UK Fire Statistics: Dwelling Fires Attended by Fire Services

Fire, false alarm, and other incident data attended by fire crews in England and Great Britain, produced by the Home Office. The statistics include incident counts, fatalities, casualties, and fire response times. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire incident trends and patterns based on reported incident counts.
• Model emergency response times based on the response time data mentioned in the description.
• Assess casualty and fatality risks in dwelling fires based on the reported casualty statistics.

Strengths

• Includes multiple metrics: incident counts, fires, fatalities, casualties, and response times.
• Covers England and, for specific tables, Great Britain with a national breakdown.
• Produced by the authoritative government body, the Home Office.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Geographic coverage varies by table; some tables are for England only.

Provenance

Source

Home Office (UK government department).

Collection Method

Administrative records from fire services.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:27.997964; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Primarily England, with some tables for Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales).