Freedom of information (FOI) releases from LFB

This is a disclosure log of London Fire Brigade's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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533 disclosures

  1. FOI - Fire/police/ambulance/TfL staff - London Fire Brigade

    I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. Please may you provide me with: 1. The total number of staff employed by your organisation in each financial year since 2007/08. 2. The total number of new staff hired by your organisation in each financial year since 2007/08. 3. The total number of staff who left their employment with your organisation in each financial year since 2007/08. Please provide this data in a table format.

    Published: 13 November 2025

  2. Freedom of Information request - 64m Turntable Ladder questions

    Are there any types of incidents where a 64m TL is sent automatically or are they only sent at the request of an incident commander? Please list the number of incidents per year that the three 64m TL have attended since being put into service

    Published: 13 November 2025

  3. Freedom of Information Request: Pest control services

    Please provide the following information for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025, broken down by financial year:

    1) Total expenditure by the Service on pest control services, including both in-house provision and external/contracted services.

    2) If any services are contracted out, please provide the supplier name(s) and the contract value(s).

    3) The number of call-outs/treatments by species category (e.g. rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches—please use your own categories if recorded differently).

    4) For any lethal control commissioned or carried out by the Service, the number of animals killed by species and, where recorded, the method used (e.g. trapping, poisoning, shooting).

    5) A copy of any policy, guidance, or standard operating procedure relating to the Service's pest control service or contractors.

    Published: 13 November 2025

  4. FOIA: HMO enforcement and referral and other policies

    PLEASE PROVIDE ANY MATERIALS AND POLICIES REFERENCING HMO INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OR REFERRAL.

    Published: 13 November 2025

  5. Fire Rescue Unit Operations

    Dear London Fire Brigade, I am here to request information relating to your Fire Rescue Unit, my questions will be below: Q1) Can you provide a list of all ranks/titles within the FRU Policy Unit? [No names needed, just the rank and their title] Q1.1) If possible are you able to provide the callsign used by members of this unit? Q2) Is it possible to be told if the Group Commander for Rescue/ISAR has a Staff Officer and any other staff within their "private office" [Please provide the ranks + titles as usual, no names needed] Q2.1) Can you provide all specialist teams under this GC, as I've seen "Fire Team" mentioned on a structure document, please also provide ranks + titles & no names) Q2.2) If possible are you able to provide the callsign used by GC for Rescue/ISAR? Q3) If possible you able to provide the mobilisation policy for FRU related staff/vehicles

    Published: 13 November 2025

  6. Enforcement Notices

    Is there a way I can find out how many Enforcement Notices have been serves on : Comer property Development, or their associated Development companies? Would I need to search by building? Is there a general register or would I need to make an application under the freedom of information? Would appreciate any help to point me in tbe right direction.

    Published: 13 November 2025

  7. DSEI 2025 - Defence and Security Equipment International

    Hi, This is a Freedom of Information request. Your website doesn't offer a specific way of contacting you about this, so I've had to use this form. Please can you let me know what involvement the London Fire Brigade and/or its vehicles and/or its staff had with DSEI 2025 - Defence and Security Equipment International held at the Excel Centre in London in September this year. Thanks

    Published: 12 November 2025

  8. Equality Act 2010 - Training and info materials provided to staff

    Please can you provided a copy of any training and info materials your service provides to staff to train them on the Equality Act 2010 and the protected characteristics.

    Please provide any training and info materials provided to staff covering gender critical beliefs, covered by the religion or belief protected characteristics, post-Fortstater.

    Please also provide any training and info materials provided to staff covering sex having always meant biological sex in law, per the Supreme Court's ruling.

    Published: 12 November 2025

  9. Freedom of Information request on firefighters’ maternity pay

    We are collecting information about maternity pay for competent wholetime women firefighters in your fire and rescue service. Below is the information we would like to obtain from you under the Freedom of Information Act. Q1. Please send your fire and rescue service maternity policy or other relevant policy document, in place on 1 July 2025. Q2. If your maternity pay arrangements have changed between 1 July 2025 and 17 October 2025, please send the revised policy as well as the previous one. Q3. Please confirm that the fire and rescue service has implemented the National Joint Council pay agreement 2024, which means that competent wholetime women firefighters on maternity leave receive 26 weeks full pay? Q4. How many weeks full pay maternity leave did your fire and rescue service pay on 1 July 2025? Please also tell us if this has improved since then and by how much. Please acknowledge receipt of the request, so we know that it has been received by the right person responsible.

    Published: 12 November 2025

  10. Rank structure of the LFB

    I wish to get a rank structure of the LFB with details on what they do. It must be readable. The one i found (attached below) was not very readable.

    Published: 10 November 2025