Added ad-hoc data tables in line with Fire and rescue incidents statistics, year ending March 2026:
Number of fires with "smart meters" mentioned in the additional information free text, England, 2019 to 2025
Number of industrial waste fires, England 2021 to 2025
Added ad-hoc data tables in line with Fire and rescue incidents statistics, year ending December 2025:
Number of incidents attended by fire and rescue services in zoo establishments, England, 2020-2024
Dwelling fires associated with hoarding by cause of fire, England
Deliberate fire non-fatal casualties by building type, England, 2014/15 to 2024/25
Deliberate dwelling fire non-fatal casualties by property type, England, 2014
Deliberate fire non-fatal casualties by age and gender, England, 2014/15 to 2024/25
Deliberate primary fires, fatalities and non-fatal casualties by source of ignition, England, 2024/25
Added the following ad-hoc data tables in line with Fire and rescue incidents statistics, year ending September 2025:
Fatalities by item first ignited, alarm operation, age and gender;
Primary fires in premises with sprinklers or water mist safety systems, 2024-25;
Primary fires, fatalities and casualties in care homes in England by source of ignition and victim age and gender;
Tanker fires in England, 2011 to 2024;
Carbon monoxide incidents, 2012 to 2024;
Number of fires in England with “solar panel” or “photovoltaic panel” mentioned in the additional information free text;
Incidents attended and average time spent by FRS and station type;
Number of fires, fatalities and casualties in caravan dwellings.
Added:
Fire and rescue: Percentage of incidents by hour of the day, England 2010 to 2025;
Other building fires, fatalities and non-fatal casualties, year ending March 2025.
Added:
Fires, fatalities and casualties in on-site caravans, 2010-11 to 2023-24
Fires by barbecue dataset, 2020 to 2024
Average area of fire damage in dwellings and other buildings, 2010-11 to 2023-24
Added:
False alarms in “hotel/motel” category, 2019-20 to 2023-24;
Fires in stables, 2021-22 to 2024-25;
Primary fires in premises with sprinklers or water mist safety systems, 2018-19 to 2023-24
Added 'Cannabis farm fires', 'Detailed ethnicity (using the ONS 19+1 classification) of FRS staff', 'Fire incidents in education premises' and 'Non-fatal casualties in education premises' and updated 'Fires in car parks attended by fire and rescue services and non-fatal casualties and fire-related fatalities in those fires, England'.
Updated 'Fires in Crown Premises attended by fire and rescue services and non-fatal casualties and fire-related fatalities in those fires, England', 'Number of dwelling fires in England with “air fryer” mentioned in the additional information free text', 'Primary Fires on Construction sites, England' and added 'Fires in train stations'.
Added 'Incidents in non-dwelling properties'. Updated 'Primary fires, fatalities and casualties in care homes in England by source of ignition and victim age and gender'.
Added 'Fires, fatalities and casualties with e-scooters and e-bikes mentioned in the additional information free text', 'Dwelling fires by compartmentation' and 'Accidental vehicle fires'.
Removed ‘Fires, fatalities, casualties, rescues and evacuations in medium and high-rise flats (over 7 storeys)’ as a review of the table identified significant discrepancies within the reported data.
Added 'Primary fires and upholstered furniture, 2021 to 2022', 'Primary fires sprinklers and water mist, 2022 to 2023', 'Primary fires in small paying guest houses, 2018 to 2023', 'Victims from fires with fireworks, by injury severity and type, 2010 to 2023', 'Dwellings and houseboat by presence and operation of alarm, 2010 to 2023' and 'Carbon monoxide incidents, 2012 to 2023'.
Added 'Fires, fatalities, casualties, rescues and evacuations in medium and high-rise flats (over 7 storeys)', 'Outdoor fires in England incident level dataset (expanded)', 'Primary fires, fatalities and casualties in care homes in England by source of ignition and victim age and gender', 'Number of dwelling fires in England with “air fryer” mentioned in the additional information free text', 'Number of fires in England with “solar panel” or “photovoltaic panel” mentioned in the additional information free text' and updated 'Fires in Crown Premises attended by fire and rescue services and non-fatal casualties and fire-related fatalities in those fires, England'.
Added 'Fires in lifts, England, year ending December 2022'.
Added 'Outdoor Fires by cause of fire, England, year ending September 2010 to year ending September 2022', 'Fires involving sprinklers and water mist, year ending March 2011 to year ending March 2022' and 'Primary Fires on Construction sites, England, year ending March 2015 to year ending March 2022'.
Updated 'Fires involving gas and an explosion, England, 2016 to 2020'. Added 'Age and gender of victims, England, 2017 to 2022', 'Fires with a fatality, England, July 2019 to June 2022', 'Primary fires with a sprinkler system, England, 2021 to 2022', 'Resourcing by incident type, England, 2021 to 2023' and 'Primary fires with a sprinkler system, England, 2021 to 2022'.
Updated 'Fires in Crown Premises attended by fire and rescue services and non-fatal casualties and fire-related fatalities in those fires, England'.
Added 'Fire incidents involving gas explosions, 2015-16 to 2021-22', 'Other building fires in warehouses, 2020-21 to 2021-22', 'Primary fires in industrial premises, 2017-18 to 2021-22', 'Fires classed as hot works, 2017-18 to 2021-22', 'Primary fires caused by fireworks, 2010-11 to 2021-22' and 'Average appliances per incident, 2010-11 to 2021-22'.
Added 'Other Building Fires Property Type, 2010-11 to 2020-21, England', 'Road Traffic Collisions Extrications, 2010-11 to 2020-21, England', 'Primary Fires in Care Homes, 2010-11 to 2020-21, England', 'Automatic Fire Alarms by confirmed Type, 2016-17 to 2020-21, England' and 'Other Dwelling Fire Property Type, 2010-11 to 2020-21'.
Updated 'Fires in Crown Premises attended by fire and rescue services and non-fatal casualties and fire-related fatalities in those fires, England'.
Added 'Fires in hotels attended by FRSs and those where heat and smoke damage affected the “whole building”, 2015-16 to 2020-21', 'Fires in multiple occupancy dwellings by extent of damage, 2010-11 to 2020-21' and 'Fire-related fatalities and non-fatal casualties in dwelling fires caused by electricity, 2010-11 to 2020-21'.
Added 'Number of cooking appliance fires caused by animals, 2016 to 2021'.
Added 'Fires involving gas and an explosion, England, 2016 to 2020'.
Added 'Average area of fire damage in fires in car parks attended by fire and rescue services, England', 'Accidental dwelling fires in which an alarm was present and the alarm was raised by fatality occurrence, England', 'Extrication from vehicles in road traffic collisions by method of extrication and age, gender bands, England', 'Fire incidents with fireworks as source of ignition, England' and 'Control staff numbers by rank and fire and rescue authority, England'.
First published.
On 1 April 2025 responsibility for fire and rescue transferred from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The publications listed here are ad hoc Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government fire and rescue statistical analyses that have not been included in our standard publications.