Official Statistics

Fire prevention and protection statistics, England, April 2020 to March 2021

This publication focuses on trends in smoke alarm ownership, fire prevention and protection activities by fire and rescue services, in England, for the financial year April 2020 to March 2021.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 16 September 2021
• Last updated: 27 September 2021
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  1. 27 September 2021

     Added identifier 'Home Office Bulletin 24 21'.

  2. 17 September 2021

     Figures in section 1 corrected ‘In financial year 2019 to 2020 FRSs and their partners completed just under (582,000 corrected to 589,000) HFSCs’ Figures in section 2.1 corrected ‘in financial year 2019 to 2020 the total number of HFSCs conducted by FRS and partners was (581,917 corrected to 588,666)’ ‘in financial year 2019 to 2020, (321,437 was corrected to 327,314) HFSCs were targeted at people aged 65 and over’ ‘in financial year 2019 to 2020, (168,485 was corrected to 173,413) HFSCs were targeted at disabled people’ ‘91 per cent of households owned a working smoke alarm’ corrected to ‘as of most recent data in financial year 2019 to 2020, 91 per cent of households owned a working smoke alarm’ Figures in section 2.3 corrected ‘(257,971 in total) corrected to 259,668 in total’ ‘(69 corrected to 58) per cent of HFSCs were targeted at households containing people aged 65 and over or with a disability’ ‘(61 corrected to 60) per cent (156,184) were undertaken as part of a SWV’ Figure in section 2.4 corrected ‘an average of (2.3 corrected to 1.3) staff carried out each visit, with 50 per cent being firefighters.’ Figures in section 3.2 corrected ‘up from the (3,494 corrected to 3,493) in financial year 2019 to 2020’ ‘The property types that saw the greatest reduction in audits were public buildings (71%), licensed premises (60%), hostels and hotels (58/57% respectively) and other premises open to the public (54%). Corrected to The property types that saw the greatest reduction in audits were HMOs (72%), public buildings (71%), licensed premises (60%), hostels and hotels (58/57% respectively) and hospitals (55%).’ Figures in section 3.3 corrected ‘There were 1,331 formal notices issued in financial year 2020 to 2021… (2016/17 value 2,002 corrected to 2046 and 2016/17 value 14,139 corrected to 14,353)’

  3. 16 September 2021

     First published.

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Fire prevention and protection statistics, England, April 2020 to March 2021

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This release contains administrative statistics about prevention and protection activities carried out by fire and rescue services in England.