UK Fire and Rescue Statistics for England with Response Times

UK Home Office data covering fires, false alarms, and other incidents attended by fire crews in England. The statistics include incident numbers, fatalities, casualties, and response times to fires. The dataset is available in XLS and HTML formats and was last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling emergency response efficiency based on reported response times.
• Analyzing trends in fire incidents and false alarms over time.
• Assessing public safety outcomes based on fatality and casualty statistics.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Home Office, responsible for fire services in England.
• Includes multiple incident categories: fires, false alarms, and other incidents.
• Contains key performance metrics like response times, fatalities, and casualties.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Geographic coverage is primarily for England; data for other UK nations is in separate sources.

Provenance

Source

Home Office

Collection Method

Administrative records from fire and rescue services.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:19.382855; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England, with references to similar statistics for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.