January 2009 and isupdated mon...

This is historic data for the Members of the former London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) which was abolished on 31 March 2018. This data set is not updated. LFEPA ran the London Fire Brigade (LFB). Details of LFEPA members’ gifts and hospitality received during their time in office plus expenses claimed. Data is by financial year for previous years but by financial year quarters for the current financial year. Data i...

As part of budget guidance, the Mayor asks that the LFB (London Fire Commissioner) publish financial and performance monitoring. The aim is that this information is available on our external website within 25 working days after each quarter end. There is a separate page for each financial/performance year. From 1 April 2018, the London Fire Commissioner is the fire and rescue authority for London, and the LFC runs the London Fire Briga...

This dataset is for 2021/22 (April 2021 to March 2022) only. Data for 2020/21 is here, 2019/20 is available here, 2018/19 is available here, 2017/18 is available here, and 2016/17 and earlier years is available here . Payments over £250 made by the London Fire Brigade* as part of the government and Mayor of London's transparency agenda. The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 requires the data to indicate VAT for payments which cann...

The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 requires the publication of details of every contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000. The London Fire Commissioner scheme of governance provides for tenders for purchases of £10,000 or more in value. Standing orders and the code of practice can be found on the LFB web site here. This page ...

The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 requires the publication of details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods/services with a value that exceeds £5,000. Details of LFB tender invitations of £10,000 or more are available on the London datastore here. In accordance with the LFB scheme of governance, tenders are not invited for goods/services under £10,000 in value. The LGA and DCLG advise that to publish det...

A Power BI report that shows an overview of Community Safety metrics per London Borough (including fires as well as special service incidents). This report provides data to support the development of Community Safety Strategy Plans and helps to identify high risk key areas and monitor trends over time. If you have any questions about this tool please email data@london-fire.gov.uk

Each year, the London fire authority is required to prepare an annual Statement of Assurance (SoA) in accordance with the Fire and Rescue National Framework for England. This is to " provide annual assurance on financial, governance and operational matters ". The format of the Statement follows guidance produced by the government (May 2013). Governance of London's fire and rescue service changed on 1 April 2018, when the former Londo...