Freedom of information (FOI) releases from LFB

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495 disclosures

  1. Please provide copies of any attendance records, incident logs, or reports held by the London Fire Brigade in relation to call-outs to 30/30a Tollington Park, London N43QY, on or around December 21 2023,

    Published: 21 October 2025

  2. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information: The number of electrical fires attended to by the London Fire Brigade per London borough for the following period: - 2024/25 Would it also be possible to obtain information on what type of electrical fires these were (ie. whitegoods, lithium batteries, vaping and e-cigarettes ect.) This information should be made available to me in electronic form if possible.

    Published: 21 October 2025

  3. Location: "Clapham Quarter", Maud Chadburn Place, London SW4 (near SW4 9DX/SW4 9DY). Timeframe: 1 January 2025 – 31 March 2025 Please disclose:

    1) Incident/attendance logs (CAD/IRS summaries) for any LFB call-outs relating to falling stone cladding/facade elements at this location.

    2) Any post-incident letters or notices issued to the Responsible Person/building owner or managing agent regarding external wall system safety following such attendance.

    3) If no incidents are recorded, a NIL return for the timeframe.

    Published: 21 October 2025

  4. Additionally, given these concerns, I am requesting access to: FOIA -Copies of any Equality Impact Assessments conducted for events between 2020 and 2025 that refer to Pride or any LGBTQ+ involvement. -Any training materials or internal memos provided to staff regarding the protection of gender-critical beliefs post-Forstater. Your current job application form (or screenshots of it if it is electronic), including any questions regarding protected characteristics and special category data (and the response options if it is electronic Please explain: -The legal authority you claim for collecting data on a non-statutory term (Transgender status or gender identity). Who approved the inclusion of this category. -What legal guidance was followed in developing it Please explain your relationship to Stonewall Please explain: -The legal authority you claim for collecting data on non-statutory terms (gender, other personal circumstances -Who approved the inclusion of these categories. -What legal guidance was followed in developing them Please explain: -The legal authority you claim for collecting data on a non-statutory term (other). Who approved the inclusion of this category. – -What legal guidance was followed in developing Why are you asking in two different places on the same form about the protected characteristic disability? How are you handling this data in accordance with your legal obligations, if you're collecting it in two different places? What if an applicant gives conflicting responses to each? Again, “Ethnic origin” is a subset of the race protected characteristic — not a separate protected characteristic. Why have you listed it? Please explain: -The legal authority you claim for collecting data on a non-statutory term (other). As above -Who approved the inclusion of this category. -What legal guidance was followed in developing it. Religion/faith is not a protected characteristic. Why have you listed it? Why didn't you simply copy and paste the information from the legislation? -Whether your staff have all been trained on the legally protected gender critical belief. Gender is not a protected characteristic, neither is height, neither is background. Why have you listed them? Are you training your staff on the Equality Act 2010? , can you share the Equality Impact Assessment you conducted before endorsing a "LGBT+ equality support group"? Please explain: -Who approved the inclusion of this category -What legal guidance was followed in developing it. can you explain why no gender critical groups have partnered with you on the togetherness strategy? Did you invite them to? can you explain why no groups advocating for women’s sex-based rights have partnered with you on the togetherness strategy? Did you invite them to Can you share the Equality Impact Assessment you conducted before drafting the togetherness strategy, knowing so many groups with protected characteristics were excluded Please explain: -Who approved the exclusion of groups with protected characteristics from partnering on the togetherness strategy. -What legal guidance was followed in developing the togetherness strategy "Authorities should take care to undertake their assessment by reference to the protected characteristics set out in the act. They should not use concepts such as gender or gender identity, which are not encoded in the act and can be understood in different ways." Please explain: -The legal authority you claim for collecting data on a non-statutory term (gender identity Who approved the inclusion of this category. -What legal guidance was followed in developing it Please explain: -The legal authority you claim for collecting data on non-statutory terms (older people, people who come from ethnically diverse backgrounds, especially those who (NB the spelling error) second language is English). As above -Who approved the inclusion of this category. -What legal guidance was followed in developing it Please explain: -The legal authority you claim for collecting data on non-statutory terms (gender identity, YQ+, T, trans). -Who approved the inclusion of these categories. -What legal guidance was followed in developing them. Additionally, as already mentioned, many in the LGB community do not want to be included within the LGBT+ umbrella, as their needs and concerns are different from those of other groups in the acronym. Mindful sexual orientation is a protected characteristic, and LGB people make up two (homosexuality, bisexuality) of the three sexualities it covers, can you explain which LGB groups you consulted with leading to your claims highlighted in red? Gender is not a protected characteristic. Why have you listed it? Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups is not a protected characteristic. Why have you listed it? LGBT is not a protected characteristic. Why have you listed it? What does regardless of any protected characteristics mean? How should the public make sense of it? You have a legal obligation to take great concern about the protected characteristics. The public expects you to take your legal obligations seriously. Yet, here you've declared you're disregarded them. Why? Please explain: -The legal authority you claim for collecting data on non-statutory terms (gender, Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, LGBT). -Who approved the inclusion of these categories. -What legal guidance was followed in developing them. -Who approved the disregard for your obligations under the Equality Act 2010 relating to the protected characteristics I would also like clarification on whether your service has undertaken similar public displays of support for groups with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. For example · LGB Individuals: Many in the LGB community do not want to be included within the LGBTQ+ umbrella, as their needs and concerns are different from those of other groups in the acronym. Has your service taken any public steps to specifically support LGB individuals Can you provide any social media posts, webpages pledging allegiance, or other declarations of support for LGB people who do not want to be included within the LGBTQ+ acronym · Gender-Critical/ Sex-Realist Beliefs: Could you detail any public actions taken by your service in support of individuals with such beliefs, including social media posts, webpage pledges of support, or other declarations of support · People with Disabilities: Can you provide any examples of similar public support for people with disabilities? Please include any relevant social media posts, webpages pledging allegiance, or other declarations of support for disabled people. · Age Discrimination: Has your service undertaken any specific public actions to address or support individuals facing age discrimination? Please provide any corresponding social media posts, webpages pledging allegiance, or other declarations in support of this group.

    Published: 21 October 2025

  5. FOI

    Please could I have the following information: 1. How many assaults against firefighters were recorded in 2024? 2. Could I have a geographic breakdown of where the assaults occurred. 3. Could I have a brief description of the nature of the assault.

    Published: 21 October 2025

  6. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information about the current operational and non-operational fleet of vehicles operated by the London Fire Brigade (LFEPA). Specifically, I would like to request a list of all vehicles currently in the fleet, showing for each: * Vehicle make * Vehicle model * Registered colour * Date of first registration * Date of last MOT test, or MOT expiry date (where applicable)

    Published: 20 October 2025

  7. Disclosure of all finding, reports and correspondence held by the London Fire Brigade regarding fire door, threshold, and flooring non-compliance. Please include 1. All Fire Safety inspection results, regulatory breach reports or assessments related to fire floors, thresholds, flooring and related areas. 2. Official Communications, recommendations or correspondence regarding these matters with local authorities, management or third parties 3. Any audit or enforcement outcomes relevant to fire safety deficiencies' for scrutiny by judicial authorities (Kings Bench Division Ref KB 2025 002967) Please provide copies of all relevant documents or indicate if information is already available in published disclosure logs. 147 Colyers Ln, Erith DA8 3PB Heathfield Court Care Home Erith Kent

    Published: 20 October 2025

  8. 245 Streatham High Road, London SW16 6ER. The LFB kindly obliged FOI requests from me in the past by sending Safety Deficiency Notices issued to the freeholder in February 2020, November 2020 and February 2023 that myself and other leaseholders had not previously seen.

    I am now writing to ask if there has been any further correspondence between the LFB and the freeholder, or their managing agents, on safety matters at Century House in the two years since my last FOI request was made to the LFB on 19 August 2023 (FOIA 7823.1 LFB). If so, I would be very grateful if you could e-mail copies of the correspondence to me. The freeholder is Century House (Freehold) Ltd. The current managing agent is Prime Property Management a.k.a. Prime Management (PS) Ltd. The previous managing agent was Houston Lawrence Management Ltd. Century House 245 Streatham High Road London SW16 6ER

    Published: 17 October 2025

  9. Dear London Fire Brigade FOI Team, I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, a copy of the most recent fire safety audit or risk assessment report for Garwoods Lodge, 421 High Road, N22 8JU which I understand was completed and submitted to Notting Hill Genesis this month. If possible, please also provide: -The date of the inspection/audit -Any correspondence or summary relating to follow-up actions required of the landlord (Notting Hill Genesis) -Any general guidance provided to residents as part of this process

    Published: 17 October 2025

  10. Please may I ask how many operational frontline firefighters ranked from Firefighter to Station Officer have been placed on light duties and are unavailable to crew fire appliances following the introduction of the new annual fitness test for firefighters by the Paddington Fitness Team, and how many fire engine crews this equates to for each watch? Please could you explain the shift by shift (Watch by Watch) impact on Fire Engine availability across Greater London that the number of firefighters failing the new annual fitness test and being placed on Light Duties is having? Specifically in relation to the number of Pumping Appliances, Fire Rescue Units and Turntable Ladder Aerial Appliances per shift that would have otherwise been crewed and available prior to firefighters including those with key specialist skills, undertaking and failing the new annual fitness test.

    Published: 17 October 2025