Incident Summary Report by Calendar Year

For year(s): 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

For borough(s): Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, Croydon, Ealing,
Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington,
Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon
Thames, FRS
Southwark, Sutton, Tower
Incident Hamlets, Waltham
Group Forest,
Incident Wandsworth, Westminster, OtherSub Type
Type 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

London incident Fire Primary Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dwelling 6,877 6,804 6,642 6,468 6,189 5,884 5,829 5,542
Non residential 2,568 2,563 2,560 2,177 2,210 1,921 2,125 1,970
Other residential 608 595 441 462 479 386 376 286
Other Transport 26 26 29 28 42 29 19 23
Outdoor 722 727 674 461 457 433 473 453
Road Vehicle 3,304 2,790 2,545 2,066 1,900 2,010 1,982 2,293
Primary Fire Total 14,105 13,505 12,891 11,662 11,277 10,663 10,804 10,567
Secondary Fire Dwelling 23 13 26 7 6 4 7 14
Non residential 61 52 47 36 29 20 11 15
Other residential 9 1 3 3 0 0 0 0
Outdoor 15,192 13,762 13,762 9,636 9,745 8,864 10,020 9,721
Road Vehicle 94 62 42 13 11 10 16 16
Secondary Fire Total 15,379 13,890 13,880 9,695 9,791 8,898 10,054 9,766
Chimney Fire Dwelling 31 47 52 62 68 44 41 33
Non residential 3 2 3 6 10 4 7 3
Other residential 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Chimney Fire Total 34 50 56 68 78 48 49 37
Late Call Dwelling 45 12 13 11 8 9 11 16
Non residential 12 3 3 3 2 3 1 5
Other residential 4 1 1 2 2 0 1 0
Outdoor 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
Road Vehicle 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Late Call Total 73 17 19 16 12 13 15 21
Fire Total 29,591 27,462 26,846 21,441 21,158 19,622 20,922 20,391
Special Service Special Service Advice Only 327 414 469 475 485 399 448 493
Animal assistance incidents 567 611 620 601 584 582 538 601
Assist other agencies 1,019 904 774 688 564 560 553 599
Effecting entry/exit 7,704 7,262 6,925 7,089 6,650 6,322 6,243 6,622
Evacuation (no fire) 354 347 297 272 212 174 168 181
Flooding 7,059 7,307 5,885 7,050 6,255 6,135 6,275 6,685
Hazardous Materials incident 405 362 341 348 294 268 321 416

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 Incident Summary Report by Calendar Year
Lift Release 13,544 9,872 7,840 6,672 5,732 4,744 4,853 5,077
Making Safe (not RTC) 975 837 746 903 1,329 1,113 905 895
Medical Incident 252 270 341 415 467 389 412 520
Medical Incident - Co-responder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,531
No action (not false alarm) 2,037 2,083 2,072 2,162 2,210 1,913 2,010 2,078
Other rescue/release of persons 633 480 450 393 354 386 379 370
Other Transport incident 373 298 261 388 367 342 333 349
Removal of objects from people 293 290 281 347 369 319 342 353
Rescue or evacuation from water 46 42 48 52 45 47 48 48
RTC 3,927 3,619 3,501 3,726 3,574 3,726 4,056 4,544
Spills and Leaks (not RTC) 1,577 1,498 1,353 1,356 1,243 1,143 1,149 1,124
Stand By 123 126 122 104 89 84 64 73
Suicide/attempts 201 218 196 214 203 189 200 216
Water provision 51 43 33 10 3 3 0 0
Special Service Total 41,467 36,883 32,555 33,265 31,029 28,838 29,297 32,775
Flood call attended - Batch mobilised 330 61 5 38 127 84 68 351
Special Service Total 41,797 36,944 32,560 33,303 31,156 28,922 29,365 33,126
False Alarm AFA Dwelling 14,430 14,680 13,764 14,276 14,495 14,110 14,513 16,454
Other building 30,516 29,360 26,992 25,561 23,525 21,134 20,754 21,992
Other location 47 47 32 49 32 41 40 30
False alarm - Good intent Dwelling 7,353 6,878 6,200 6,017 5,651 5,381 5,460 5,887
Other building 3,537 3,300 2,762 2,468 2,202 2,023 1,968 2,137
Other location 4,510 4,088 3,822 3,475 3,351 3,435 3,494 3,473
False alarm - Malicious Dwelling 1,171 1,111 1,096 969 765 730 688 690
Other building 854 646 598 454 420 368 357 395
Other location 573 523 458 368 300 313 271 295
False Alarm Total 62,991 60,633 55,724 53,637 50,741 47,535 47,545 51,353
Faulted records 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
London incident Total 134,379 125,039 115,130 108,381 103,055 96,079 97,832 104,870
Over the border 637 440 518 499 550 512 523 591
All incidents attended 135,016 125,479 115,648 108,880 103,605 96,591 98,355 105,461

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 2017 2018 2019 2020

0 0 0 2
5,615 5,457 5,257 2,399
2,083 1,817 1,722 715
328 325 293 121
33 28 33 16
488 528 472 268
2,198 2,052 1,892 704
10,745 10,207 9,669 4,225
3 3 2 1
9 7 3 3
0 1 0 0
9,063 9,417 8,282 4,219
7 5 6 2
9,082 9,433 8,293 4,225
20 26 19 13
4 2 3 0
1 0 0 0
25 28 22 13
10 4 4 0
0 1 2 0
0 1 1 0
0 0 2 0
1 0 0 0
11 6 9 0
19,863 19,674 17,993 8,463
514 555 580 234
539 610 602 330
603 673 718 359
6,575 6,921 7,049 2,807
175 199 197 98
6,542 7,997 6,799 2,765
554 624 734 296

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 5,171 5,567 5,627 1,904
1,011 869 1,018 741
534 562 575 292
664 2 0 0
2,137 2,144 2,235 947
359 394 379 158
326 307 357 105
401 370 430 206
40 46 54 22
4,461 4,405 4,492 1,484
964 843 797 264
73 55 73 13
219 242 250 105
1 3 0 0
31,863 33,388 32,966 13,130
70 79 87 13
31,933 33,467 33,053 13,143
17,203 17,850 19,192 8,686
21,820 21,993 22,266 8,337
25 22 22 12
5,968 6,292 6,239 3,131
2,020 2,048 2,071 753
3,387 3,447 3,040 1,463
695 656 573 226
347 342 388 126
278 211 197 59
51,743 52,861 53,988 22,793
0 0 0 573
103,539 106,002 105,034 44,972
497 607 665 263
104,036 106,609 105,699 45,235

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