Fire and Rescue Authorities December 2024 Boundaries for England and Wales

England and Wales digital vector boundaries for Fire and Rescue Authorities as of December 2024. The data contains generalised (20m) boundaries clipped to the coastline and includes intellectual property from Ordnance Survey and the Office for National Statistics. It was last updated on the platform on 2026-06-10.

Use Cases

• Map fire service coverage areas based on the provided vector boundaries.
• Analyze jurisdictional adjacency for emergency response planning based on the geographic boundaries.
• Integrate administrative boundaries for risk assessment models based on the fire authority regions.

Strengths

• Boundaries are current as of December 2024.
• Data is generalised to 20m resolution and clipped to the Mean High Water coastline.
• Contains intellectual property from authoritative sources Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2024

Freshness

2026-06-10 20:01:25.300810

Geography

England and Wales