Fire and Rescue Authority Boundaries for England and Wales

Digital vector boundaries for Fire and Rescue Authorities in England and Wales, as of December 2024. The data provides full-resolution boundaries, typically following the Mean Low Water mark but sometimes extending to include offshore islands. It contains intellectual property rights from both Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Mapping service coverage areas for fire and rescue authorities based on their official boundaries.
• Analyzing regional resource allocation for emergency services using the full-resolution vector data.
• Integrating jurisdictional boundaries into geographic information systems for public administration planning.
• Conducting spatial analysis of incidents relative to fire authority responsibility zones.

Strengths

• Provides full-resolution (BFE) vector boundaries, offering high geographic detail.
• Contains intellectual property from authoritative sources: Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics.
• Available on multiple government data platforms, indicating official status and reliability.

Limitations

• Metadata is incomplete; specific column names, row counts, and file sizes are not provided.
• There is a conflict in the temporal reference across sources, with one citing December 2023 and another December 2024.
• The dataset's license terms are not explicitly stated, only the mention of containing third-party IP rights.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service (as listed on one platform).

Collection Method

Likely produced by or for UK government agencies, containing Ordnance Survey and ONS data.

Time Range

December 2024 (with a conflicting reference to December 2023 in another source).

Freshness

The most recent platform update was recorded on 2026-06-10, referencing boundaries as at December 2024.

Geography

England and Wales, including offshore islands in some cases.