Fire and Rescue Service Incidents in England and Wales, 2001-2006

2001 to 2006 administrative data covering incidents attended by 49 fire and rescue services in England and Wales, excluding the Isles of Scilly. The dataset includes fires, special service responses, false alarms, and related casualties, rescues, and fatalities. It was published by Neighbourhood Statistics, sourced from the Communities and Local Government Fire and Resilience Directorate.

Use Cases

• Identify high-risk areas for fires based on incident location data mentioned in the description
• Analyze trends in special service incidents and false alarms for resource allocation
• Assess the impact of anti-social behavior like malicious false alarms on service workload
• Evaluate casualty and fatality statistics related to fire and rescue incidents for public safety reports

Strengths

• Covers a 6-year time range from 2001 to 2006
• Includes data from 49 fire and rescue services across England and Wales
• Contains multiple incident types: fires, special services, and false alarms with casualty details

Limitations

• Data is from 2001-2006; freshness should be verified for current applications
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Communities and Local Government (CLG), Fire and Resilience Directorate (FRD)

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2001 to 2006

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:47.658603; update frequency is unknown.

Geography

England and Wales, geographies include MSOA, LAD, GOR, and National levels