London Fire Brigade Incidents by Type and Borough, 2013 Onwards

Monthly data from January 2013 onwards covering all incidents attended by the London Fire Brigade. The dataset is broken down by incident type, including primary and secondary fires, deliberate fires, dwelling and non-dwelling fires, false alarms, road traffic accidents, and special services. It is published by the Greater London Authority.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in deliberate fires based on the deliberate/accidental/unknown breakdowns mentioned in the description
• Model demand for emergency services based on monthly incident counts by borough
• Assess the prevalence of false alarms versus actual fires to optimize response protocols
• Track vehicle and open space fire incidents over time for public safety reporting

Strengths

• Data spans from January 2013, providing a long-term time series
• Includes multiple detailed breakdowns of incident types, such as primary/secondary fires and deliberate/accidental causes
• Published in raw machine-readable (csv) format

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data for more recent periods is provisional and subject to revision as incidents are geo-coded later
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Greater London Authority

Collection Method

Operational records from the London Fire Brigade

Time Range

January 2013 onwards

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 21:08:37.218629; freshness should be verified

Geography

London, United Kingdom, broken down by borough