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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  1. Fire safety records held by LFB re Pathé Building, 109 Wardour Street

    I request the following information held by the London Fire Brigade concerning the Pathé Building, 103–109 Wardour Street, London W1F 0UH, for the period 1 January 2024 to the date of this request: 1 - Records of any audits, inspections or visits carried out by LFB at the building under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, including the dates, outcomes and any findings or deficiencies recorded. 2 - Copies of any enforcement action, notices of deficiency, alterations notices, or informal notifications issued by LFB to the Responsible Person in respect of the building. 3 - Records of any fire safety concerns, complaints or fault reports concerning the building received by LFB from any party (with personal data of third parties redacted as required). 4 - Correspondence between LFB and the building's Responsible Person and/or its agents concerning fire safety at the building, including in relation to the waking watch, the fire alarm upgrade, the evacuation strategy, and ductwork or riser defects. I am content for personal data to be redacted under the applicable exemptions. If the request as framed would exceed the cost limit, please treat items 1 and 2 as the priority and advise me how the remainder could be refined. I would like the information in electronic format (PDF or similar) by email.

    Published: 26 August 2026

  2. Request for information regarding the operational use of sirens in residential area

    I would be grateful if you could advise: * Whether the London Fire Brigade has a written policy or operational guidance governing the use of sirens in residential areas. * Whether officers are expected to use sirens continuously when stationary at traffic lights or in queuing traffic while responding to an emergency. * Whether there are circumstances in which a siren may be temporarily silenced while emergency warning lights remain activated, where it is safe and operationally appropriate to do so. * Whether officers receive guidance on balancing the need to warn other road users with minimising unnecessary disturbance to residents, particularly during overnight hours. * Whether this guidance is determined by the London Fire Brigade or forms part of national policing guidance.

    Published: 26 August 2026

  3. LFB Electricity and Gas Consumption

    For the 12-mths to 31-Mar-26 for all sites within your control, we please require the below to be disclosed:

    1. Organisation Name:

    2. Your grid Electricity kwh’s consumed & the £-value spent excl-vat?

    3. The natural Gas kwh’s consumed & the £-value spent excl-vat?

    4. Please do also indicate the name of the electricity source ie renewable, REGO, EDF Carbon zero, traditional Brown etc

    Published: 24 August 2026

  4. Air con fires

    How many fires caused by air conditioning units have there been in residential premises over the past five years from 2021-2025, and then 2026 to date?

    How many fires related to/caused by air conditioning units have there been in commercial premises over the past five years from 2021-2025, and then 2026 to date? If it’s not possible to separate them depending on the type of premises, the total caused by air conditioning units in any premises would be great if possible.

    Could I have this per calendar year if possible, if not financial year or whichever 12-month reporting period is most easily accessible would be great.  Can I also have it broken down per year please.

    Published: 24 August 2026

  5. Religious Guidance

    For the purposes of this request, “attending premises” includes emergency incidents, home fire safety visits, operational risk visits, fire safety inspections and community-engagement visits. 

    From the period 1 January 2025 to the date of this request, please provide: 

    Copies of all training materials, operational guidance, presentations, speaker notes, briefing notes, e-learning modules or videos which advise firefighters or other operational staff about religious or cultural considerations when attending or entering: 

    a.       private homes;

    b.      places of worship; or

    c.       other premises associated with a particular religious or cultural community. 

    Please include relevant material contained within training or guidance described using terms including: 

    faith awareness;

    religious awareness;

    cultural awareness, sensitivity or competence;

    equality, diversity and inclusion;

    community engagement;

    working with diverse communities; or

    operational engagement with particular faith or cultural groups. 

    Please include any material relating to specific religions, faiths or belief groups, including but not limited to Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism. 

    Please include material supplied, commissioned or delivered by: 

    places of worship;

    religious or cultural organisations;

    external training providers;

    community groups; or

    London Fire Brigade staff networks. 

    For each relevant course, module or item of guidance, please state:

    a.       its title;

    b.      the date it was introduced and, where applicable, withdrawn or replaced;

    c.       any direct payments made to external providers.

    Published: 20 August 2026

  6. FOI - Basildon Court, 28 Devonshire Street W1G 6PP

    We would like to request Historical fires and enforcement notices on Basildon Court, 28 Devonshire Street W1G 6PP. Under freedom of information Act 2000.

    Published: 18 August 2026

  7. Fire safety audit, inspection, enforcement, deficienccy records for peckham levels

    Please provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Premises: Peckham Levels Address: 95a Rye Lane, Peckham, London, SE15 4ST Date range: 1 January 2021 to the date of this request. I am requesting fire-safety regulatory information held by London Fire Brigade for the above premises. Please provide the following: 1. Record schedule / index Please provide a schedule or list of fire-safety regulatory records held for the premises during the date range, including, where held: * the date of each fire-safety audit, inspection, visit, reinspection or compliance check; * the type of record or visit; * the recorded outcome; * any risk rating, risk category or audit result; * whether any deficiency, advisory action, notice, follow-up action or enforcement action was recorded. 2. Fire safety audit, inspection and risk records Please provide copies of fire-safety audit reports, inspection reports, visit records, outcome letters, risk ratings, risk categorisations, audit outcomes or equivalent records for the premises during the date range. 3. Deficiency, advisory, action-plan and enforcement records Please provide copies of any records during the date range showing: * fire-safety deficiencies; * required remedial actions; * advisory actions; * schedules of works; * action plans; * informal enforcement action; * enforcement notices; * alteration notices; * prohibition notices; * confirmation of compliance or non-compliance. 4. Complaints, concerns and referrals Please provide records showing any complaints, concerns, referrals, reports or other recorded information received by London Fire Brigade during the date range relating to fire safety at the premises. This includes, where held, records concerning means of escape, fire exits, staircases, evacuation routes, emergency lighting, fire doors, fire alarms, signage, occupancy, crowd management, evacuation procedures, fire marshal arrangements or staff fire-safety training. 5. Follow-up, compliance and latest status records Please provide records of any follow-up action, reinspection, compliance monitoring, remedial action, confirmation of works, closure of issues, outstanding actions, or current open fire-safety matters relating to the premises. Please also provide the latest recorded fire-safety status for the premises, including the most recent audit / inspection outcome, current risk rating or categorisation, open issues, outstanding actions, or confirmation that no current issues are recorded. 6. Targeted correspondence, only where directly linked to the above Please provide correspondence between London Fire Brigade and relevant responsible parties only where that correspondence directly relates to the records requested above. This may include correspondence with the responsible person, premises operator, landlord, freeholder, managing agent, local authority, licensing authority, premises licence holder, or another public authority, but only where the correspondence directly concerns audit, inspection, deficiencies, enforcement, complaints, follow-up, compliance or fire-safety status at the premises. I do not seek personal data of private individuals. Please redact names, direct contact details, signatures and any other personal data where necessary. If any part of this request engages exemptions, please provide the non-exempt material and explain which exemptions are relied upon. If the request as drafted would exceed the applicable cost limit, please do not refuse the whole request without first considering the following narrower approach: 1. provide the record schedule / index requested at point 1; 2. provide any audit / inspection outcomes and risk ratings; 3. provide any deficiency, advisory, action-plan or enforcement records; 4. provide any follow-up, compliance and latest-status records; 5. advise how the remaining parts of the request can be refined under your duty to provide advice and assistance. Please provide the information electronically by email.

    Published: 18 August 2026

  8. Whether a formal fire safety inspection of the building and commercial units have been car

    I am writing as a resident at the above-named building to raise a concern/enquiry regarding the fire safety compliance of the empty commercial units within the premises. This development was constructed in approx 2016 and to date the commercial units have remained empty. Butleigh House, Healum Avenue Southall Middlesex UB2 4WL I have been informed that these units are not currently fire compliant, specifically due to the absence of an installed fire sprinkler system used as a fire suppression. I understand this may be one of the reasons the units have remained unlet.

    Published: 18 August 2026

  9. Requesting data on the cost of fire callouts to KCL accommodation

    I am looking to find out about London Fire Brigade attendances at three King's College London-owned student accommodation sites: Great Dover Street Apartments, 165 Great Dover Street, Southwark, London, SE1 4XA Stamford Street Apartments, 127 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NQ Wolfson House, 49 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RB Please could you provide the following information for the last five years (1 August 2021 to date), broken down by calendar year and by individual site: - The total number of incidents/mobilisations attended, broken down by year and by whether the call was to an automatic fire alarm (AFA)/unwanted fire signal, a confirmed fire, or another cause. - Of these, how many were confirmed as genuine fires and how many were recorded as false alarms. - Where recorded, the cause or classification code for each incident. - The date of each recorded incident. - Whether any charges have been levied against King's College London in connection with attendances at these addresses (for any reason), and if so, the amount and reason for each charge. - LFB's total gross revenue expenditure on operational response/fire-fighting activities for each of the last five financial years, and the total number of incidents attended by LFB in each of those years.

    Published: 18 August 2026

  10. FOI: Incidents attended at 93 Bradgate Road, London SE6 4TR

    Dear Information Access Team, I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and, where applicable, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Please provide information concerning incidents attended by the London Fire Brigade at 93 Bradgate Road, London SE6 4TR, during the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2026. For each incident, please provide: 1. The date of the incident. 2. The broad incident category, such as: * fire; * false alarm; * special service; or * another broad category already used in your incident-recording system. 3. The number of fire appliances mobilised. 4. The number of fire appliances recorded as attending, if this is held separately. 5. The total number of incidents during the complete three-year period. Please also provide annual totals for: * 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024; * 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025; and * 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. I am not requesting names, personal details, narrative incident reports, caller information, information identifying individual residents, or precise incident times. Please count each incident once, rather than counting each appliance mobilisation as a separate incident. If incident dates or categories cannot be disclosed because they could identify an individual, please provide the annual totals only. If annual totals cannot be disclosed, please provide a single total for the complete three-year period. If information is not held for the entire period, please provide it for the longest part of the requested period for which records remain available. Please consider partial disclosure, aggregation or redaction rather than refusing the request in full. If the request cannot be answered within the appropriate cost limit, please provide advice and assistance on how it could be refined.

    Published: 18 August 2026