UK Fire Statistics Monitor: Quarterly Fire and Rescue Service Data

UK Fire and Rescue Service data on attended fires, designated as National Statistics. The series is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and was last updated on 2026-07-08. This edition marks the transition to the Fire Statistics Monitor series.

Use Cases

• Analyze quarterly trends in fire incidents based on the time-series nature of the data.
• Model fire risk and resource needs for the UK Fire and Rescue Service based on incident statistics.
• Assess the impact of public safety policies on fire occurrence rates over time.

Strengths

• Designated as National Statistics, indicating a formal quality assurance process.
• Published by the authoritative UK government ministry, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, suggesting recent data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data is provided in HTML format, which may require parsing for analytical use.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (UK)

Collection Method

Collected by UK Fire and Rescue Services.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:12.343751; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom