What the fire brigade attends

Nearly half of call-outs are false alarms. One in eight is a fire.

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SeriesPeriod or categoryValueUnit
False Alarm2024-035,139incidents
False Alarm2024-045,050incidents
False Alarm2024-055,455incidents
False Alarm2024-065,280incidents
False Alarm2024-075,719incidents
False Alarm2024-085,405incidents
False Alarm2024-095,889incidents
False Alarm2024-106,231incidents
False Alarm2024-115,236incidents
False Alarm2024-124,944incidents
False Alarm2025-015,280incidents
False Alarm2025-024,322incidents
False Alarm2025-034,840incidents
False Alarm2025-044,762incidents
False Alarm2025-054,909incidents
False Alarm2025-065,007incidents
False Alarm2025-075,389incidents
False Alarm2025-085,297incidents
False Alarm2025-095,383incidents
False Alarm2025-105,620incidents
False Alarm2025-115,586incidents
False Alarm2025-125,356incidents
False Alarm2026-015,456incidents
False Alarm2026-024,761incidents
False Alarm2026-035,196incidents
Fire2024-031,130incidents
Fire2024-041,283incidents
Fire2024-051,307incidents
Fire2024-061,740incidents
Fire2024-071,626incidents
Fire2024-081,781incidents
Fire2024-091,347incidents
Fire2024-101,169incidents
Fire2024-111,348incidents
Fire2024-121,073incidents
Fire2025-011,261incidents
Fire2025-021,053incidents
Fire2025-031,570incidents
Fire2025-041,983incidents
Fire2025-052,120incidents
Fire2025-062,117incidents
Fire2025-072,138incidents
Fire2025-082,054incidents
Fire2025-091,445incidents
Fire2025-101,435incidents
Fire2025-111,267incidents
Fire2025-121,201incidents
Fire2026-011,248incidents
Fire2026-02935incidents
Fire2026-031,470incidents
Not recorded2024-030incidents
Not recorded2024-040incidents
Not recorded2024-050incidents
Not recorded2024-066incidents
Not recorded2024-070incidents
Not recorded2024-080incidents
Not recorded2024-090incidents
Not recorded2024-100incidents
Not recorded2024-110incidents
Not recorded2024-120incidents
Not recorded2025-010incidents
Not recorded2025-020incidents
Not recorded2025-030incidents
Not recorded2025-040incidents
Not recorded2025-050incidents
Not recorded2025-060incidents
Not recorded2025-070incidents
Not recorded2025-080incidents
Not recorded2025-090incidents
Not recorded2025-101incidents
Not recorded2025-116incidents
Not recorded2025-1214incidents
Not recorded2026-0117incidents
Not recorded2026-0219incidents
Not recorded2026-0317incidents
Special Service2024-034,246incidents
Special Service2024-043,959incidents
Special Service2024-054,201incidents
Special Service2024-064,502incidents
Special Service2024-074,523incidents
Special Service2024-084,501incidents
Special Service2024-094,737incidents
Special Service2024-104,382incidents
Special Service2024-114,463incidents
Special Service2024-124,813incidents
Special Service2025-014,751incidents
Special Service2025-023,945incidents
Special Service2025-034,568incidents
Special Service2025-044,362incidents
Special Service2025-054,798incidents
Special Service2025-064,971incidents
Special Service2025-075,172incidents
Special Service2025-084,753incidents
Special Service2025-094,551incidents
Special Service2025-104,827incidents
Special Service2025-114,803incidents
Special Service2025-125,064incidents
Special Service2026-015,383incidents
Special Service2026-024,290incidents
Special Service2026-034,764incidents

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Methodology

Every incident the London Fire Brigade attended since January 2024, counted by month and by the brigade's own three categories. False alarms — most raised by automatic detection equipment rather than by a person — are the largest single category, ahead of special services (flooding, lock-ins, road traffic collisions) and well ahead of fires. The most recent month in each release is partial and is not drawn.

Provenance

Source
London Fire Brigade
Cadence
monthly
Engine
timeline
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Open Government Licence v3.0

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