FOI release

False fire alarms to medium and high-rise

Case reference FOI2025/01140

Received 15 October 2025

Published 15 January 2026

Request

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to receive the number of fire service callouts for false fire alarms to medium- and high-rise purpose-built residential flats at the same address in your area. Specifically: 1. The number of callouts per building where multiple incidents have occurred. Please note, I do not require the specific addresses. I understand calls may relate to different flats within the same block, but I am interested only in the total number of callouts per building. 2. A month-by-month breakdown of these callouts for the past three years (January 2022 to the most recent month available) I am not requesting full incident reports or personal details, only the total numbers of callouts.

Response

Please see the response in the attached link below.

Documents

• 20251120 AFA in Medium High-rise Residential Flats.xlsx (52.7 KB)
• FOIA response for disclosure log - FOI2025_01140.pdf (17.1 KB)

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