Fire and Rescue Authorities Boundaries for England and Wales, December 2024

Digital vector boundaries for Fire and Rescue Authorities in England and Wales as of December 2024. The data is provided in an ultra generalised (500m) format, clipped to the coastline. It contains both Ordnance Survey and Office for National Statistics intellectual property rights.

Use Cases

• Map fire service coverage areas based on the provided administrative boundaries.
• Analyze regional governance structures based on the Fire and Rescue Authority jurisdictions.
• Integrate boundary data with other geospatial datasets for risk assessment or resource allocation studies.

Strengths

• Boundaries are current as of December 2024.
• Data is provided in an ultra generalised (500m) format suitable for small-scale mapping.
• Contains intellectual property from authoritative sources Ordnance Survey and ONS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Time Range

December 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-10 20:01:24.682650; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales