London Fire Brigade

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.  This page also includes monthly performance reports for metrics which support the LFB's Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP), in the form of the 'monthly KPI report exception focus' documents....

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 dataset contains the details of every fire engine (pumping appliance) sent to an incident since January 2009. Information is provided for the appliance mobilised, where it was deployed from and the times recorded for arriving at the incident. The main dataset on this page (zip file) co...

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. On this page, we publish details of every incident attended by the London Fire Brigade since 1 January 2009. Below is a dashboard that allows you to interact with this data and drill down to Ward or Postcode level. If you have any questions about this tool please email data@london-fire.gov....

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 attend a number of fires each year where the ignition source of the fire is recorded as 'white goods' (e.g. washing machine, dishwasher, refrigerator). This data sets provides details of such fires by London borough and ward location, and the type of white goods concerned as well as the property type where the fire happened. Where known, the brand and model of the white goods item is included, although this is ad...

The London Fire Brigade attends a range of non-fire incidents (which we call 'special services'). These 'special services' include releasing people trapped in lift cars, which we call 'shut in lift releases' (or sometimes called 'lift entrapments'. Lift releases (or entrapments) do not include incidents where a person(s) is trapped in lift machinery. These lift releases will be to buildings which are apartment blocks as well as commerci...

Fires involving lithium batteries are the fastest growing fire risk in London. This dataset provides a breakdown of all Electrical Vehicle and lithium-ion related fires from Calendar Year 2017 onwards: The first tab provides data on incidents The second tab provides figures on fatalities and injuries. The data is updated monthly, one month in arrears. The London Fire Commissioner is the fire and rescue authority for London and runs th...

The London Fire Brigade carries out home fire safety visits (HFSVs) across London. For more details see the LFB website here. During the HFSV fire safety advice will be provided to the owner/occupier, and smoke alarms will be installed. The visits are free, and the LFB website explains how to request a visit. This data set shows the number of HFSVs carried out in each London borough. Most visits are carried out by fire station crews, an...

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...

This dataset provides details of calls received and incidents attended by the London Fire Brigade during the Diwali/Halloween and Bonfire night period each year since 2012. The data covers the period from 23 October to 13 November each year, and includes: Calls received by Brigade Control Incidents attended Fire attended (all types) Primary (larger) fires attended Secondary (smaller) fires attended All fire related fatalities All fire ...